Tuesday, March 27, 2018


03/01/2018Pharmacy Resources IncorporatedLos Angeles District OfficeCompounding Pharmacy/Adulterated Drug ProductsNot Issued *
03/08/2018Medaus, Inc.Dallas District OfficeCompounding Pharmacy/Adulterated Drug ProductsNot Issued 
03/13/2018Biotek, Inc.Denver District OfficeUnapproved New Drugs/MisbrandedNot Issued *
03/15/2018Keshava Organics Pvt. Ltd.Center for Drug Evaluation and ResearchCGMP/Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API)/AdulteratedNot Issued 

FDA takes key step in advancing oversight of drug compounding and implementing new laws ...
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, announced Friday a key step forward in implementing the Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA) and section 503B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Among other things, the provisions limit the bulk drug substances that outsourcing facilities can use in ...

Monday, March 26, 2018

OC Man Pleads Guilty in Health-Care Compounding Pharmacy Fraud


OC Man Pleads Guilty in Health-Care Fraud

Cape May County Herald-5 hours ago
From January 2015 through April 2016, Hunter and McAllister recruited individuals to obtain very expensive and unnecessary compounded medications from an out-of-state pharmacy, identified in the informations as the “Compounding Pharmacy.” The conspirators knew that certain compound medications – including pain, .

Compounding facilities face new FDA regs

Compounding facilities face new FDA regs

ModernMedicine-5 hours ago
Due to problems with compounded medications—including the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak that led to 64 deaths—FDA is releasing a draft guidance that will determine which bulk drug substances outsourcing facilities can use to compound drugs. “…Compounding from bulk drug substances generally presents greater ...

McConnell wants hemp removed from controlled substance list

As Louisiana marijuana pharmacies move forward, profitability ...

The Advocate-15 hours ago
The LSU and Southern University agricultural centers have selected two companies to cultivate and produce non-smokable medical marijuana. With that done, the state's Pharmacy Board is in the process of choosing medical marijuana pharmacies from applicants in nine regions of the state and will issue a 10th license ...

Community Pharmacist Roundtable, Part 1

Pharmacy Times-6 hours ago
Welcome to our community pharmacist roundtable, part 1 of 2. We spoke to some amazing pharmacists, the kind we all strive to be, the kind who can multi-task, stay calm, and know exactly what to do in every situation. These pharmacists have experience in a variety of pharmacy settings and have valuable advice to share.

Teacher Enters Guilty Plea in Compounding Fraud Scheme

Pleasantville teacher enters guilty plea in state health benefits fraud

Press of Atlantic City-1 hour ago
McAllister also would receive compounded medications with a prescription signed by a doctor he didn't see, according to court documents. Both men are scheduled for sentencing on July 18 and they face as many as 10 years in prison. McAllister is represented by attorney Edward F. Borden Jr. in Cherry Hill, and Hunter is ...pleas

8 ways in which 'right to try' would affect the industry

ModernHealthcare.com-Mar 22, 2018
After failing last week to pass the so-called "right to try" bill, members of the House finally approved the measure Wednesday night. The bill would allow terminally ill patients access to unapproved drugs without federal regulatory oversight. The bill passed 267-149 after House Democrats tried and failed to delay the final vote ...

Sunday, March 25, 2018

Russia ignored four requests to inspect anti-doping lab, says Wada ...

https://www.theguardian.com/.../russia-ignored-four-attempts-wada-doping-ban-craig-...
5 days ago - Wada’s president Craig Reedie said he did not get a single response from Russia to requests to inspect Moscow’s anti-doping laboratory. ... The World Anti-Doping Agency president, Craig Reedie, has warned Russia that it will not be allowed back in “from the cold” until it ...

Exclusive: WADA considering name change and broader anti-drugs ...

Insidethegames.biz (blog)-7 hours ago
"We had a little handicap from our early years when we were very focused on anti-doping only," Olivier Rabin, WADA senior executive director, for sciences and international partnerships, told insidethegames at the WADA Symposium in Lausanne. "I think our mandate goes a bit beyond this. "Our mandate is, of course

Homeopathic code of ethics ignored

Newsroom-10 hours ago
Pharmacies are ignoring a new code of ethics which requires them to inform customers if a product has no evidence of efficacy. Four Auckland pharmacies visited by Newsroom were asked if a homeopathic product would work. In three cases a staff member said the product would work. The fourth pharmacy said there w

Millions of Ohio taxpayer dollars at stake in debate over drug prices

The Columbus Dispatch-18 hours ago
Pharmacy benefit managers are receiving $1.54 per pill from Ohio's Medicaid program for a drug commonly used to treat depression. The state pharmacyassociation and operators of nearly two dozen pharmacies across the state say those same pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, are paying them only about 18 cents ...

Saturday, March 24, 2018

Key step in advancing FDA's oversight of drug compounding and ...

Imperial Valley News-2 hours ago
Washington, DC - Today, we're taking a key step forward in implementing the Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA) and section 503B of the Federal Food, Drug, a