Drug Benefits: Off-label indication & illegal promotion

Gavel & Pestle Podcast host -Darshan Kulkarni, PharmD, MS, Esq - provides insight on Off-Label indication and illegal promotion of drugs. What you don't know can get you thrown in jail or millions in fines.   Providing Coverage for Off-label Prescriptions While off-label promotion is the purview of the Justice department, certain off-label prescribing is for all intents and purposes sanctioned by behemoth entities such as Medicare, and guided by national compendia. In 1993, a portion of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act legally required Medicare to cover an off-label use of a cancer drug if it is in the drug compendia, or is supported by peer-reviewed articles in certain journals outlined by Medicare. References: BioWorld Perspectives http://www.bioworld.com/content/label-use-fine-line-between-illegal-promotion-and-useful-information  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices