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Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
California Pushes Forward $400 Billion Universal Health Care Bill
Daily Signal-6 hours ago
The new bill would be paid for in part by $200 billion in funds reallocated from other government health care programs like Medicare and Medicaid. (Photo: ...
The GOP's utter confusion on health care
Washington Post (blog)-7 hours ago
As with the Middle East “peace process” the quest for a health-care bill to pass the Senate rests on a false assumption: All we need are really clever negotiators ...
Minnesota Law May Help Prevent Pharmacy Errors
ModernMedicine-7 hours ago
While many pharmacy groups acknowledge that errors at retail pharmacies are increasing, a new Minnesota law may help reduce the number of such errors in
FDA warning letter slams B. Braun management for persistent ...
FiercePharma-2 hours ago
... complaints the company received for its Excel and Titan XL lines of flexible containers for irrigation and parenteral nutrition solutions for compounding.
Pharmacist Rips Feds' 'Face-Saving' After Murder Acquittals
Law360 (subscription)-5 hours ago
Law360, Boston (May 30, 2017, 5:16 PM EDT) -- The Massachusetts pharmacist convicted of fraud for selling deadly drugs in the 2012 fungal meningitis ..
| 04/28/2017 | 2570172 | Nemours Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children | State Referral Letter | DE | Producer of Sterile Drug Products | 05/30/2017 |
| 05/03/2017 | 3006616657 | Central Admixture Pharmacy Services, Inc. | FMD-145 Letter | CA | Producer of Sterile Drug Products | 05/30/2017 |
| 05/05/2017 | 3006489293 | Pentec Health Inc. | State Referral Letter | PA | Producer of Sterile Drug Products | 05/30/2017 |
| 05/08/2017 | 3008846597 | Alexander Infusion LLC dba Avanti Health Care Services | FMD-145 Letter | NY | Producer of Sterile Drug Products | 05/24/2017 |
| 05/02/2017 | Genus Medical Technologies | Kansas City District Office | Unapproved New Drugs/Misbranded | Not Issued * |
| 05/12/2017 | VitaPurity Corporation | Seattle District Office | Adulterated Dietary Supplements, Unapproved New and Misbranded Drugs | Not Issued * |
| 05/12/2017 | B. Braun Medical Inc | Los Angeles District Office | CGMP/Finished Pharmaceuticals/Adulterated | Not Issued * |
| 05/16/2017 | Ocubright Tear Stain Remover, Inc. | Florida District Office | Animal Drugs/Adulterated | Not Issued * |
| 05/16/2017 | Morhaim Pharmalab, Inc. | Florida District Office | CGMP/Manufacturing, Packaging, Labeling, or Holding Operations for Dietary Supplements/Adulterated | Not Issued * |
| 05/17/2017 | Med-Pharmex, Inc. | Los Angeles District Office | CGMP/Finished Pharmaceuticals/Adulterated | Not Issued * |
Saturday, May 27, 2017
Valium recalled after medicine tampering
Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)-10 hours ago
Consumers have been advised not to take Valium 5mg tablets supplied in 50-tablet blister packs, and instead return them to a pharmacy for a refund and to ...
Alabama 'Pill Mill' Doctor Tied to Insys Gets 21 Years in Prison
U.S. News & World Report-20 hours ago
... in 2015, Ruan and Couch jointly owned and operated Physician's Pain Specialists of Alabama, which had two clinics in Mobile, as well as C&R Pharmacy.
CVS's Omnicare to pay $23 million to resolve US kickback case
Reuters-17 hours ago
The accord, confirmed by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston, will resolve a lawsuit against the pharmacy operator filed in 2007 by two former employees of ..
Behind the War Between Health Insurers and Pharmacy Benefit ...
TheStreet.com-16 hours ago
"It's a very complex industry," said Jane Lutz, executive director at the Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute. The Big Three CVS, Express Scripts and ...
Court: Texas must reveal execution drug supplier
CorrectionsOne-4 hours ago
Prison officials declined to name the source, saying only that execution drugs were purchased from a licensed compounding pharmacy in Texas. An opinion ...
Dallas Morning News Must Face Libel Suit Over Pharma Series
Law360 (subscription)-15 hours ago
The Texas Second Court of Appeals ruled that Lewis and Richard Hall, who both owned a compounding pharmacy business consisting of RXpress Pharmacies ...
Friday, May 26, 2017
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Could Compounding Pharmacists Solve the Sodium Bicarbonate ...
ModernMedicine-1 hour ago
Could Compounding Pharmacists Solve the Sodium Bicarbonate Shortage? As stocks of the vital drug become rarer, pharmacists could be the ones combatting ...
Paduda: Compounds in Workers' Comp
WorkCompCentral (subscription)-12 hours ago
CompPharma is proud to have been the leading force educating the work comp world about compound drugs. Thanks to member PBMs for supporting our work, ...
Tricare Pharmacy Fees Would Increase Under Budget Proposal
Military.com-20 hours ago
Mario Blount, pharmacy technician, verifies prescription labels at the David Grant USAF Medical center pharmacy. (Photo: U.S. Air Force/ Staff Sgt. Liliana ...
The myth of sky-high drug prices
The Hill (blog)-19 hours ago
Prescription drugs dispensed at pharmacies account for just 12 percent of total U.S. health spending, compared to 20 percent in Japan and Korea and 17 ..
Janesville pharmacist pleads guilty in government fraud case
Janesville Gazette-13 hours ago
By accepting a plea agreement, Mark S. Johnson, who ran the former Kealey Pharmacy in Janesville, will spend at least one year and one day in prison.
