Sunday, April 19, 2015

Minnesota Board of Pharmacy Disciplinary Action Against Wedgewood Village Pharmacy--reprimand and $10,000 civil penalty

Wedgewood Village Pharmacy, License #264477. Licensee is not, nor has it ever been licensed as a drug wholesaler by the Board. Licensee shipped drugs to licensed veterinarians in Minnesota without patient-specific prescriptions. However, beginning January 7, 2013, licensee began dispensing drugs only pursuant to patient-specific prescriptions. Licensee asserted that it was acting on a good-faith interpretation of Minnesota law, specifically Minnesota Statutes §151.01, Subdivision 30 (2012). The Board asserts that Minnesota law prohibited licensee from shipping drugs for office use without being licensed as a wholesaler. Licensee, for purposes of settlement of the matter, and for no other purposes civil, administrative, or criminal, agreed that the Board could impose discipline in the form of a reprimand and a $10,000 civil penalty. The Board took

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