Comments on: Fraud Doc Must Repay $296K To Pfizer

By: harry

harry — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:01:06 +0000

This is hilarious. The doc ends up paying the pharmaceutical companies. It is obvious the companies were involved.

This prompted me to look up those prosecuting these pharma cases and their connections.

The Senate Judiciary Committee today released its questionnaire on Carmen Ortiz (Adelphi University, George Washington University Law School), nominated to replace Michael J. Sullivan as U.S. Attorney in Massachusetts. Sullivan resigned April 19 ‘09 to join The Ashcroft Group.

THE ASHCROFT group as in John Ashcroft.

Carmen Ortiz is the new Mass Attorney General.

By: Justice in MI

Justice in MI — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:47:10 +0000

Vet–The latest Harris poll was cited on another thread, so pharma is definitely doing better than big tobacco, although not by a huge amount.

How do you understand the “vitriol and venom,” reflected in such polls, and not just by folks here and there? Genuine question.

By: pharmavet

pharmavet — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:19:29 +0000

I have to admit that even being a Pharma guy, I’m continually amazed at the level of vitriol and vernom leveled against an industry that has helped change the course of human suffering for the better. You would think we were Big Tobacco.

By: patrons99

patrons99 — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:57:47 +0000

Just give them all cigars and they could pass for pharma CEO’s. Life has been good to them.

By: pharmavet

pharmavet — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:18:03 +0000

Patrons, I apologize for the felony oversight. Rueben’s license is toast in Mass. I might consider the possibility of co-conspirators, however. Based on the resemblance to Foxworthy, we might finger Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvald, or especially Greg Giraldo (he looks particularly nasty).

By: Loose Fat Stomach

Loose Fat Stomach — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:26:43 +0000

If he commits that mistake, he must be responsible enough for the consequences.

It’s very alarming! Med. Dept. should give examples to this kind of people, if proven guilty of course.

By: Anne PME

Anne PME — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:22:11 +0000

pharmavet, the reason that Dr. David Arndt probably lost his license is that the news media published a story about it so the board had to do something before a negative story was written about them.
There is a physician in MASS who has had six medical board complaints filed against him, including a complaint alleging Medicare fraud. Nothing happened to the physician in question. The physician is still practicing and still double dipping. There is another physician who had a MASS license but was practicing in another state as the MD of an HMO. On learning about the medical license issue, the MASS board did nothing. The physician received a prestigious appointment.

By: patrons99

patrons99 — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:59:03 +0000

I wonder if DOJ tried to “flip” Reuben. Does anyone seriously believe he was acting alone? Yes, Robert, the resemblance to Foxworthy is uncanny.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:21:34 +0000

I didn’t know Jeff Foxworthy was a doctor.

By: patrons99

patrons99 — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:17:13 +0000

pharmavet: can we agree that it’s a very pathetic state of affairs when a criminal fraud indictment and prison sentence “does not rise to the level of suspension or revocation”, whether in Massachusetts or in any state? As far as FDA is concerned, Reuben could, at least in principle, continue to do “research” studies for another 5 years, prior to debarment, even if only in a jail cell. There’s something very wrong with that picture.