FDA investigating unauthorized herpes vaccine research, report says

KMOV.com-5 hours ago

But the biology professor at Southern Illinois University had run out of time. Diagnosed in 2011 with sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma, a rare form of cancer, Halford knew that he might not be able to complete development of his vaccine and gain approval from the US Food and Drug Administration before his life ended.

Fight against opioids impacts workers' comp spending, myMatrixx ...

Tampa Bay Business Journal-1 hour ago

Spending on compounded medications dropped 37.9 percent in 2017. Spending on specialty medications to treat conditions such as HIV and osteoarthritis increased 3.8 percent in 2017. The 2017 drug trend report is the first since myMatrixx was bought by Express Scripts Holding Co. for $250 million last year. Expres

Safety violations at PharMEDium worsen hospital painkiller shortage

Becker's Hospital Review-2 hours ago

An investigation of PharMEDium, a major compounding pharmacy, revealed safety violations are worsening hospital shortages of painkillers, especially in California, where health officials are banning ... The shutdown of PharMEDium's Tennessee plant, which creates those drugs, worsened the shortage on a national level.

Details of compounding drug fraud case and blood-collection kickbacks found in Kauffman affidavit

breakingac.com

The warrant to search Dr. James Kauffman's office gives insight into a multimillion dollar prescription fraud case that involved several public employees. There is also information about kickbacks Kauffman may have

Drug industry facing onslaught from frustrated states

The Hill-7 hours ago

Pharmacy benefit managers (PBM)s are essentially middlemen — companies that administer prescription drug coverage. State lawmakers are attacking contracts preventing a pharmacist form telling their customers they could buy the medication cheaper if they paid for it out of pocket rather than through their insurance plan

Amazonising pharmacy — reality or just a rumour?

The Pharmaceutical Journal-5 hours ago

Shares in major online drug stores and healthcare services all dropped after the announcement. Although Amazon already supplies vitamins and supplements, UBS analysts suggest the purchase could provide the online retailer with brick-and-mortar locations that could be used to establish a physical pharmacy, which .

Amazon Withdrawals Plans for Medication Distribution

Pharmacy Times-Apr 19, 2018

I wrote about how Amazon was interested in pharmacy space last year, and had blogged about how such a service could hypothetically roll out if they ever got involved. Ultimately, my concern has always been that Amazon would need to overcome regulatory hurdles in order to get into the space. After all, for a company that ...

GPhC maintains that staffing levels are best set by pharmacy owners

The Pharmaceutical Journal-5 hours ago

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has reaffirmed its view that setting staffing levels is best done by those responsible for managing the pharmacy, according to papers discussed at its council meeting on 12 April 2018. Instead, the regulator said its role was to ensure that pharmacy owners have taken account of .

Biloxi pharmacy kept quiet after recall of some of its meds, FDA says

The Sun Herald-22 hours ago

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration alerted the media and other health care professionals about the recall of injections from a Biloxi pharmacy after the business did not inform the public about the recall. Coastal Meds initiated a voluntary recall on its sterile, injectable drug products on April 5 but did not tell the public, ...

First Opioid Lawsuit Targeting Pharmacy Benefit Managers

Monthly Prescribing Reference-6 minutes ago

HealthDay News — A first opioid lawsuit is targeting pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), according to a report published in Managed Healthcare Executive. Noting that until now, PBMs have not been sued for the opioid crisis, in February, a south Texas county included the three largest PBMs in a nationwide lawsuit, which ..