Thursday, March 2, 2017

Trump Speech Leaves Health Care a Big Mess

Bloomberg-11 hours ago
The health-care goals President Donald Trump mentioned in his address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night were a high-water mark for policy ...

Republican Unity on Health Care Is Elusive, Despite Trump's Support

New York Times-3 hours ago
Republican senators emerged from a closed-door meeting on health care tight-lipped. Some have balked at a proposal to require workers to pay taxes on ...

Trump Approves Key Component Of GOP Obamacare Replacement

Daily Caller-10 hours ago
... deal of pressure from their constituents to both push forward with Obamacare repeal, and to stop the repeal effort entirely —

Despite Deadly Outbreak, FDA Cannot Recall Drugs

Despite Deadly Outbreak, FDA Cannot Recall Drugs

Huffington Post-13 hours ago
In January, the murder trial began for Barry J. Cadden, former pharmacist, president and co-owner of now-shuttered New England Compounding Center.

NECC trial: Prosecution witness grilled, scolded

MetroWest Daily News-5 hours ago
Cadden was the co-owner and president of the former New England Compounding Center in Framingham where drugs contaminated with fungus were made ...

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Question of the Day March 1, 2017 If Congress passes legislation to allow individuals to import drugs from Canada with the hope to avoid what will be the legal recourse, if any, if contaminated or harmful drugs are received in the United States? Will states be tasked with being the watchdog for these imported drugs or will the FDA or will there not be one in the U.S.?


Valeant predicts tough 2017 with revenue to decline

Yahoo Finance-Feb 28, 2017
Valeant in 2016 changed its business model from selling products through a specialty pharmacy Philidor, which had boosted sales of high-priced dermatology ...

What's wrong with drug packaging?

Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)-20 hours ago
Sometimes we walk around the dispensary looking at things and wonder why they are so. Pretty deep for a pharmacist. So many drugs are not packaged in ...

Alberta pharmacists prescribe more than drugs

Alberta pharmacists prescribe more than drugs: Today’s pharmacists perform a host of
professional services once only granted
to physicians, according to Neil Jowsey,
a local pharmacist.

NCPA supports health industry vision of HHS Secretary Tom Price

Drug Store News-20 hours ago
"The presence of independent pharmacies in rural and inner-city areas is ... "Transparency cannot occur if Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) continue to