Tag: Crime

Fraudulent Misbranding of PPE Nets $22 Million Settlement

Avanos Medical Inc to Pay $22 Million to Resolve Criminal Charge for Fraudulent Misbranding of PPE A US-based multinational medical device corporation will pay more than $22 million to resolve a criminal charge regarding fraudulent misbranding of their surgical gowns. Avanos Medical Inc, which as its US headquarters in Alpharetta, Georgia, is charged with one

The war on drugs is a fight we just can’t win, says Miriam Stoppard

To my mind, criminalisation of illegal drugs is inhumane and counterproductive. The “war on drugs” hasn’t and doesn’t work. It’s high time we shifted our focus from criminal punishment to ­public health. If this offends your ideology I should tell you that the Royal College of ­Physicians, the British Medical ­Association, The British Medical Journal