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Charity to pay $4 million to resolve U.S. pharma kickback probe

A Florida-based charity will pay $4 million to resolve claims that it acted as a conduit for companies including Biogen Inc and Novartis AG to pay kickbacks to Medicare patients using their high-priced multiple sclerosis drugs, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday. The settlement with the patient assistance charity The Assistance Fund marked the third so far with a foundation linked to an industry-wide probe that has resulted in $850 million in settlements with drugmakers and charities. TAF like the other foundations provide assistance to patients seeking to pay out-of-pocket costs for medications and says that since …read more […]

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UPDATE 1-Alitalia rescue plan hits the skids

An Alitalia rescue plan ran into trouble on Wednesday when its main sponsor, railway group Ferrovie dello Stato, said conditions were not in place to set up an investor consortium to save the struggling Italian carrier. Alitalia, which has been run by administrators since May 2017, is burning through cash reserves and is expected to run out of money at the end of this year. Ferrovie’s comments came a day after infrastructure group Atlantia, touted to be one of the key potential investors in Alitalia together with a foreign airline, said it was not ready to join a …read more […]

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Bumble Bee Is in Talks With FCF Fishery for Bankruptcy Sale

(Bloomberg) — Bumble Bee Foods LLC, the canned tuna producer that pleaded guilty to price-fixing, is in talks with seafood industry peer FCF Fishery to buy the company during a bankruptcy reorganization, according to people with knowledge of the discussions.Taiwan-based FCF would act as a so-called stalking-horse bidder in a Chapter 11 reorganization, which Bumble Bee could file as soon as this week, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing the private deliberations. A stalking-horse bid sets a floor for any other offers that emerge in a court-supervised sale. Talks could still fall apart and terms of …read more […]