A federal appeals court ruled today that Dana-Farber can keep the $11.4 million a federal judge awarded it from a settlement pool for consumers overcharged for the cost of a prescription drug in the 1990s.
The money comes from a $40-million pool meant to reimburse consumers for the cost of Lupron, which is used to treat everything from prostate cancer to premature puberty and endometriosis.
A Suffolk County grand jury yesterday indicted a computer consultant on charges he bribed two employees at Partners Healthcare over four years to win "hundreds of thousands of dollars" in contracts with the healthcare giant, the state Attorney General's office announced. The two employees were also indicted.
Partners is the holding company that runs Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's hospitals and Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
Steve Garfield notes that Dana-Farber now offers free WiFi (so unlike Logan Airport, he adds).
Getting my vote for the unlikeliest place to offer free WiFi: DeNo's Pizza on Centre Street in West Roxbury. Who would ever think to bring a laptop to a pizza place?
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