Congress Weighs Expanding FDA Power to Regulate Beauty Products

Congress Weighs Expanding FDA Power to Regulate Beauty Products

Wall Street Journal (subscription)-Aug 18, 2017

Yet six years after a consumer-safety group petitioned the agency to ban the products, the FDA has taken little action and said recently it is still studying the issue ...

FDA slams more homeopaths for playing fast and loose with toxic ...

Ars Technica-Aug 17, 2017

Homeolab is just the latest homeopathic company slammed by the FDA for problems related to belladonna-containing products. For years, the agency has been ...

Question of the Day August 20, 2017 Prosecutions so far for the compounding fraud scheme has span from coast to coast and involved numerous states. Are there any states were this fraud has not touched? Should states prosecute the lower level or dollar amount health care fraud and schemes? Why or why not?

"The Pharmacy Benefits Administrator paid Compounding Pharmacy over $50 million for compounded medications mailed to individuals in New Jersey, authorities said. "

South Jersey Men Admit Defrauding State Health Care Groups ...

Patch.com-11 hours ago

Compounding Drug salesmen plead guilty to fraud, forfeit $385 K - Courier-Post

Drug salesmen plead guilty to fraud, forfeit $385 K - Courier-Post

www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/crime/2017/08/18/...fraud/581252001/

21 hours ago - Drug salesmen plead guilty to fraud, forfeit $385K ..... Those drugs are typically mixed by a pharmacist "to meet the specific medical needs of an ... They pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in Camden to conspiring to commit healthcare fraud.