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Pharmaceutical sales representatives working for the company Novartis are trained in such minute details as how to hold a pen when presenting information about a drug to a doctor, according to legal documents in an employment case. The case concluded a years-long battle by 2,500 pharmaceutical... + read more

The state’s Medi-Cal pharmacy leaders are working on settling disputes that surround $495 million in prescription drug rebate money, funds that are gaining lawmakers’ attention as the budget crisis grinds forward. Medicaid officials in nearly every state negotiate with big drug... + read more

When doctors or medical researchers collect corporate payments with one hand and write favorable reports or speeches with the other, the public and media tend to balk. That was the topic of a speech made last week, and released yesterday, by the inspector general – or top cop – of... + read more