A prominent Indian-American doctor and his wife have agreed to pay USD 1.2 million to settle allegations of prescribing unapproved drugs in the US. The couple allegedly profited by administering the cheaper unapproved drugs, the Department of Justice said. The government alleged that the unapproved drugs that the Sens provided to patients and billed to Medicare were not reimbursable under those programmes. It is further alleged that the Sens purchased unapproved drugs because they were less expensive than the drugs approved by FDA for marketing in the US. Claims settled by this agreement are allegations only and there has been no determination of liability, the Justice Department added.

Source: dna June 29, 2017 04:36 UTC