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False Claims Act Prosecution Did Not Deter Off-Label Drug Use in the Case of Neurontin

December 1, 2011 | Journal Article

Since 2004 the United States has collected approximately $8 billion from fraud enforcement actions against pharmaceutical manufacturers accused under the federal False Claims Act of illegally promoting drugs for off-label uses.

Providing a Range of Perspectives on Health Care Policy

February 15, 2012 | Program Result

From 2008 to 2011, the Alliance for Health Reform conducted briefings, created resources, and distributed materials for journalists and national policy-makers seeking a range of perspectives on health policy challenges.

Book Chronicles Changes in Federal Drug Policy During the Administrations of Presidents Johnson, Nixon, Ford and Carter

May 8, 2008 | Program Result

David F. Musto, MD, of Yale University conducted research for a book entitled The Quest for Drug Control: Politics and Federal Policy in a Period of Increasing Substance Abuse, 1963-1981.

Are Consumers Better Protected When States Regulate Health Insurance?

May 1, 1998 | Program Result

George Washington University compared consumer protections under state-regulated health care plans with protections available under employer-paid self-insured plans, which federal law exempts from state regulations.

Patterns and Predictors of Enactment of State Childhood Obesity Legislation in the United State

October 18, 2012 | Journal Article

This research and practice report identifies characteristics of state-level childhood obesity legislation that influences bill passage rates. Bills introduced by a bipartisan group of legislators were most likely to pass.

The Facts Hurt

January 3, 2013 | Report

This report, released by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, concludes that millions of injuries could be prevented each year if more states adopted additional research-based injury prevention policies, and if programs were fully implemented and enforced.

How Do Public Health Safeguards in Indian Patent Law Affect Pharmaceutical Patenting in Practice?

May 3, 2013 | Journal Article

The article examines the degree to which India’s section 3(d) impacts patent grant rates compared to Europe, a jurisdiction without 3(d) provisions.

Tracking Employment-Based Health Insurance

May 1, 2012 | Program Result

In 1997, researchers surveyed more than 22,000 public and private employers nationwide about the cost and benefits of the health insurance coverage they offered to workers and published findings in some 20 peer-reviewed articles.

Origins of Medical Innovation

November 1, 2012 | Journal Article

Individual inventors and scientists involved in the early stages of medical technology development play an important role in medical innovation.

How will the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Affect Seniors?

July 1, 2010 | Report

The most common question people have about health reform is “How will I be affected?” The answer, of course, depends on the individual, as different demographic groups will be affected very differently. This series of brief reports funded by the Rob ...

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