A U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has tripled the damages awarded to Scottsdale-based Innovative Health in its antitrust lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) MedTech, formerly Biosense Webster, bringing the total award J&J must pay to $442.2 million.
The Arizona company first filed the case in...National News
On Monday, pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson notified the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that it would pause its new rebate policy following threats to its participation in the 340B drug discount program by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
Last month, Johnson & Johnson (J&J)...National News
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) said Johnson & Johnson has until September 30 to respond to the government's notice which argues J&J's plan to begin issuing rebates to DSH hospitals October 15, 2024 for two popular 340B covered outpatient drugs, a blood clot treatment drug Xarelto; and Stelara, a drug...Arizona News
Last Thursday, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced that the national opioid settlement will net Arizona over $380 million. In total, $18.75 billion is owed to state and local governments from drug manufacturers Allergan and Teva, as well as retail pharmacies CVS, Walgreens and Walmart.
More than $50 billion has been...
With cases of COVID-19 back on the rise in Arizona and across the country, epidemiologists and experts are asking if yet another Omicron surge looms on the horizon.
In Arizona, nearly 5,500 new cases were recorded over the past week. There were 41 new deaths related to COVID-19 in Arizona, bringing the state total to 30,320. These...
As COVID-19 restrictions relax and business practices return to normal guidelines, a large number of negligence and wrongful death suits have been filed due to a repeal of liability protections and statutory deadlines. Johnson & Johnson was unable to overturn a ruling in a deceptive marketing case regarding transvaginal mesh...
Nationwide, community transmission of COVID-19 remains high and 77.8% of Americans over the age of 12 have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Over 190 million people have been fully vaccinated and 14.4 million have received a booster dose. In Arizona, over 8 million vaccine doses have been administered with 58.9% of...
On October 19, the number of new cases of COVID-19 in the United States was down to 83,264 with a weekly average of just under 80,000 per day. There are about 58,433 individuals hospitalized with complications due to SARS-CoV-2 infection and there were 1,557 reported deaths.
According to the New York Times Coronavirus in the U.S.:...
On October 5, there were 101,668 new cases of COVID-19 reported across the entire United States and 1,808 new deaths. At least 65% of Americans of all ages have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 56% are fully vaccinated. Transmission rates remain high nationwide, largely due to the spread of the more-contagious Delta...
This week, important thresholds have been met for the expansion of vaccination for Americans against COVID-19, including children. Johnson & Johnson announced Phase 3 data confirming strong, long lasting protection from the single-shot COVID-19 vaccine. Companies may now pursue insurance upcharges for unvaccinated employees and CMS...
This week the number of children hospitalized with COVID-19 set a record with 1,900 pediatric cases in hospitals across the United States on Sunday night. The Delta variant's rapid spread is to blame, primarily among unvaccinated populations which include children under age 12.
Of all hospitalizations, children comprise just 2.4%...
There were 915 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Arizona on Wednesday and 20 new COVID-19 related deaths. The total number of deaths is now 17,648. Nine percent of intensive care unit beds are occupied by COVID-19 patients statewide and 18% of ICU beds are available. 46.5% of eligible Arizonans have received at least one dose of the...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that Arizona has administered 5,408,077 doses of vaccine and 3,076,913 people have received at least one dose of vaccine. This means that 42.8% of the state has now been vaccinated. Nationally, 46.4% of people have been vaccinated and 35.4% of people are fully...
Arizona has now administered 4,631,928 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine of the 6 million doses delivered. 38.2% of Arizona residents have received at least one dose. Nationwide, 26.4% of people are vaccinated and 215,951,909 doses have been administered.
This information comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...News
There were 419 new cases of COVID-19 reported to the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) on Wednesday, April 14, bringing the state total to 851,265 cases overall. There were four new deaths reported, and Arizona is now at 17,109 total deaths due to the virus. 16% of intensive care unit beds are available and 9% of ICU beds are...Arizona News
Arizona has received 4.3 million doses of vaccine from the federal distribution allotment as of March 31. 3.5 million, or 80.5% of those doses have been administered to Arizona residents. To-date, 24% of the state has been fully vaccinated.
This information comes from the Bloomberg Vaccine Data Tracker and the Centers for Disease...Arizona News
In the United States, 80.5 million doses have been given and 2.01 million doses are being administered per day. In Arizona, nearly 18% of the population has received at least one shot. The state has continued to ramp up its efficiency in administering doses, closing the gap to 80% of doses received being put to use. This means that of...National News
On Monday, March 16 The National Institutes of Health announced the first participant in a clinical trial for an investigational vaccine designed to protect against coronavirus.
The trial at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle will enroll 45 healthy adult volunteers ages 18 to 55 years over...Arizona News
Ethicon, Inc. and its parent company, Johnson & Johnson will make the payout to Arizona as part of a multi-state settlement from a national lawsuit stemming from concerns about the companies’ transvaginal surgical mesh devices.
The devices are designed to treat urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. Arizona’s suit...Arizona News
Several big names in healthcare are facing billion dollar suits seeking compensation for their role in forming and exacerbating the opioid crisis. Many companies have reaped the rewards of manufacturing and shepherding the sale of opioids across the nation and now are looking to quell thousands of lawsuits with massive...
