New York-based defendant guilty all six counts of indictment role in scheme to fraudulently obtain $10 million in government-backed loans designed to provide relief to small businesses during COVID-19 pandemic. Neurologist and Pharma Sales Rep Nuedexta Drug Kickback Scheme
A neurologist and pharmaceutical company sales representative pled guilty Monday on the eve of their federal trial in Ohio, admitting to a scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe Avanir Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s neurological medication Nuedexta.
I wondered whether to recommend Nuedexta for my elderly relative with worsening Alzheimer's disease and daily spontaneous crying. Often she would deny feeling sad and couldn't account for her sobbing. Avanir Pharmaceuticals released Nuedexta in 2010 to treat pseudobulbar affect: involuntary emotional outbursts due to certain neurologic conditions or brain injury. I wasn't sure if these crying bouts qualified as pseudobulbar affect. But my biggest hesitation was the breathtaking price of the drug.