Pharma 101 - Pharmaceutical Fraud » Food and Drug Administration http://pharmaceutical-kickbacks.com Information & Insight On Qui Tam Lawsuits Based Upon Unlawful Kickbacks, Marketing & Pricing Conduct. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:42:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 FDA Launches Draft Guidelines On Financial Ties With Drug Companies http://pharmaceutical-kickbacks.com/fda-launches-draft-guidelines-on-financial-ties-with-drug-companies/ http://pharmaceutical-kickbacks.com/fda-launches-draft-guidelines-on-financial-ties-with-drug-companies/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:24:14 +0000 Nolan and Auerbach http://pharmaceutical-kickbacks.com/?p=89 If an outside expert has more than $50,000 in ties to drug and medical device companies regulated by the Food and Drug Administration he will be barred from advising the FDA under the new draft guidelines. The money calculations include corporate grants, contracts, consulting fees and/or company stock.  Although it was not clear how many advisors would be disqualified, Randall Lutter, the Food and Drug Administration’s acring commissioner for policy, said it was a “significant number.”

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