Monday, April 30, 2018

Big pharmacy playas

dvm360-21 hours ago
In the world of online veterinary pharmacies, there are two kinds of companies out there—the interlopers up in your business (you know, like 1-800-PetMeds and the corner-store pharmacy chain that now sells vet drugs, WTH?) and then the two big players in your corner: Vetsource and Vets First Choice. So if your veterinary ...

Should jurors hear devastating details in meningitis outbreak case?

The Boston Globe-16 minutes ago
Dozens of people died and hundreds of others fell ill during the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak that began in a Framingham compounding pharmacy. But should jurors in the latest trial against former pharmacy employees hear the devastating details of what is considered one of the largest public health crises ever caused .

Remaining defendants in meningitis outbreak case that killed dozens ...

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/04/30/remaining...case.../story.html
15 mins ago - Dozens of people died and hundreds of others fell ill during the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak that began in a Framingham compounding pharmacy. But should jurors in the latest trial against former pharmacy employees hear the devastating details of what is considered one of the largest public health crises ever caused ...

DOJ Takes Rare Step Intervening in Qui Tam to Add PE Firm and Individuals


 | April 30, 2018 at 02:47 PM
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Chemist had 'pharmacy in his car'

Chemist had 'pharmacy in his car'

Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)-5 hours ago
According to Mr Slater's barrister, the former pharmacist had “lost everything” including his livelihood, as the Pharmacy Board had barred him from working in the profession. While several charges against Mr Slater had been dropped, he pleaded guilty to two counts of supplying a prohibited drug and one count of failing to .

Compounding Law Five Years Later | P&T Community

https://www.ptcommunity.com/journal/article/full/.../compounding-law-five-years-late...
13 hours ago - These traditional compounding pharmacies sell directly to physicians, dentists, and veterinarians, who pass along the drugs to patients. Sometimes patients buy the drugs from the pharmacy and bring them to the physicians for infusion or injection.

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Ark. lawmaker introduces bill to crack down on opioid trafficking

THV11.com KTHV-12 hours ago
WASHINGTON – Representative French Hill (R-AR) introduced the Ending the Fentanyl Crisis Act. The bill is designed to fight the opioid epidemic by strengthening penalties for fentanyl distribution and trafficking and providing additiona

Senate Opioid Bill Brings Regs in Line with HIPAA Privacy Rule

HealthITSecurity.com-10 hours ago
The provision, known as Jessie's Law, would make it easier for healthcare providers to get information about a patient's history of opioid and other substance abuse to improve treatment of addicts. ... Several healthcare associations lobbied the Senate panel to include Jessie's Law in the comprehensive opioid treatment bill.

Charlevoix County joins opioid lawsuit

Petoskey News-Review-8 hours ago
Then as a natural defense the pharmaceutical companies are going to name, or attempt to name, the doctors as co-defendants in this, and at some point in time we are going to end up with doctors in Charlevoix County that are now part of this ... an unintended consequence of us seeking some reparations (for the opioid .