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Incyte, a Wilmington pharmaceutical company, has agreed to pay $12.6 million to settle allegations it used an independent foundation to induce Medicare and Tricare patients to purchase the company s drugs.
The Department of Justice alleged that from November 2011 through December 2014, Incyte used the nonprofit as a conduit to pay the copays for patients taking Jakafi, a drug approved in 2011 to treat myleofibrosis that has fueled the company s growth over the past decade.
In a statement, Incyte denied any wrongdoing and said the settlement is not an admission of liability. This resolution simply reflects Incyte s desire to put this matter behind it and to continue to prioritize the health and wellbeing of individuals with serious life-threatening conditions, the statement reads.
Federal judge strikes down CDC eviction moratorium
MICHAEL CASEY, Associated Press
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1of12FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2021, file photo tenants rights advocates demonstrate outside the JFK federal building in Boston. The protest was part of a national day of action calling on the incoming Biden administration to extend the eviction moratorium initiated in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. A federal judge ruled ruled Wednesday, May 5, that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exceeded its authority when it imposed a federal eviction moratorium.Michael Dwyer/APShow MoreShow Less
2of12FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2020, file photo buildings at Hunter Oaks Apartments undergo renovations in Memphis, Tenn. Owners of the apartment complex are among seven landlords who manage or own more than 5,000 rental units and have filed a lawsuit claiming that a national eviction moratorium has not only placed them under unfair financial strain, but also infrin
May 5, 2021 5:49 PM EDT
BOSTON (AP) A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exceeded its authority when it imposed a federal eviction moratorium.
The Justice Department said it would appeal the ruling from the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., meaning there won’t likely be any immediate impact on the ban, which in March was extended through the end of June.
Opponents of the moratorium, including the National Association of Realtors, welcomed the decision and said the solution was rental assistance, not a ban on evictions.
“This prevents two crises one for tenants, and one for mom-and-pop housing providers who do not have a reprieve from their bills,” the president of the realtors association, Charlie Oppler, said in a statement. “With rental assistance secured, the economy strengthening, and unemployment rates falling, there is no need to continue a blanket, nationwide eviction ban.�
A New York man who was an executive at a company in Connecticut has admitted to causing more than $9.5 million in losses to consumers across the country.Northern Westchester County resident Norman Newman, age 74, of Croton-on-Hudson,&…
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A New York man who was an executive at a company in Connecticut has admitted to causing more than $9.5 million in losses to consumers across the country.
Northern Westchester County resident Norman Newman, age 74, of Croton-on-Hudson, pleaded guilty today to supplying lists of consumers’ names and addresses for use in schemes that targeted vulnerable victims, according to court documents filed by the United States Department of Justice.
From 2005 to 2016, Newman worked as a list broker and senior vice president at Macromark Inc., a Fairfield County-based direct mail services firm located in Danbury.
Macromark had admitted to facilitating elder fraud schemes in September 2020. The conspiracy resulted in at least $9.5 million in losses to consumers.