Monday, February 26, 2018

United States Files False Claims Act Complaint Against Compounding ...

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17 hours ago - Los Angeles, California - The United States has filed a complaint in intervention against Diabetic Care Rx LLC d/b/a Patient Care America (PCA), a compounding pharmacy located in Pompano Beach, Florida, alleging that the pharmacy paid illegal kickbacks to induce prescriptions forcompounded drugs reimbursed by ...

Pharmacist tied to 2012 meningitis outbreak must forfeit $175,000

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1 hour ago - By Nate RaymondA federal judge has ruled that a Massachusetts pharmacistconvicted on racketeering and fraud charges must forfeit$175000 he earned while working at a compoundingpharmacylinked to a deadly 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak.But U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns in Boston on Fridayrejected ...

Regulating Drug Compounders: Opportunities Remain on Inspections ...

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6 hours ago - In the five years since contaminated injections compounded at a Massachusetts pharmacy led to more than 70 deaths, sterile compounding oversight laws and rules have been strengthened, but there is more room for inspections and oversight at the state level, a new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts and the National ...

High Importance: State oversight of compounding pharmacies is better, but inspections are lagging STAT


State oversight of compounding pharmacies is better, but inspections are lagging
Specifically, 32 states now require compounding pharmacies that make sterile medicines, which are injected or infused into the body, to fully comply with recognized quality standards, according to The Pew Charitable Trusts, a public policy organization. Two years ago, Pew conducted a similar analysis ...