Laws of the Land
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?
HCP
What is Healthcare Professional?
Any undesirable experience associated with the use of a medical product in a patient.
What is an Adverse Event?
For meals in this state the prescriber must not exceed $17 for breakfast or lunch.
What is New Jersey?
What is HIPAA?
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?
VCC
What is Virtual Customer Communication?
When product X is prescribed for a child with hypertension when Product X is approved for adult use only.
What is Off-Label Use?
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?
This act prohibits the sale, purchase, or trade of drug samples, which are called “starters” at Pfizer.
What is the Prescription Drug Marketing Act?
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?
USMI
What is US Medical Information?
A hospital maintenance worker accidentally splashes a Pfizer medicinal solution in his eye while cleaning up.
What is occupational exposure?
This Northeastern state prohibits all HCP meals, including in-office meals and meals of nominal value;
What is Vermont?
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?
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?
MYRA
What is MY Reporting App?
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?
Starting January 2022, individuals who market or promote prescription drugs to HCPs in this state must obtain a license.
What is Oregon?
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?
Laws that seek to protect individuals from inappropriate marketing and sales practices, prohibiting unfair or deceptive trade practices.
What are consumer protection laws?
The P and T in P & T Committee
What are Pharmacy & Therapeutics?
Patient takes a product for high cholesterol and notices decreased insomnia.
What is an unexpected therapeutic effect?
This state's healthcare regulations require pharmaceutical manufacturers to link mid-level practitioners to a supervising physician when requesting starters.
What is Michigan?
The Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act
What is the SUPPORT ACT?