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IG Confirms Many Recovery Act Criminal Investigations

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 11.03.11

In what should serve as a warning that use of Recovery Act funds continues to draw close scrutiny from federal watchdogs, in written testimony on November 2 before a House subcommittee, DoE Inspector General Friedman revealed that his office has initiated over 100 criminal investigations involving “various schemes, including the submission of false information [and] claims for unallowable or unauthorized expenses,” under the Recovery Act.   He also confirmed that his office has “ongoing and planned reviews” of Recovery Act funding and usage.

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Client Alert | 5 min read | 04.13.26

EU Pharma Package: Global (Orphan) Marketing Authorization Compromise Proposal

In our fifth alert in this EU Pharma Package Series, we provided an analysis of the background and ongoing legal debates regarding the concept of the global marketing authorization (GMA). We discussed in particular the missed opportunities in the Pharma Package to further codify and clarify the GMA, in view of its central role in determining the regulatory data protection (RDP) rights of a medicinal product....