Tuesday, February 28, 2017

February 14, 2017Chongqing Pharma Research Institute Co., Ltd.Center for Drug Evaluation and ResearchCGMP/Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API)/AdulteratedNot Issued *
February 14, 2017Hospira IncKansas City District OfficeCGMP/Drugs/AdulteratedNot Issued *
February 03, 2017Kumato LabsLos Angeles District OfficeCGMP/Dietary Supplement/Adulterated/MisbrandedNot Issued *

Trump to Congress: We must bring down drug prices 'immediately'

Are pharmaceutical companies gouging taxpayers? Lawmakers ...

Los Angeles Times-13 hours ago
Even some Republicans (most notably President Trump) agree that prescription drug prices have gotten out of hand. The question is what to do about it.

Trump: Overpromising on Drugs

National Review-9 hours ago
The War on Drugs has largely been a fraud and a complete failure. ... and maladjusted correctional officers, and the cost of housing this unseen host, even in ...

Democratic lawmakers to President Trump: Support Rx drug importation

www.talkmedianews.com › Congress
12 hours ago - WASHINGTON – Democratic lawmakers called on President Donald Trump to make good on his campaign promise to help lower prescription drug prices by ...

Drug Importation Bill: Allow Americans to Import Low Cost Drugs ...

baltimore.cbslocal.com/.../drug-importation-bill-allow-americans-to-import-low-cost-...
4 hours ago - President Trump has said he'll bring prices down in a meeting with drug industry leaders. “U.S. drug companies have produced extraordinary results for our ...

Drug Price Reform 2017: Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker Battle Trump ...

www.ibtimes.com/drug-price-reform-2017-bernie-sanders-cory-booker-battle-trump-...
9 hours ago - The progressive legislation will work to regulate soaring drug prices across the U.S

President Trump's drug price threats have stopped working since he ...

www.marketwatch.com › Industries › Pharmaceuticals
5 hours ago - But after the president's pharmaceutical meeting, when Trump said again that drug pricesneeded to be lower but appeared to back away from negotiating them, ...

Lawmakers Look to Canada, Trump on Prescription Drugs The new president has signaled a desire to rein in drug prices, and a measure from his opponents aims to do so by allowing prescription imports from the Great White North. By Kimberly Leonard | Staff Writer Feb. 28, 2017, at 3:49 p.m.

Federal Marijuana Laws, Policies and Practices - Law Professor Blogs ...

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16 hours ago - The piece is headlined "How Trump's DOJ Can Start Enforcing Federal Marijuana ... Empower the FDA to take action to regulate marijuana in order to protect ...

Trump's Joint Address to Congress to Include Special Rare Disease ...

www.raredr.com/news/trump-megan-crowley
10 hours ago - Tonight, when President Donald Trump speaks at his First Address to a Joint Session of ... there will be a special guest sitting with First Lady Melania Trump – Megan Crowley. ... FDA Approves Xermelo (telotristat ethyl) for Carcinoid Syndrome.

FDA Warns Pfizer's Kansas Site Following Cardboard Found in Sterile ...

raps.org/.../FDA-Warns-Pfizer’s-Kansas-Site-Following-Cardboard-Found-in-Sterile-I...
11 hours ago - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday released a warning ... FDAWarns Pfizer's Kansas Site Following Cardboard Found in Sterile Injectables ... Trump to Pharma CEOs: 75% to 80% of FDA Regulations Will be Eliminated ...

Cures Act sponsors warn against Trump's hiring freeze | TheHill

thehill.com/policy/.../321659-cures-act-sponsors-warn-against-trumps-hiring-freeze
4 hours ago - Lawmakers said the freeze could hurt the FDA's work approving new drugs. ... bill last year are warning that President Trump's hiring freeze on federal workers ...

How Trump Can Save Almost $1 Trillion in 10 Easy Steps - The Daily ...

www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/02/.../10-ways-trump-could-save-10-billion.htm...
1 day ago - Trump was elected on a mandate to clean out Washington. Does he really ... The FDAcould move to San Diego or Boston, cities with a cohort of scientists.
Trump aims to take on 'slow' FDA

Washington Examiner · 9 mins ago

Pressure on GOP to revamp health law grows, along with rifts - WSIL ...

WSIL TV-18 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump declared Monday that "Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated." Yet the opposite has long been ...

Amid GOP discord, Schumer predicts health-care law 'will not be ...

Washington Post-16 hours ago
The top Democratic senator predicted Monday that Republicans will fail to fulfill their long-stated goal of repealing and replacing the federal health-care law, ...

Exclusive–Rep. Meadows: We Won't Fix Healthcare By Replacing ...

Breitbart News-12 hours ago
We are not going to fix healthcare by replacing Obamacare with another plan that ... Congressman Meadows told Breitbart News, “We need to expand health ...

Here's Something: Health care is not a right

The Forecaster-Feb 27, 2017
I keep seeing people on the news carrying protest signs indicating that health care is a right. It is not a right. That might be the biggest lie the left has in its arsenal ..

Does California want single-payer healthcare?

Cal Coast News-19 hours ago
“In California we say we want health care for everyone,” Lara said last week at a universal health care rally. “In California, we say that health care is a human ...

Will Republicans increase red tape in the healthcare industry?

