MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'cheryl eckard'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:46:13 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4968910&cid=t_420524_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FgM3gcg5rFkc%2F As an outgrowth of manufacturing fraud to which GlaxoSmithKline pled guilty last year, the drugmaker has now agreed to pay $40.8 million to 37 US states and the District of Columbia. This comes on top of a $750 million payment to settle criminal and civil charges related to numerous production problems - contaminated meds, mislabeled packaging and incorrect dosages - at a facility in Cidra, Puerto Rico. Under terms of the agreement, Glaxo and its SB Pharmco Puerto Rico unit will each share in the total payout. “Drug manufacturers have a responsibility to engage in strict quality control, and to ensure the products they send to market are pure and unadulterated,” New Jersey Attorney General Paula Dow says in a statement. “We are committed to ensuring they meet that respon... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4968910 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:29:29 +0100 4968910 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4775603&cid=t_420524_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F9Hp2iHli9Ik%2F With all that money the US Treasury is collecting from health care fraud (see here), a new study urges the Australian government to pass legislation that would emulate the US False Claims Act and enable whistleblowers to file lawsuits. A couple of reasons are cited for this conclusion. There is growing government spending on meds - from roughly $3.5 billion in the 1998-99 fiscal year to $9 billion in 2009-10 - and Australia has entered a “period of financial stringency.” The other is that the “Australian pharmaceutical market is unlikely to be immune from US-style false claims and fraud, if only because most of the major drug companies proven to have engaged in such conduct against the US government also dominate the Australian market,” according to the study, which... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4775603 Mon, 02 May 2011 12:53:44 +0100 4775603 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4305104&cid=t_420524_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FojG7UAB1hsw%2F Three months ago, GlaxoSmithKline agreed to pay $750 million fine to settle disturbing charges concerning numerous production problems that took place several years ago at a now-shuttered facility in Cidra, Puerto Rico - contaminated meds, mislabeled packaging and incorrect dosages involving various prescription meds. The fine, which includes a $150 million criminal penalty, was the result of a whistleblower lawsuit brought by Cheryl Eckard, a former global quality assurance manager (you can read the lawsuit and other documents here). Since the settlement was announced in October, Eckard largely maintained her silence, but last night, she appeared on 60 Minutes. Watch the clip and you will learn how she encountered execs who were indifferent to the problems. And you can listen to this phon... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4305104 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:16:38 +0100 4305104 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4305089&cid=t_420524_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fthis-case-goes-right-to-heart-of.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4305089 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 04:31:00 +0100 4305089 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4134189&cid=t_420524_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F11%2Fpharma-giles-its-not-ceos-fault-its-big.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4134189 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:15:00 +0100 4134189 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4125271&cid=t_420524_150_f&fid=34768&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmagossip.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F11%2Fattention-gsk-employees-its-sing-long.html Source: Fiddy (Source: PharmaGossip) PharmaGossip blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4125271 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 11:25:00 +0100 4125271 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4119712&cid=t_420524_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FYXebNFAd_no%2F Meet David Pulman. From a quick read of the GlaxoSmithKline web site, you can see he has a distinguished and responsible position - since December 2002, he has been president of global manufacturing and supply. This means he oversees the drugmaker’s entire manufacturing apparatus. Consequently, he is also a member of the corporate executive team. In other words, he is quite high on the corporate ladder. Now, those of you who read the whistleblower lawsuit filed by Cheryl Eckard - a former global quality assurance manager whose effort led Glaxo to enter into a consent decree, pay a $750 million settlement and negotiate for a subsidiary to plead guilty to a felony - might also have noticed his name popping up among the 140 pages of interesting reading. How so? Well, Eckard alleged that... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4119712 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:26:00 +0100 4119712 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4119700&cid=t_420524_150_f&fid=34768&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmagossip.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F10%2Fpharma-giles-writes-about-gsk-affair.html http://pharmagiles.blogspot.com/2010/10/gotcha.htmlLOL (Source: PharmaGossip) PharmaGossip blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4119700 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:23:00 +0100 4119700 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4119627&cid=t_420524_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F10%2Fover-3-billion-in-fraud-recoveries.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4119627 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:48:00 +0100 4119627 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4119629&cid=t_420524_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F10%2Fgsk-pulls-astrazeneca-750-million.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4119629 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:56:00 +0100 4119629 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4118765&cid=t_420524_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F10%2Fglaxo-fined-750-million-adulterated-drug-case%2F The pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline has received a $750 million fine for producing adulterated and unsafe drugs at a plant in Puerto Rico. The settlement covers the faulty manufacture of the drugs Kytril, Bactroban, Paxil CR, and Avadament. Cheryl Eckard, the whistleblower responsible for uncovering the unsafe drug manufacturing, will receive $96 million out of the fine amount. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4118765 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 22:59:11 +0100 4118765