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These laws and regulations that impact our business and restrict our activities, including colleagues’ interactions with HCPs and employees across the nation.

What are state laws?

100

HCP

What is Healthcare Professional?

100

 Any undesirable experience associated with the use of a medical product in a patient. 

What is an Adverse Event?

100

For meals in this state the prescriber must not exceed $17 for breakfast or lunch.

What is New Jersey?

100
This act is designed to protect Privacy of health information Security of electronic records, Administrative simplification, and insurance portability.


What is HIPAA? 

200

This law prohibits the misbranding and adulteration of products, and provided for criminal penalties, including imprisonment and fines, for violations of the statute.

What is the FDA Law?

200

VCC

What is Virtual Customer Communication?

200

When product X is prescribed for a child with hypertension when Product X is approved for adult use only.

What is Off-Label Use?

200

In this state, companies may not provide meals, including snacks or other refreshments to MA-licensed HCPs except in the office or hospital setting when accompanied by an informational presentation.

What is Massachusetts? 

200

This act prohibits the sale, purchase, or trade of drug samples, which are called “starters” at Pfizer.

What is the Prescription Drug Marketing Act?

300

These laws prohibits persons who knowingly offer, pay, or provide anything of value to induce an individual or entity to recommend or prescribe a product or service that is reimbursed by the government.

What are anti-kickback laws?

300

USMI

What is US Medical Information?

300

A hospital maintenance worker accidentally splashes a Pfizer medicinal solution in his eye while cleaning up.

What is occupational exposure?

300

This Northeastern state prohibits all HCP meals, including in-office meals and meals of nominal value;

What is Vermont?

300

This act is designed to increase transparency around the financial relationships between physicians, teaching hospitals, and manufacturers of drugs, medical devices, and biologics.

What is the Sunshine Act?

400

Under federal law, Medicaid is entitled to quarterly rebates based on the lowest price a pharmaceutical company offers on covered outpatient products to a customer.

What is the Medicaid Best Price Law?

400

MYRA

What is MY Reporting App?

400

Blister pack arrived empty • Vial is leaking liquid • Syringe is jammed • Product is/may be counterfeit. These are examples of what?

What are product / medical device complaints?

400

Starting January 2022, individuals who market or promote prescription drugs to HCPs in this state must obtain a license.

What is Oregon?

400

This act prohibits entities and individuals from submitting or inducing another to submit a false claim for reimbursement from the federal government.

What is the False Claims Act?

500

Laws that seek to protect individuals from inappropriate marketing and sales practices, prohibiting unfair or deceptive trade practices.

What are consumer protection laws?

500

The P and T in P & T Committee

What are Pharmacy & Therapeutics?

500

Patient takes a product for high cholesterol and notices decreased insomnia.

What is an unexpected therapeutic effect?

500

This state's healthcare regulations require pharmaceutical manufacturers to link mid-level practitioners to a supervising physician when requesting starters.

What is Michigan?

500

The Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act

What is the SUPPORT ACT?

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