Compounding PIC Reprimanded
Pharmacist linked to Stephen Dank reprimanded
Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)-4 hours ago
Adam Kennedy, 29, was the pharmacist-in-charge at Kingswood Compounding Pharmacy in April 2014 when the Pharmaceutical Services Unit (PSU) of the ...
Outlook 2017 Teleconference: Revisiting the Trump Administration's ...
JD Supra (press release)-15 hours ago
On the drug side, there are folks pushing for the CREATES Act, which would ..... The drug compounding industry has suggested that compounded drugs may ...
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Exclusive: McConnell frets about healthcare, hopeful on tax overhaul
Reuters-6 hours ago
In an exclusive interview with Reuters, McConnell said healthcare and taxes still top the Republican legislative agenda, and he added that he will not reach out ...
Illinois Democrats condemn Republican health care plan again after ...
Featured-Chicago Tribune-3 hours ago
Featured-Chicago Tribune-3 hours ago
The myth of sky-high drug prices
The Hill (blog)-8 hours ago
Prescription drugs dispensed at pharmacies account for just 12 percent of total U.S. health spending, compared to 20 percent in Japan and Korea and 17 ...
How pharmacists can boost childhood vax rates
Pharmacy News-2 hours ago
Patients are less likely to miss out on a due vaccination when software alerts are backed by a pharmacist review of their medical records, according to a study ...
Australia: Blue Sky exits pharmacy services firm HPS for $114m
DEALSTREETASIA-20 hours ago
HPS is Australia's largest provider of outsourced pharmacy services to hospitals, correctional facilities, oncology centres and fertility clinics, with more than 100
Congress should act on measure to help Medicare, small businesses
The Hill (blog)-4 hours ago
PBMs are taking back a portion of the pharmacies' already barely adequate reimbursements weeks and even months after the pharmacist has dispensed the ...
Pharmacy bans local Council from premises
Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)-20 hours ago
Earlier this week a notice appeared in the front window of the only pharmacy in ... News claimed that the pharmacy was still refusing service to Council staff.
Welsh Assembly passes Bill to change issuing requirements for new ...
The Pharmaceutical Journal-16 hours ago
A bill that includes a provision to replace arrangements for issuing new pharmacy dispensing contracts with a system based on pharmaceutical needs ..
WV Attorney General reaches settlement with pharmacy company
Charleston Gazette-Mail (subscription)-1 hour ago
The West Virginia Attorney General's Office, and offices of attorneys general in 42 other states, has reached a settlement with Johnson & Johnson subsidiary ...
Senate OKs Pharmacy Price-Gouging Ban After Clash With ...
Hartford Courant-5 hours ago
Senate Leaders Martin Looney and Len Fasano have sent a letter to Insurance Commissioner Katharine Wade warning her about her involvement in a .
Trump's proposed budget would cripple the NIH and FDA
STAT-7 hours ago
... of critical public health programs, such as monitoring the safety of drug supply chains, managing drug shortages, and overseeing compounding facilities.
BREAKING: 23 million to lose insurance under House GOP's Obamacare reform bill
The House's version of the Affordable Care Act repeal-and-replace bill would leave 23 million more people uninsured and save the federal government $119 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office. READ MORE
Mills' drug-pricing bill advances
The INDsider-17 hours ago
The House Committee on Health and Welfare moved a bill to the Senate floor that would require the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy to create a website that ...
Valeant Caught Up in 33 Lawsuits After Acquiring J&J Product Made ...
New Brunswick Today-17 hours ago
As we reported, Philidor investors have accused Valeant of using the pharmacy as a tool to brighten up its own finances. Once insurance companies became ...
Senate Leaders Issue Warning To Insurance Commissioner Over ...
Hartford Courant-16 hours ago
Fasano and Looney asked Wade to steer clear of pending Senate Bill 445, "An Act Concerning Fairness in Pharmacy Benefit Manager Contracts.".
Drug Compounding: Too Dangerous to Address Rising Drug Prices?
Pharmaceutical Processing-35 minutes ago
“Compounding is a long-standing practice—as old as pharmacy itself—although it has evolved over time,” said Elizabeth Jungman, Director of Public Health ...
Pharmacy vital but overlooked in palliative care
Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)-7 hours ago
Palliative Care Australia has talked with the Pharmacy Guild and PSA to discuss ways in which the skills of pharmacists can be used to improve end-of-life care
Comp leaders warn against misuse of drug compounding | Business ...
www.businessinsurance.com/.../Workers-comp-leaders-warn-against-misuse-of-drug-co..
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
How pharma reps impact physician prescribing
ModernMedicine-17 hours ago
Limiting how pharmaceutical sales representatives can market their products to physicians changes their drug prescribing behaviors, according to a new study .
Industry voices concern as Amazon considering pharmacy move
The Pharmaceutical Journal-5 hours ago
Japanese press reported earlier this year that Amazon's Japanese site is now selling pharmaceuticals with pharmacist approval. Online pharmacies in the UK
Paul Ryan Says Employer Coverage Is Safe From His Health Care ...
New York Magazine-May 22, 2017
The problem, he believes, begins with people mistakenly thinking the bill affects job-based insurance. “They just see 'healthcare' and they think ...
Uncertainty grows as Trump delays a health care decision
ABC News-14 hours ago
Uncertainty over the future of health care is growing deeper for millions of Americans who buy their own policies. While insurers released a ...
Medical Research, Health Care Face Deep Cuts In Trump Budget
NPR-5 hours ago
The proposed budget unveiled Tuesday by the Trump administration doubles down on major cuts to biomedical research; programs to fight ...