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Cracking Down on Unlawful Rx Marke5ng
Honorable Jack Conway A;orney General
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Required Disclaimer:
The Kentucky Office of the A;orney General has no financial rela5onships with proprietary en55es that produce health care goods and services
Learning Objec5ves:
1. Outline the strategies for effective action against unlawful Rx drug marketing practices.
2. Identify practices that are considered unlawful for marketing Rx drugs
3. Evaluate the effectiveness of pursuing cases against drug manufactures who violate Rx drug marketing laws.
Announced January 06, 2014
Two Pharmaceu5cal Se;lements
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corpora5on • Vioxx • $25 million
GlaxoSmithKline • Avandia • $15 million
Court Ordered Distribu5ons
Court orders filed in both se;lements require that the funds be spent on drug treatment programs.
Recovery Center
$500,000 — construc5on of Kentucky Recovery Center, Ashland, Ky • 17th center in the Commonwealth • Peer-‐based recovery model • Provide easier access to treatment in the E.Ky
region
Recovery Ky Scholarships
$2.52 million — scholarships for Recovery Kentucky Centers • 30 scholarships each year for 2 years • 14 operaGonal Recovery Kentucky Centers • Total: 840 scholarships over 2 years
Drug Free Housing
$560,000 — Create 14 drug-‐free homes • start-‐up costs and rental assistance • for people transiGoning out of residenGal
treatment programs • Residents required to work & remain drug free
Treatment Grants
$19 million — Grant program • expand treatment beds at exisGng faciliGes • create new juvenile treatment programs • Residents required to work & remain drug free. • hPp://kykidsrecovery.ky.gov/
Addi5onal Distribu5on
• $6 million to administer and upgrade KASPER • $1 million to Chrysalis House in Lexington and
Independence House in Corbin • $1.5 million to UK to develop best pracGces for
juvenile substance abuse treatment providers • $1 million to develop substance abuse screening
tool with the Ky Dept. of EducaGon to intervene with at-‐risk children
• $250,000 to create a database to evaluate outcomes of juvenile treatment
SATAC
Substance Abuse Treatment Advisory Commi;ee • Created by ExecuGve Order • Oversee sePlement funding incl. grant program • Chaired by APorney General Conway
Contact Informa5on
Kentucky Office of the APorney General 700 Capital Avenue, Suite 118 Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 Phone: (502) 696-‐5641 Fax: (502) 564-‐8310 www.ag.ky.gov [email protected]