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Takeda Pharmaceuticals Offers $2.3 Billion to Settle Actos Claims
On April 28, 2015, Takeda Pharmaceuticals announced that it would set aside $2.3 billion to settle all pending claims associated with the diabetes drug, Actos. This settlement follows allegations that the drug maker failed to warn doctors of specific known risks that taking Actos could cause a patient to develop bladder cancer. Takeda failed to … Read more
Increased Need for Data Security
Cyberattacks on Healthcare Payers on the Rise According to a January 15, 2015 article in Law360 entitled, “Top HIPAA Enforcer Sees Cyber Breaches Rising,” the number of healthcare payers experiencing cyberattacks that result in breaches of protected health information (PHI) is on the rise. Jocelyn Samuels, director of the Office of Civil Rights at the … Read more
