Drug companies flooded West Virginia town of 2900 with 20.8M pain ...

Fox News-9 hours ago

Another regional drug wholesaler, H.D. Smith, was subject to questions of why it distributed 3,000 pain pills a day in 2008 to Family Discount Pharmacy in another West Virginia town, population 1,800. The committee said it was a 10-fold increase compared to 2007, the newspaper reported. “The committee's bipartisan ...

Drug Distributors Shipped 20.8 Million Painkillers To West Virginia ...
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Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan partner to cut US healthcare costs

Reuters-9 hours ago

Investors in the sector see Amazon becoming a major disruptor of healthcare, just as it has done in the retail industry, fueled by media reports in recent months that the company was considering entering the pharmacy business. Teaming up with JPMorgan, the biggest U.S. bank, and Berkshire, the third largest public ...

Amazon-Berkshire Hathaway-Chase Health Care Venture Puts ...
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Health care company shares drop sharply on entry by Amazon ...
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Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, JPMorgan Chase forming healthcare ...
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Oops! Is this a HIPAA Violation?

Pharmacy Times-7 hours ago

A recent Facebook discussion I found very interesting occurred in a chain pharmacy. Apparently, that day, the staff was filling quite a few antidepressant prescriptions and a pharmacy staff member joked something along the lines of 'it must be depression day.' In the waiting area one of the patients filling an antidepressant ...

United States: Capitol Hill Healthcare Update - January 29, 2018

Mondaq News Alerts-10 hours ago

The House last fall defeated an attempt to block the FDA from finalizing a congressionally mandated but long-delayed draft memorandum of understanding on the interstate sale of compounded drugs. That issue pitted 503A compounding pharmacies against 503B outsourcing facilities, with each group known for a section ...

American Academy of Ophthalmology Asks Congress To Help ...

PR Newswire (press release)-7 hours ago

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Academy of Ophthalmology today testified before Congress that more must be done to ensure the supply of compounded treatments. The Academy believes that shortages of these drugs are preventing patients from receiving immediate treatment ...

California's new lethal injection plan already faces hurdles: Drugs ...

Los Angeles Times-2 hours ago

"The state cannot lawfully procure either of those drugs through a reputable channel," she said. Kent Scheidegger, legal director of the pro-death penalty Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, agreed that drug availability remained a potential obstacle. He said compounding pharmacies could make the drugs if the ingredients ...

Consumer Health Nonprofit Demands Removal Of Conflicted ...

PR Newswire (press release)-12 hours ago

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Jim Turner, Board Chair of Citizens for Health, a D.C. based consumer-health non-profit, issued a letter to the FDA Commissioner, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, demanding the removal of Pew Charitable Trusts (Pew) from FDA's Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee (PCAC) due ...

Compounding: making a difference

Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)-16 hours ago

This is the difference the compounded medication made! Whether it is a patient with chronic pain, or a young child who needs a melatonin suspension to sleep at night, compounding pharmacists are making a difference in how patients live their lives with their families. Although nowadays my role is liaising with pharmacists ...

Congressman Griffith Discusses Compounding With Doctors - YouTube

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Congressman Griffith Questions FDA Commissioner Gottlieb on Compounding - Duration: 6:12 ...

House holds hearing on drug compounding law | AHA News

https://www.aha.org/news/.../2018-01-30-house-holds-hearing-drug-compounding-la...

3 hours ago - The act updated federal requirements for drug compounding facilities after a 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak that was associated with a contaminated compounded steroid medication distributed to patients and providers in 23 states.