BU Now » Momenta Pharmaceuticals http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Drug firm snoops on FDA officials http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/03/31/drug-firm-snoops-on-fda-officials/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/03/31/drug-firm-snoops-on-fda-officials/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:53:24 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=4963 Amphastar Pharmaceuticals logoAmphastar Pharmaceuticals reportedly paid more than $100,000 to a private investigative firm to snoop on FDA officials they suspected of having a too-chummy relationship with a competitor drug maker.  Amphastar insists it did nothing wrong, but Senate Finance Committee investigators are looking into the case.  Law Professor Kevin Outterson, an authority on drug law and marketing, says it’s disturbing.

“I don’t know what is more disturbing: that Amphastar hired the private detectives or that they are unapologetic about it after being caught.”

Contact Kevin Outterson, 617-353-3103, mko@bu.edu

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