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 ..

Falls Drug pharmacist pleads guilty to one count, sentenced to ...

Rexburg Standard Journal-9 hours ago

According to Fica, the federal government charged Allen after it alleged he knowingly gave the painkiller Tramadol to an individual without a perscription on March 12, 2016, at his pharmacy, Falls Drug and Hardware, located at 23 N. Bridge St. in St. Anthony. The individual in question was an undercover informant.

Herpes trial on Americans without FDA oversight gets little response ...

Philly.com-7 hours ago

Compounding the problem, the U.S. is the only developed nation that does not guarantee care for those injured in trials, experts said. “In cases like these, in which subjects are claiming harm from a cuckoo experiment, the system is set up to punish the institution rather than give redress to the subject,” said NYU's Caplan.