Hamilton pharmacist charged with trafficking opioids

CBC.ca-4 hours ago

A Hamilton pharmacist is facing charges in connection with diverting powerful prescription painkillers and selling them, the RCMP announced Tuesday

House committee OKs crackdown on pharmacy-benefit managers

The Columbus Dispatch-7 hours ago

A House committee Tuesday recommended passage of bipartisan legislation aimed at lowering drug prices by targeting little-known middlemen in the pharmacy ...

A pharmacy startup is alleging its former business partner is a 'peddler ...

Business Insider-9 hours ago

Pharmacy startup Blink Health's lawsuit with its former business partner MedImpact is heating up. In a new complaint filed Monday night, Blink Health alleged ...

Court Filing Accuses MedImpact of Fueling Opioid Crisis & Blocking ...
Business Wire (press release)-8 hours ago

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High Importance!! Former Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. executive Gary Tanner was found guilty of accepting a $10 million bribe for manipulating the company's ...

Ex-Valeant Executive Guilty of Taking Pharmacy CEO's Bribe

Bloomberg-11 hours ago

Former Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. executive Gary Tanner was found guilty of accepting a $10 million bribe for manipulating the company's ...

Ex-Valeant executive found guilty of taking pharmacy CEO's bribe
The Globe and Mail-11 hours ago

The CEO of Valeant's secret pharmacy and a former Valeant ...
Business Insider-10 hours ago

Former Valeant executive is found guilty in kickback scheme
STAT-7 hours ago

Ex-Valeant, Philidor executives convicted of kickback scheme
Highly Cited-Reuters-11 hours ago

Worsening drug shortages leave providers scrambling for alternatives

ModernHealthcare.com-May 21, 2018

"It is probably worse than it appears because the pharmacy deals with so much in ... Cleveland Clinic plans to build a 503B-compliant compounding facility tha

FDA Eyes Limits on 503B Bulk Substances List

FDA Eyes Limits on 503B Bulk Substances List

Pharmacy Practice News-8 hours ago

An FDA draft guidance limiting the bulk drug substances that 503B facilities can use in compounding may trigger several unintended consequences, including a .

USP Compliance Opens Door to Pharmacy Redesign

Pharmacy Practice News-8 hours ago

For some institutions, renovations have been limited to the sterile compoundingspace, but in others, the new guidelines have provided an impetus to take on the.

	FDA warns companies selling illegal, unapproved kratom products marketed for opioid cessation, pain treatment and other medical uses
	The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued warning letters to three marketers and distributors of kratom products – Front Range Kratom of Aurora, Colorado; Kratom Spot of Irvine, California and Revibe, Inc., of Kansas City, Missouri – for illegally selling unapproved kratom-containing drug products with unproven claims about their ability to help in the treatment of opioid addiction and withdrawal. The companies also make claims about treating pain, as well as other medical conditions like lowering blood pressure, treating cancer and reducing neuron damage caused by strokes.Continue reading.

Deadly Chinese Fentanyl Is Creating a New Era of Drug Kingpins
Bloomberg

The opioid’s potency has transformed the global trafficking — and policing — of narcotics. Yan is accused of trafficking fentanyl on an industrial scale out of factories, but the drug's potency makes it as easy as dealing it from a living room. Outside the gates of a residential complex called Oak Bay, a construction frenzy tears up the central Chinese city of Wuhan, a metropolis of 11 million racing to catch up with Beijing and Shanghai. The aural assault of jackhammers and cement trucks fades Read the full story

New Vermont Law Seeks to Allow Wholesale Importation of Drugs from Canada Posted: 21 May 2018 07:38 PM PDT By Serra J. Schlanger & Alan M. Kirschenbaum — On May 16, 2018, Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed Senate Bill 175, which allows for the wholesale importation of prescription drugs from Canada into Vermont.  The new law directs the Vermont Agency of Human Services (VAHS) to design a wholesale prescription drug importation program that complies with federal drug importation laws (21 U.S.C. § 384), including requirements for safety and cost savings.  The program must:

Opioid abuse can result in red flags at the pharmacy

Las Vegas Sun-9 hours ago

If a pharmacist sees that the patient travels to a doctor and pharmacist who are far from each other, when closer options are available, it could be a red flag.

Poll: does your pharmacy have My Health Record?

Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)-10 hours ago

At an interactive session during the recent APP conference, Pharmacy Guild representatives asked delegates whether they had either registered for or activated 

To cut drug prices, start with the facts, and don't blame drugmakers

theday.com-13 hours ago

Americans are paying too much for prescription medicines. State lawmakers are fed up with Washington's apathy towards high pharmacy bills. So they're taking ...

The Health 202: States are targeting a key middleman in the drug ...
Opinion-Washington Post-6 hours ago

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CMS: Medicare Part D Gag Clauses are “Unacceptable”

HealthPayerIntelligence.com-4 hours ago

Gag clauses often prevent beneficiaries from receiving the most affordable drug options because the clauses prevent pharmacies from informing consumers ...

The owners of a Utah pharmacy in a Tennessee Medical Practice have been indicted for defrauding the US Military Health System of 66 million dollars

Pharmacy Elites Head To Prison For $66 Million Military Fraud

The Ring of Fire Network-5 hours ago

The owners of a Utah pharmacy in a Tennessee Medical Practice have been indicted for defrauding the US Military Health System of 66 million dollars.

When pharmacy-benefit manager cuts put lives in jeopardy

The Columbus Dispatch-8 hours ago

Jo Anna Krohn is used to emergency calls. As director of Port 45 Recovery in Portsmouth, Krohn works with addicts in an area that is seen by some as ground ...

Fake and faulty drugs: A problem no one wants to talk about WHYY-22 hours ago

Fake and faulty drugs: A problem no one wants to talk about

WHYY-22 hours ago

In 2012, tainted steroids made by the New England Compounding Center in ... “The compounding pharmacy in Massachusetts is emblematic of the fact that the ..

Best Reads Of The Week With Brianna Labuskes

Kaiser Health News-4 hours ago

Up in Vermont, the governor signed legislation that could allow the state to importdrugs from Canada. HHS still has to approve the policy, though, and since ...

Vermont Eyes Drug Imports From Canada

Valley News-17 hours ago

Montpelier — Vermont is attempting to create a first-in-the-nation program to allow the wholesale importation of prescription drugs from Canada, but first the state ...

Vermont Governor Signs First-In-Nation Prescription Drug Importation ...
WAMC-22 hours ago

Scott signs drug-import bill but offers no guarantees
Bennington Banner-20 hours ago

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Vermont Legislators Pass A Drug Importation Law. So What?

Kaiser Health News-11 hours ago

This week, Vermont passed a first-in-the-nation law that would facilitate the state's importation of prescription drugs wholesale from Canada. It represents the ...

United States: Vermont Signs Law to Permit Drug Imports from Canada
Al-Bawaba-21 hours ago

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