Friday, December 22, 2017

Ga. doctor prescribed weight-loss drug to patients she never saw

MyAJC-9 hours ago
In one particularly notable case, a Miami pharmacist received a nine-year prison sentence after orchestrating a scheme in which doctors wrote prescriptions for phentermine based on the answers to brief questionnaires submitted online. One of those who obtained the drug, a 46-year-old Texas woman, died of an overdose.

When it came to launching legal battles, Apotex founder Barry ...

Toronto Star-9 hours ago
Tom McAnulty, a pharmacist who formerly worked in the brand-name pharmaceutical industry, said that brand-name companies “detested” Sherman's litigiousness. “Barry was one of the most aggressive,” McAnulty said. “Apotex, they would challenge all sorts of rulings by the government.” But the pair of them personally got ..