Tuesday, May 29, 2018


Warn Patients About Unlisted Hormones in Supplements

Medscape-May 25, 2018
New research is giving us more information about a group of dietary supplementssold for "adrenal support." They claim to enhance metabolism, promote energy .

FDA Warns That Pills And Supplements Do Not Work As Sunscreens

Forbes-May 25, 2018
“Sunsafe Rx is a nutritional supplement that protects your skin and eyes from the sun. Just one capsule per day provides natural, healthy…protection from UV ...

United States: FDA: Food & Dietary Supplements >> Regulatory And ...

Mondaq News Alerts-May 25, 2018
United States: FDA: Food & Dietary Supplements >> Regulatory And Class Action Claims Against "Healthy" And "Natural" Food And Dietary Suppleme

Alibaba injects pharmacy assets into health-care unit in $1.4 billion deal

CNBC-7 hours ago
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba will inject some of its online pharmacy business into a listed unit in a deal valued at HK$10.6 billion ($1.35 billion), the firm ...

Monday, May 28, 2018


Deadly Delivery: Opioids By Mail
NPR
Congressional investigators say hundreds of millions of dollars of fentanyl is coming into the U.S. by mail. But lawmakers are finding it hard to stop. Read the full story

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Deadly Delivery: Opioids By Mail
NPR
Congressional investigators say hundreds of millions of dollars of fentanyl is coming into the U.S. by mail. But lawmakers are finding it hard to stop. Read the full story

Shared from Apple News

Friday, May 25, 2018

Pharmacist prescribing claims of pressure relief 'ludicrous', says RACGP

Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)-18 hours ago
The review will look into a range of issues affecting the pharmacy sector in Queensland, from the ownership rules to pharmacist prescribing. Mainstream media ...

How pharmacists can comply with GDPR

The Pharmaceutical Journal-19 hours ago
While pharmacists and pharmacy owners should already be familiar with the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of patient data, GDPR places existin

Government unlawfully withheld information on community pharmacy ...

The Pharmaceutical Journal-11 hours ago
Lawyers acting for the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiation Committee (PSNC) criticised the government's handling of the introduction of community pharmacy ...

Ask Katie: Veterinary pharmacy woes dvm360-22 hours ago

Ask Katie: Veterinary pharmacy woes

dvm360-22 hours ago
A: I can appreicate the frustration that comes with having another (insert eye roll) competitor in the veterinary pharmacy space. Disclaiming and price matching ...

Declining number of rural pharmacies 'a worrisome trend'

WSU News-13 hours ago
Pharmacies clearly are important to health care in rural communities. Yet nearly 500 rural communities in Washington lost their only retail pharmacy between ..

Pharmacy Chains Sue Allergan Over Restasis 'Anticompetitive Scheme'

Inside Health Policy-7 hours ago
A coalition of the nation's largest pharmacies are suing Allergan over what they alleged is a multiyear anticompetitive scheme to shield the company's dry eye .

Record fentanyl bust in Nebraska finds enough doses to kill an estimated 26 million people CNN

Record fentanyl bust in Nebraska finds enough doses to kill an estimated 26 million people
CNN
The Nebraska State Patrol seized nearly 120 pounds of the drug fentanyl — enough to kill about 26 million people, according to estimates by the US Drug Enforcement Administration. Read the full story

Thursday, May 24, 2018

ASPL: NEGLIGENCE – MEDICAL AND LEGAL Washington State Court of Appeals overturns summary dismissal of legal malpractice case considering Washington’s....

Border Patrol agents' seizure of opioids on the rise, McCaskill report ...

STLtoday.com-May 23, 2018
WASHINGTON • United States Border Patrol Patrol agents seized more than 3,500 pounds of opioids between 2013 and 2017, mostly near the southern border ..

Mussels off the coast of Seattle test positive for opioids

CBS News-1 hour ago
As more and more American communities grapple with opioid addiction, the human toll of the epidemic has grown in both scope and severity. And now ...

Deadly Delivery: Opioids By Mail

NPR-13 hours ago
The nation's opioid epidemic has been attributed to many factors, including the over-prescription of painkillers and the availability of cheap synthetic opioids like