Monday, April 28, 2014
Pew Foundation Timeline for Drug Supply Chain and Security Act
Timeline for the Drug Supply Chain and Security Act
The Drug Supply Chain and Security Act (Title II, Drug Quality and Security Act, ... MOUs to address inordinate interstate shipment of compounded drugs; use of ...
Sunday, April 27, 2014
FDA
FDA Powerpoint: Fees Associated with Human. Drug Compounding By. Registered Outsourcing. Facilities. Webinar: Overview of Fees and Information for. Small Businesses ...
Fees Associated with Human Drug Compounding By ...
Fees Associated with Human Drug Compounding By ...
For 2013, Pharmacist Salaries Rise Yet Again For This Family-Friendly Occupation
Time for our exclusive annual analysis of pharmacist salaries, based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) latest 2013 Occupational Employment Statistics (OES).
Once again, pharmacist salaries grew faster than overall U.S. wages. The highlights:
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Once again, pharmacist salaries grew faster than overall U.S. wages. The highlights:
- In 2013, the average gross salary for a pharmacist at a retail, mail, and specialty pharmacy was $117,500—up 1.1% from 2012.
- Average salaries for pharmacists at mass merchants climbed above $121,000.
- Of the 820 detailed occupations that BLS lists in the OES survey, the “pharmacist” classification ranked 29th in compensation.
- Retail, mail, and specialty pharmacists’ salaries are 57% higher than the average healthcare figure.
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Inside Specialty Drug Dispensing at Physician Practices
As I discuss in Chapter 8 of the 2013-14 Economic Report on Retail, Mail, and Specialty Pharmacies, the growth in oral oncology products is encouraging physicians to dispense these products from offices and clinics. These practice-affiliated pharmacies act as “closed door” pharmacies by dispensing only to the practice’s patients
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Bad medicine: Over 450 pharmacies selling spurious drugs in Lahore
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has identified more than 450 drug stores selling spurious drugs in the provincial capital, according to a report of the agency available with The Express Tribune.
The drugs include medicine manufactured by local and multinational pharmaceutical companies including life-saving drugs. Along with the FIA report, the names of the spurious drugs and the medical stores selling them have been shared with the provincial health authorities, including the Punjab health minister and the provincial health secretary, FIA Punjab Director Dr Usman Anwar said.
The Punjab chapter of the FIA had launched an operation in early April after several complaints were made about the sale of substandard medicine in Lahore. Over the last two weeks, the FIA identified and raided 10 establishments which engaged in the manufacture, bulk supply and distribution of spurious drugs to hundreds of drug stores in Lahore. The record confiscated at the 10 establishments jointly raided by the FIA personnel and drug inspectors of the Health Department included invoices documenting the sale of spurious drugs to more than 450 drug stores in Lahore. In random checks, the adulterated medicines supplied by the 10 establishments were recovered from the cited drug stores.
Pulling together
The schedule of offences that the FIA covers includes spurious drugs. However, the agency can only proceed against spurious drugs in coordination with the Health Department. Before initiating the crackdown, the FIA had held meetings with officials of the Health Department, the Quality Control Board, the drug testing laboratory and the pharmaceutical association, and requested their assistance. All four had agreed to support the action, according to FIA officials.
The FIA report said that the medicine found during raids included fake drugs in forged packing, unregistered drugs, drugs sold without manufacturer's warranty, expired medicine which had been repacked, drugs stolen from government or armed forces institutions, homeopathic or herbal products containing allopathic ingredients and drugs smuggled into Pakistan.
A taste of their own medicine
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The drugs include medicine manufactured by local and multinational pharmaceutical companies including life-saving drugs. Along with the FIA report, the names of the spurious drugs and the medical stores selling them have been shared with the provincial health authorities, including the Punjab health minister and the provincial health secretary, FIA Punjab Director Dr Usman Anwar said.
The Punjab chapter of the FIA had launched an operation in early April after several complaints were made about the sale of substandard medicine in Lahore. Over the last two weeks, the FIA identified and raided 10 establishments which engaged in the manufacture, bulk supply and distribution of spurious drugs to hundreds of drug stores in Lahore. The record confiscated at the 10 establishments jointly raided by the FIA personnel and drug inspectors of the Health Department included invoices documenting the sale of spurious drugs to more than 450 drug stores in Lahore. In random checks, the adulterated medicines supplied by the 10 establishments were recovered from the cited drug stores.
Pulling together
The schedule of offences that the FIA covers includes spurious drugs. However, the agency can only proceed against spurious drugs in coordination with the Health Department. Before initiating the crackdown, the FIA had held meetings with officials of the Health Department, the Quality Control Board, the drug testing laboratory and the pharmaceutical association, and requested their assistance. All four had agreed to support the action, according to FIA officials.
The FIA report said that the medicine found during raids included fake drugs in forged packing, unregistered drugs, drugs sold without manufacturer's warranty, expired medicine which had been repacked, drugs stolen from government or armed forces institutions, homeopathic or herbal products containing allopathic ingredients and drugs smuggled into Pakistan.
A taste of their own medicine
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Stronger pharmacy laws could save lives
About 18 months ago, Michigan became "ground zero" in a fungal meningitis outbreak that claimed 19 lives and injured more than 260 patients in our state alone.
The culprit: tainted steroid drugs manufactured in Massachusetts by a compounding pharmacy and distributed in spinal injections at various medical facilities in four Michigan counties, including a pain clinic in Brighton.
Compounding pharmacies mix and assemble pharmaceuticals to create medicine needed by a patient but not commercially available in the dose or format required.
Meanwhile, a new federal law was passed to ensure greater oversight, but its rules are still being written. In Michigan, a Brighton-area lawmaker is leading the charge to tighten state rules through its own pharmacy board.
As Chris Gautz reports on Page 29, if patients are injured or die because the new rules aren't followed, the proposed law would impose felony charges and possible prison sentences.
Compounding pharmacies can offer many patients a safe alternative to stronger doses or ingredients they may be allergic to that are found in commercially available drugs. They can also create medications that are found to be in short supply.
The proposed legislation would require inspections and a "pharmacist-in-charge" responsible for quality control.
Reputable businesses should have no problems with the proposed legislation.
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The culprit: tainted steroid drugs manufactured in Massachusetts by a compounding pharmacy and distributed in spinal injections at various medical facilities in four Michigan counties, including a pain clinic in Brighton.
Compounding pharmacies mix and assemble pharmaceuticals to create medicine needed by a patient but not commercially available in the dose or format required.
Meanwhile, a new federal law was passed to ensure greater oversight, but its rules are still being written. In Michigan, a Brighton-area lawmaker is leading the charge to tighten state rules through its own pharmacy board.
As Chris Gautz reports on Page 29, if patients are injured or die because the new rules aren't followed, the proposed law would impose felony charges and possible prison sentences.
Compounding pharmacies can offer many patients a safe alternative to stronger doses or ingredients they may be allergic to that are found in commercially available drugs. They can also create medications that are found to be in short supply.
The proposed legislation would require inspections and a "pharmacist-in-charge" responsible for quality control.
Reputable businesses should have no problems with the proposed legislation.
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