Monday, October 30, 2017

DEA Hiring Diversion Investigators Again

Diversion Investigator (Recent Graduate)

Drug Enforcement Administration

Department of Justice

DEA - US Locations, United States

  • Starting at $35,359 (GS 07-09)
  • Permanent • Full Time

Work pressure a factor in Boots pharmacist's death

Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)-7 hours ago
Local member of Parliament Kevan Jones had been contacted by the family of Alison Stamps, a “young and talented” pharmacist who lost her life to suicide after ...

Aussie pharmacy giant Chemist Warehouse tipped to open first NZ ...

New Zealand Herald-11 hours ago
Australia pharmacy giant Chemist Warehouse is tipped to open its first New Zealand store this week. The Auckland store is set open in St Luke's Wagener Place ...

California confronts opioid addiction, an 'epidemic of despair'

CALmatters-10 hours ago
Compounding the issue in rural areas that the economic recovery didn't reach ... Eventually, he found someone who worked in a pharmacy and sold him the pills .

FDA Law Blog - Is FDA’s Interim Policy on Section 503B’s So-Called “Bulks List 1” Illegal? Did FDA Overstep its Statutory Authority? The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia May Soon Decide…. Is FDA’s Interim Policy on Section 503B’s So-Called “Bulks List 1” Illegal? Did FDA Overstep its Statutory Authority? The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia May Soon Decide…. Posted: 29 Oct 2017 02:46 PM PDT By Karla L. Palmer – On October 26, 2017,

Sunday, October 29, 2017

Kudos to Florida Board of Pharmacy on their Excellent Website and Ease of Finding Meeting Information. Next Meeting November 3, 2017 Multidisciplinary Board Fact Finding Workgroup on Controlled Substances

Next Meeting:
November 3, 2017

Multidisciplinary Board Fact Finding Workgroup on Controlled Substances 
Meeting Location:
Rosen Plaza Hotel
9700 International Drive
Orlando, FL 32819
Meeting Materials 

FAR Notice (PDF) | Agenda (PDF) | Public Book (PDF)

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Materials
November 16, 2017Probable Cause PanelFAR Notice (PDF) | Agenda (PDF)
November 30, 2017Probable Cause PanelFAR Notice (PDF) |
December 11, 2017Rules CommitteeFAR Notice (PDF) |
December 11, 2017Legislative CommitteeFAR Notice (PDF) |
December 12, 2017Compounding Committee MeetingFAR Notice (PDF) |
December 12, 2017Controlled Substance Standards CommitteeFAR Notice (PDF) |

December 11 - December 13, 2017Board MeetingFAR Notice (PDF) |

Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy Minutes from Meeting on August 30, 2017

Florida Compounding Pharmacy Broke GMP Rules, FDA Says |

Florida Compounding Pharmacy Broke GMP Rules, FDA Says | 2017 ...

www.fdanews.com/.../184152-florida-compounding-pharmacy-broke-gmp-rules-fda-...
14 hours ago - A Florida compounding pharmacy did not meet the criteria for exemption from FDA rules on good management practices, and it violated those rules, the FDA ...

Saturday, October 28, 2017

Question of the Day October 28, 2017 Will Amazon sell prescription animal drugs if it ventures into the human prescription drug arena? Does it also plan to eventually offer compounded medications? Should it? Why or why not?


How Much Can Amazon Make In The PBM Business?

How Much Can Amazon Make In The PBM Business?

Seeking Alpha-14 hours ago
Investment Thesis: To assess the value of the Pharmacy Benefits Manager (NYSEMKT:PBM) business to Amazon (AMZN) we analyzed the margins of the ..

Amazon Granted Wholesale Pharmacy Licenses Fueling RX Drug .

Amazon Granted Wholesale Pharmacy Licenses Fueling RX Drug ...

Hot Hardware-12 hours ago
It seems that soon Amazon could be expanding its offerings with pharmacy items, as it has now gained wholesale pharmacy licenses in what is seemingly ...
Pharmacy: Amazon's newest frontier?
Bend Bulletin-21 hours ago

Central Kentucky pharmacist sentenced to 8 years for distributing painkillers

Central Kentucky pharmacist sentenced to 8 years for drug ...

Lexington Herald Leader-13 hours ago
A Central Kentucky pharmacist who owned and operated Hometown Pharmacy of Georgetown was sentenced Friday to eight years in federal prison for ...

Amazon's Push Into Pharmacy Business Is Full of Promise and Pitfalls

Amazon's Push Into Pharmacy Business Is Full of Promise and Pitfalls

Wall Street Journal-17 hours ago
A move by Amazon.com Inc. AMZN 13.22% into the $412 billion pharmacy business would shake up how generations have gotten their medicines, but success ...

Great Read! CVS is plotting a $66 billion takeover — and it has a lot to do with ...

CVS is plotting a $66 billion takeover — and it has a lot to do with ...

Markets Insider-12 hours ago
Speculation that Amazon might be getting into the pharmacy business has been rampant for months — and it came to a head, coincidentally, on Thursday when ...
CVS Bid For Aetna Followed Long Hunt -- WSJ
In-Depth-Fox Business-21 hours ago

Here's Why Endo International Stock Dropped as Much as 13.8

Here's Why Endo International Stock Dropped as Much as 13.8 ...

Madison.com-17 hours ago
What the heck is bulk compounding? A pharmaceutical drug is essentially comprised of two components: the active pharmaceutical ingredient, or API (the ...
Endo International plc (ENDP), RH (RH)
Alive For Football-13 hours ago

Friday, October 27, 2017

President Trump Blamed Criminals, Drug Companies, Mexico and China for the Opioid Crisis

Endo moves to protect Vasostrict franchise with FDA lawsuit; shares ...

Seeking Alpha-10 hours ago
Category 1-listed products can be freely compounded because they do not present a significant safety risk in compounding. Endo Chief Legal Officer Matthew .

October 27, 2017 11:57 am The GOP Doesn’t Even Have the Courtesy to Hide Its Sociopathic Priorities By Eric Levitz @EricLevitz

Here's why CVS wants to buy Aetna for $66 billion

Chicago Tribune-3 hours ago
CVS Health is reportedly in talks to buy the nation's third largest health insurer, Aetna, in a deal that would allow the pharmacy giant to expand into an entirely ...
CVS Health introduces safe medication disposal inside CVS ...
Pharmacy Today, American Pharmacists Association, pharmacist.com-4 hours ago

A Wave of Closures Has Left Some Neighborhoods in a “Pharmacy ...

Chicagomag.com-21 hours ago
Chain pharmacies move into communities, and the indie stores close. If that chain leaves, it leaves a neighborhood without any pharmacies at all. Photo: Bob ...