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Reducing Critical Risks Through Data-Driven Compliance Monitoring

Compliance monitoring is a critical aspect of the life sciences industry that enables companies to determine whether they’re efficiently and effectively adhering to relevant laws, regulations, and guidelines the government provides. With heightened scrutiny and expectations of the government, data-driven compliance monitoring has become imperative for safeguarding life sciences companies from business-critical risks. But there’s […]

Transparency Reporting in Life Sciences: Unifying Efforts Across 3 Core Areas

The Physician Payments Sunshine Act aims to increase transparency around the financial relationships between healthcare professionals and Life Sciences companies. This requires the submission of aggregate spend reports to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). For the most part, the approach to meeting aggregate spend reporting requirements makes it easier or extremely difficult […]

$100K False Claims Act settlement After Company Violates Anti-Kickback Statute

Earlier this month, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced a $100,000 FCA settlement. This settlement resolved allegations of a Pharmaceutical company violating the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). In addition, this also caused the submission of false claims through incentive compensation payments to the company’s employees for conduct outside the scope of an […]

Maintaining Value in Pharmaceutical Compliance by Modernizing Through Digital

Modernization is the key to achieving strategic compliance operations for life sciences and pharmaceutical companies. To pivot to a whole new level, organizations, and compliance professionals need to determine the importance of data-driven compliance solutions powered by emerging and conventional technologies. The primary reason for this modernization is the evolving nature of regulatory requirements that […]

Is Adaptability Really an Underrated Compliance Skill? Let’s Find Out

Adaptability, in the fewest possible words, is the degree to which an organism adapts to a change in the environment, and this evolution confers benefits. The same can be said about compliance in the Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical industry, as adapting automation and data-driven approaches to compliance help businesses avoid compliance risks. The evolving compliance […]

Unlock Success in Speaker Programs with Data-Driven Compliance

With heightened scrutiny on speaker events, it is imperative for Life Sciences companies to leverage a data-driven approach to optimize speaker programs to ensure compliance at all levels. Engaging healthcare professionals (HCPs) remains one of the most effective ways for Life Sciences companies to provide awareness and education regarding products, diseases, new findings or discoveries, and […]