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