ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 16 -- Alston and Bird, a law firm, issued the following news release: On November 4, Alston & Bird secured over $70 million in damages for client Sandoz in litigation against biopharmaceutical firm United Therapeutics Corp. (UTC). In 2019, Sandoz filed a suit alleging UTC blocked the sale of a generic version of hypertension medication by colluding with the manufacturer of infusion pumps for injecting UTC's brand-name hypertension drug Remodulin to muscle out Sandoz's ge  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 16 -- The Georgia Department of Driver Services issued the following news release: Georgia Department of Driver Services (DDS) Commissioner Spencer R. Moore recently announced the receipt of a grant award of $50,025.56 for the period of October 2024 through September 30, 2025 from the Governor's Office of Highway Safety with federal funds from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. This grant will be used to administer the Alcohol and Drug Awareness Program   more

FAYETTEVILLE, Georgia, Nov. 16 -- Piedmont issued the following news release: Macon, Ga. (November 15, 2024) - There's nothing unlucky about it: Piedmont Macon Medical Center has earned an "A" Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group for the 13th consecutive time. Meanwhile, Piedmont Macon North Hospital has received an "A" for the 9th grading period in a row. Not only have both of Macon's Piedmont hospitals received A's this fall, but they also have earned the elite "Straight A" designat  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Georgia, Nov. 16 -- Piedmont issued the following news release: Covington, Ga. (November 15, 2024) - Piedmont Newton Hospital earned an "A" safety grade Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit watchdog focused on patient safety. Leapfrog assigns an "A," "B," "C," "D" or "F" grade to general hospitals across the country based on over 30 performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and infections, as well as the systems hospita  more