Friday, July 22, 2016

Talon Compounding Pharmacy Issues Recall The company voluntarily recalls all lots of lyophilized HCG and sermorelin. Jul 22, 2016 By Pharmaceutical Technology Editors

Talon Compounding Pharmacy Issues Recall
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Tricare drops UnitedHealthcare from new contracts worth $58 billion 
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded multiyear contracts worth $58 billion to Humana and Centene Corp. to manage Tricare, surprisingly booting incumbent health insurer UnitedHealthcare in the process.  READ MORE

FDA rejects Sandoz's Neulasta copy, giving Amgen a break from the biosim onslaught

Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Amgen’s aging superstars have been under assault lately by Novartis’ Sandoz unit and its biosimilars ambitions. But the Big Biotech scored a break at the hands of regulators: The FDA rebuffed Sandoz's biosim version of Amgen's big-selling Neulasta, Novartis disclosed Tuesday.

Doc Accused Of Bribing Sen. Wants $2M Put In Fees Trust By Nathan Hale--Dr. Salomon Melgen, who is accused of falsely diagnosing patients with serious eye conditions and overbilling Medicare for the macular degeneration drug Lucentis,...

07/22/2016 01:04 PM EDT

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising consumers not to purchase or use Xcelerated Weight Loss Turbo Charge, a product promoted and sold for weight loss on various websites, includingwww.xceleratedweightloss.com, and possibly in some retail stores.