BOSTON (Reuters)—United Therapeutics Corp will pay $210 million to resolve U.S. claims that the drugmaker used a charity as a conduit to illegally cover Medicare patients’ out-of-pocket drug costs in order to eliminate price sensitivity and to boost sales. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts on Wednesday announced the settlement, one of the first to…
Allopurinol Appears More Renoprotective than Febuxostat in Older Adults
NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—The renal protective effect of allopurinol appears to differ from that of febuxostat in the elderly, according to new research. The study, of a nationally representative sample of Medicare patients, showed that allopurinol was associated with a greater reduction in the risk of incident kidney disease, report the authors online July 13…