The Hill (blog)-45 minutes ago
Instead of thwarting socialist healthcare policies, they appear ready to adopt a wholly unnecessary measure being promoted by leading progressive Democrats.

The Many Dreadful Ways That the Trump Administration Will Hurt ...

Slate Magazine (blog)-22 hours ago
Nevertheless, for LGBTQ patients and those who deliver medical care to them, it's worth ... The ACA prohibits discrimination against trans people by health care ...

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

JD Supra (press release)-20 hours ago
But GOP senators left the meeting disappointed that President Trump's point man on healthcare didn't offer a detailed plan on how to either repeal or replace the 

'Deadbeat dudes' on Medicaid hog healthcare dollars

The Hill (blog)-22 hours ago
It is government-funded healthcare for our nation's most vulnerable populations, including those with Down's syndrome and the special families who support .

Conservative Hardliners Are Already Threatening the House GOP's health care plan

Conservative Hardliners Are Already Threatening the House GOP's ...

Slate Magazine (blog)-15 hours ago
"So you can be a millionaire and not have employer-based health care and you're going to get a check from the federal government—I've got a problem with that ...

Q&A: Pharmacy benefit managers say 'consumer is king'

STAT-4 hours ago
harmacy benefit managers are finding themselves in the spotlight more than they used to — and their top lobbyist doesn't mind. PBMs and the lobbyists who .

How Walmart Is Improving Its Pharmacy Service

Fortune-9 hours ago
The retailer on Tuesday rolled out a major upgrade to its mobile shopping app that allows its pharmacy customers to quickly and simply order refills, track those ...

USP Compounded Preparation Monograph Donation Program

www.usp.org › USP & Healthcare Professionals › Compounding
17 hours ago - USP Compounded Preparation Monographs contain formulations and procedures for practitioners who are compounding specific preparations for which an FDA-approved dosage form is not available to meet the individual health needs of a patient.

Monday, February 27, 2017

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare reports $79 million fourth-quarter loss

Dallas News (blog)-5 hours ago
The Dallas-based company said it had a loss of 79 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 6 cents per share. The results did not ...

Why Health Coverage Does Not Equal Healthcare Access

The Beacon (blog)-7 hours ago
Readers know I disagree with using measurements of “coverage” as measurements of access to health care. New data from the Louisiana Department of Health, ...

Yes, Mr. President, Health Care Is 'Complicated.' Now What Are You ...

Huffington Post-3 hours ago
The idea that “nobody” knew health care is complicated is, of course, nonsense ― as literally anyone who's ever visited a doctor or used health insurance could ...

Trading health care as industry CEOs meet with Trump

CNBC-4 hours ago
Trader Tim Seymour said he likes UnitedHealth. He said the stock is "the most diversified play in the space," because of its global potential, high growth in

Trump to governors: Healthcare plan will be 'very special'

The Hill-16 hours ago
President Trump on Sunday told governors at the White House that the administration's new healthcare plan will be "very special." "Perhaps healthcare will ...

EMBRACE single system healthcare reform

The Hill (blog)-13 hours ago
We believe that Congress can achieve the fiscal goals they seek, while offering free basic universal healthcare and affordable private insurance. This can be ...




Access to birth control widens as Colorado pharmacists prepare to ...

The Denver Post-21 hours ago
Women who are at least 18 can complete a questionnaire, blood-pressure check and a 10- to 15-minute consultation with a pharmacist, then walk out with ...

Chronic-pain patients feel sting of Washington state's opioid ...

Longview Daily News-9 hours ago
Since 2002, the rate of drug overdose deaths has increased by 79 percent nationwide, ... Their problems are compounded by doctors who now fear sanctions for ...

Steroid-pushing Perth doctor “cracks” in witness box

Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)-11 hours ago
The Board's supporting evidence included the dispensing histories of several local pharmacies including a compounding chemist, in addition to clinical patient .

It's time to 'Trump' opioid addiction in the United States

The Hill (blog)-8 hours ago
Compounding these insurance barriers are obsolete policies that bar access to treatment. For example, the Medicaid Institutions for Mental Disease (IMD) ..

Allentown pharmacy works to correct FDA concerns

Allentown Morning Call-9 hours ago
We were told there were two areas of concern in compounding two types of products that did not fit into current FDA guidelines. This inspection was not brought

NECC trial: Details disclosed about 20 meningitis victims

MetroWest Daily News-55 minutes ago
Burgess was a prosecution witness in the trial of Barry J. Cadden, former co-owner and president of the New England Compounding Center in Framingham.

Drug monitoring program inches closer to passage

Lincoln County Journal-51 minutes ago
Ashley Vance, a pharmacy technician at The Medicine Shoppe in Troy, gets a prescription ready. Vance said she supports better monitoring of prescription ...

AP: VA data show low rate of discipline for drug loss, theft

WRCB-TV-7 hours ago
Doctors, nurses or pharmacy staff at the VA's hospitals were fired or reprimanded in a small fraction of thousands of reported cases of opioid theft and missing 

Healthy futures report lauds community pharmacy

Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)-15 hours ago
A key focus of the report measured consumers understanding and opinions towards the changing role of pharmacists and community pharmacies in the ...
US Compounding Purchase Leads Million-Dollar Deals in Conway

Arkansas Business Online · 10 hours ago