New Report Shows Not Just Drug Wholesales causing high cost but: "Independent Drugstores and the "Gray Market". "Some pharmacies also function as small drug distributors that do little more than take advantage of scarcity and divert drugs in short supply to the wholesale gray market. When a drug becomes hard to procure due to raw material shortages or manufacturing bottlenecks, some of these small pharmacy distributors buy the drugs with the intention of hoarding them to resell at a substantial profit when the price has increased and the shortage worsened"

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Hillary Clinton Wants to Legalize Prescription Pill Import From Canada Tech Times-54 minutes ago The online selling of prescription drugs started when a Canadian pharmacist in ... is becoming a prevalent industry, with

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[Docket No. FDA-2015-N-3389] Determination That P - s3 ... https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection...gov/2015-24619.pdf 2 hours ago - SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) has ... compounded drug products under 21 CFR 216.24, FDA has determined that PONDIMIN ...

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