Saturday, May 5, 2018

DEA: Wholesaler must stop selling controlled drugs

Longview News-Journal-21 hours ago
NEW ORLEANS — The Drug Enforcement Administration has suspended a Louisiana wholesaler's licenses to sell controlled drugs, saying the company failed to report excessive opioid orders from independent pharmacies. Morris & Dickson Co. of Shreveport says it will prove that "the DEA has gotten it wrong." It asked a .

Women in pharmacy: 'We've gotta toughen up a bit'.

Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)-22 hours ago
Facilitator Wendy Phillips, former executive director of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, introduced the inaugural Ann Dalton Address by stating that it is timely in the era of #metoo. The address, From tokenism to leadership: women in decision-making roles, included panellists Catherine Bronger, branch committee member 

House votes to get a handle on drug prices

Journal Inquirer-18 hours ago
Information about pharmacy benefit managers, who are essentially the middle-men between drug companies and insurers and determine what drugs are covered by insurance, would ... The state would also learn how much of the rebate the pharmacybenefit managers are retaining instead of passing along to consumers.

Workers' comp exec on pharmacy setup: 'We were being hosed'

Canton Repository-13 hours ago
As Medicaid officials investigate whether pharmacy middlemen are ripping off taxpayers by manipulating drug prices in the insurance program covering 3 million poor Ohioans, another state agency recently found it overpaid millions under a similar arrangement. "We thought we had a solid contract that kept us from being ..

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Australian Journal of Pharmacy

https://ajp.com.au/
7 hours ago - The Australian Journal of Pharmacy has been supporting community pharmacy since 1886. It provides news, features and education to keep pharmacists informed.

AMCP Session Provides a Closer Look at State Legislation on ...

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8 hours ago - During a session at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy's (AMCP) Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy Annual Meeting, held April 23-26 in Boston, ... State Board of Pharmacy-maintained information required on a website of FDA-approved interchangeable biosimilars; No increased liability for a pharmacist who ...

Medicaid managed-care reboot pinching pharmacies, advocates say ...

Medicaid managed-care reboot pinching pharmacies, advocates say ...

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10 hours ago - Many owners of the state's more than 500 independent pharmacies and smaller chains are being paid less than the acquisition cost of the medicines they dispense to Medicaid patients. Reynolds says pharmacies also have seen their per-prescription dispensing fee from Medicaid drop from $5.50 for generics and $2.40 for ...

Family Pharmacy files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, seeks sale of almost ...

Springfield News-Leader-3 hours ago
"Family Pharmacy fully anticipates that there will be no disruption in the quality of services and the pharmaceuticals that it provides during this transition period after the contemplated sale," the statement says. "To insure uninterrupted service to its customers, Family Pharmacy decided to seek protection to better address its ...
Family Pharmacy Files For Bankruptcy
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Pharmaceutical Outside Sales Representative Job at MEDISCA in ...

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23 hours ago - Our Pharmaceutical Outside Sales Representatives work in a dynamic sales driven environment and contribute to driving MEDISCA's sales and growth through the relationships they build with existing customers and new prospects. MEDISCA's customer service is unrivalled in the pharmaceutical compounding industry and ...

Florida Pharmacy Owner Gets 15 Years for Compounding Scheme ...

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18 hours ago - A Florida pharmacy owner was sentenced to 15 years in prison over a compoundingpharmacy fraud scheme. Nicholas A. Borgesano Jr. pleaded guilty last November to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and conspiracy to engage in monetary transactions involving criminally derived property. Borgesano made more ...