Monday, May 2, 2016

Delaware Board of Pharmacy May 2016 Newsletter

Bactroban contamination causes Australia-wide shortage

Pharmacy News-9 hours ago
Dozens of pharmacies around Australia contacted by pharmacy news on ... “I think quite a few compounding pharmacies are doing similar things,” he says.

Ex-Valeant CEO might have earned a $2.66B stock payoff. Today ...

FiercePharma-1 hour ago
... to the point where Pearson could collect 2.25 million shares ifcompounded ... He admitted that his strategy--buying companies planning to profit off drug price 

New stem cell legislation raises alarm By SARAH KARLIN-SMITH 05/02/16 12:00 PM EDT With help from Mary Lee


HOW ELECTION POLITICS AND A WEALTHY DONOR COULD STRIP DOWN STEM CELL REGULATION — Sen. Mark Kirk’s (R-Ill.) REGROW Act would allow companies to sell stem-cell therapies that have been shown to be safe but haven’t yet been proven effective. The bill, which disturbs some federal regulators and medical research experts, is being pushed by Ed Bosarge, a wealthy, beret-wearing Texan who has donated $2 million to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s super PAC since October. Bosarge, a regenerative medicine investor and donor to research efforts, has met with Senate staffers on Kirk’s bill


Read more: http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/prescription-pulse/2016/05/new-legislation-on-stem-cells-raises-alarm-214069#ixzz47W9DBs3E 
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Express Scripts puts heat on pharma with new price hike ...

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3 hours ago - Last year, Express Scripts backed a cheaper, compounded rival to Turing's toxoplasmosis drug Daraprim after the company bought that drug and jacked up its ...

Silicon Valley gets new sheriff — the FDA

Silicon Valley gets new sheriff — the FDA

Santa Fe New Mexican-12 hours ago
Still, the real game-changer would be a test that can pinpoint cancerin its earliest stages, when the amount of DNA in the blood is mind-bogglingly small.

Sen. McCaskill cracks down on makers of fraudulent dietary ...

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54 mins ago - Sen. McCaskill's efforts are just another effort to protect consumers fromdietary supplements that contain illegal, undeclared and potentially dangerous ..

Bill seeks national authority to control doping and ...

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15 hours ago - Backers of a bill that would put all matters relating to drug and medication use in American thoroughbred racing under the US Anti-Doping Agency have put their ...

Senate calls for AFL, NRL doping documents

Yahoo7 News-5 hours ago
The crossbench won upper house support to urge government to table several reviews conducted by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority, dating back to ..

Bill seeks national authority to control doping and medication in US ...

Horsetalk-14 hours ago
Backers of a bill that would put all matters relating to drug and medication use in American thoroughbred racing under the US Anti-Doping Agency have put their ...