People who have HIV, cancer, (undergoing chemotherapy or radiation), diabetes, or who are on immunosuppressant medications are at risk for developing shingles outbreaks.
The other involves kickbacks in the form of rebates and discounts to at least 20 pharmacies in exchange for switching transplant patients from rival medicines to its Myfortic immunosuppressant treatment ( back story).
In its lawsuit, the government said Novartis had disguised kickbacks as performance rebates and discounts to convince pharmacies to switch patients to Myfortic from competitor's drugs and to oppose the use of a cheaper, generic immunosuppressant drug.