Darshan Kulkarni explores why compliance isn’t just a side issue—it’s often the ultimate dealbreaker in pharma and biotech transactions. When buyers look at acquiring a company in life sciences, they’re not just acquiring assets, patents, or promising pipelines. They’re also taking on the company’s regulatory baggage. If that baggage includes off-label promotion, billing fraud, improper trial oversight, or weak documentation, the deal could be dead on arrival. Darshan explains how regulators—...
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Darshan Kulkarni explores why compliance isn’t just a side issue—it’s often the ultimate dealbreaker in pharma and biotech transactions. When buyers look at acquiring a company in life sciences, they’re not just acquiring assets, patents, or promising pipelines. They’re also taking on the company’s regulatory baggage. If that baggage includes off-label promotion, billing fraud, improper trial oversight, or weak documentation, the deal could be dead on arrival. Darshan explains how regulators—...
In this episode, Darshan Kulkarni speaks with Dae Lee about the growing conflict between pharmaceutical manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) — and how it’s reshaping the U.S. drug supply chain. They unpack the recent dispute involving AstraZeneca, which alleges discrepancies between the number of branded claims submitted by pharmacies through PBMs and the rebates invoiced by those PBMs. The issue shines a spotlight on how PBMs control formulary access and drug distribution, ofte...
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Darshan Kulkarni explores why compliance isn’t just a side issue—it’s often the ultimate dealbreaker in pharma and biotech transactions. When buyers look at acquiring a company in life sciences, they’re not just acquiring assets, patents, or promising pipelines. They’re also taking on the company’s regulatory baggage. If that baggage includes off-label promotion, billing fraud, improper trial oversight, or weak documentation, the deal could be dead on arrival. Darshan explains how regulators—...
