Thursday, October 26, 2017

Imprimis Launches Surface Pharmaceuticals Subsidiary

Imprimis Launches Surface Pharmaceuticals Subsidiary: The markets for Surface's drug candidates include dry eye disease and blepharitis.
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Fisher Phillips LLP
Asking an applicant "What's your current salary?" has been part and parcel of the hiring process for as long as employers have been hiring employees.
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Seyfarth Shaw LLP
New statutory obligations for California employers in 2018 will include prohibitions on inquiries into applicants' salary and conviction histories, expanding CFRA to employees of smaller employers ...

Endo International sues FDA on drug compounding policy Reuters · 2 hours ago

Endo International sues FDA on drug compounding policy

Reuters · 2 hours ago
Endo Files Federal Lawsuit to Obtain FDA Compliance with Drug ...
PR Newswire (press release)-3 hours ago

Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on the Trump Administration’s important efforts to address the opioid crisis


Today the Administration took a historic step to direct additional resources to help address the staggering human and economic toll created by the epidemic of opioid addiction. We thank President Trump for his leadership in further empowering public and private parties around the country to do everything possible to more forcefully address this complex public health crisis. We are committed to taking additional steps under the new declaration of a public health emergency to more forcefully confront this immense national tragedy. This includes taking aggressive steps to prevent new addictions and opioid-related deaths, and help those currently addicted regain control and restore them to their communities. Continue reading.

Trump declares opioid crisis a public health emergency; critics say plan falls short

NPR Trump Administration To Declare Opioid Crisis A Public Health Emergency

Manchin: Opioid epidemic “is a business plan”

Manchin: Opioid epidemic “is a business plan” | MSNBC

www.msnbc.com/kasie.../manchin-opioid-epidemic-is-a-business-plan-10790938278...
4 days ago - Joe Manchin introduced new legislation this week to combat drug companies as the DEA tries to gain control of the opioid epidemic. He now claims that the ...

On opioids, Trump World's plans have become 'such a mess'

On opioids, Trump World's plans have become 'such a mess' | MSNBC

www.msnbc.com/rachel...show/opioids-trump-worlds-plans-have-become-such-mess
6 days ago - “They are not ready for this,” a public health advocate said of an emergency declaration after talking to Health and Human Services officials ...

Breaching The 'Wall': Is The White House Encroaching On DOJ

Breaching The 'Wall': Is The White House Encroaching On DOJ ...

WABE 90.1 FM-48 minutes ago
“These cases reflect a new and disturbing facet of the opioid crisis in ... Bharara's remarks follow an MSNBC interview with Holder earlier this week, when Holder ...

In opioid crisis, emotional stories highlight the danger

In opioid crisis, emotional stories highlight the danger

Delmarva Daily Times-3 hours ago
The airing of a video about a young Accomack County woman who died last year as the result of opioid abuse left the crowd of 80-plus in the Great Hall at ..

Price tag of Ohio's opioid epidemic: Up to $8.8 billion a year The Columbus Dispatch-7 hours ago A new study of the state's opioid epidemic by Ohio State University researchers shows a staggering economic toll of $6.6 billion to $8.8 billion a year — about ...

Price tag of Ohio's opioid epidemic: Up to $8.8 billion a year

The Columbus Dispatch-7 hours ago
A new study of the state's opioid epidemic by Ohio State University researchers shows a staggering economic toll of $6.6 billion to $8.8 billion a year — about ...

Lawmakers to DEA: Use more legal muscle against opioids

Lawmakers to DEA: Use more legal muscle against opioids

Washington Post-18 hours ago
Lawmakers urged the Drug Enforcement Administration to seek more legal authority if it is needed to battle the nation's opioid epidemic, telling an official they ...

Trump to Declare Opioid Crisis a 'Public Health Emergency'

Trump to Declare Opioid Crisis a 'Public Health Emergency'

New York Times-1 hour ago
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday will announce he is directing his Department of Health and Human Services to declare the opioid crisis a public ...

State suspends license of Bellingham pharmacy assistant for

State suspends license of Bellingham pharmacy assistant for ...

The Bellingham Herald-15 hours ago
The state has suspended the license of a Bellingham pharmacy assistant convicted of voyeurism in 2016. Marc A. Woodyard's credentials have been suspended ...

New standards add pharmacies in Medicaid

New standards add pharmacies in Medicaid

The Ledger-14 hours ago
TALLAHASSEE — To address “concerns and issues” with pharmacy networks, Medicaid officials have reduced maximum times and distances that patients can ...

Pharmacist linked to deadly meningitis outbreak cleared of murder CBS News-15 hours ago

Pharmacist linked to deadly meningitis outbreak cleared of murder

CBS News-15 hours ago
We weren't compounding anymore, we were manufacturing." ... The outbreak sparked calls for increased regulation of compounding pharmacies, which differ ...
Pharmacist in NECC meningitis outbreak case acquitted of murder
Pharmacy Today, American Pharmacists Association, pharmacist.com-2 hours ago

Pharmalittle: Feds probe Purdue again; compounding pharmacist cleared of murder

Pharmalittle: Feds probe Purdue again; compounding pharmacist cleared of murder

STAT · 3 hours ago

FDA slaps India API drugmaker Vital Labs with warning letter

Federal judge rules Trump can end cost-sharing subsidies

Federal judge rules Trump can end cost-sharing subsidies
In a strongly worded opinion, the federal judge refused to force the Trump administration to revive cost-sharing reduction subsidies that help low-income people with out-of-pocket healthcare costs, ruling that the Affordable Care Act did not create a permanent appropriation for the payments.  READ MORE

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Must Read!! Compounder Can't Duck Drug Marketing Suit, Allergan Says - Law360

Compounder Can't Duck Drug Marketing Suit, Allergan Says - Law360

https://www.law360.com/.../compounder-can-t-duck-drug-marketing-suit-allergan-sa...
4 hours ago - ... alleging Imprimis Pharmaceuticals illegally manufactures and sells unapproved newdrugs under a drug compounding loophole in FDA regulations, saying it ...