Solvay lawsuit proceeds benefit VU, Meharry research

Lieff Cabraser, the class-action litigation firm, announced that Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Meharry College will each get just over $1MM from a settlement related to marketing practices by Solvay Pharmaceuticals. The release is here.

Meharry health-policy appointee

Daniel Howard, Ph.D. (at left), has been named executive director of Meharry Medical College's new Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy. Release is here. The new center has received more than $18MM in startup grant funding. Howard earned his Ph.d. at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University.