Monday, December 17, 2018

Doctors and druggist at the turn of the century

Effingham Daily News-1 hour ago
To emphasize their compounding privilege, early 20th century physicians commissioned formal photographs surrounded with medicine bottles and packaging ...

FDA Commissioner Speaks Out on Compliance and Enforcement

JD Supra (press release)-22 hours ago
After the 2012 New England Compounding Center outbreak, the FDA and Congress established a new framework focused on patient protection to regulate

Saturday, December 15, 2018

Pasadena pharmacy owner convicted of filing fraudulent Medicare ...

The Pasadena Star-News-17 hours ago
A federal jury on Friday convicted a Pasadena pharmacy owner for her role in filing $1.3 million in Medicare claims for prescription drugs that prosecutors said ...

Upstate woman gets 17 years for fraudulent pharmacy scheme, says AG

FOX Carolina-22 hours ago
Anderson, S.C. (FOX Carolina) -- An Upstate woman is sentenced to over 17 years in federal prison over her involvement in an opioid conspiracy, the United 

Shopko pharmacy to close; Hy-Vee to receive customers

Herald-Whig-17 hours ago
QUINCY -- The pharmacy inside the Shopko store at 3200 Broadway will close as the retailer is leaving the pharmacy business. Prescriptions at the store will be ...
Hy-Vee acquires Grand Island Shopko pharmacy
Grand Island Independent-15 hours ago

US Investigators Increase Probe of Price-Fixing By Generic Drug 'Cartel'

Investor Newswire-4 hours ago
These drugs range from antibiotics to anxiety pills, according to authorities. ... at a minute fraction—overall annual sales, compounded over several years, would .

Friday, December 14, 2018

Judge strikes down ACA as unconstitutional
A federal judge in Texas on Friday struck down the Affordable Care Act as unconstitutional, ruling that the law's individual mandate could not be severed from the rest of President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare law.  READ MORE
Dec 3, 2018 - New Canadian Federal rules require farmers to get a veterinary prescription ... penicillins and other drugs used to treat common animal ailments like foot rot, ..
Nov 26, 2018 - Changes to UK Law in 2005, allowed pet owners to legally ask a Vet for Veterinary prescriptions allowing them to buy veterinary medicines online, learn more.

Standards of Practice for Pharmacists Pharmacists must adhere to the Standards of Practice for Fellows of the American College of Veterinary Pharmacists.


https://vetmeds.org/standards-practice/
Nov 28, 2018 - Summary of federal and provincial laws governing prescription drug ordering, records,prescription ... be dispensed. 6.5 Neither a pharmacist nor a pharmacy technician may refill aprescription for .... must be new written prescriptions. Part fills.
Nov 22, 2018 - State laws and regulations that allow veterinary offices to administer compounded ... Missouri, New Mexico and New York, and Rhode Island (4) ... Alabama allows a pharmacy to prepare a compounded drug product for a prescriber's office use ... For the purposes of this section, "dispense" is defined to include prescribing, ...
Dec 1, 2018 - North Carolina Pharmacy Law – Effective December 2018 .... Wholesale Prescription Drug Distributors, N.C. Gen. Stat. ...... "refilled" shall include a new prescription written at the expiration of a prescription which continues the patient's.
Nov 26, 2018 - ... prescribing patterns. New data uncovers differences in prescriptions by age, gender, and payer. .... November 05, 2018. Thank you for ..... And these laws may push people into using streetdrugs which will probably kill them. Is this what our ..

Oklahoma 2018 Pharmacy Law Book showing 2018 edits

2018 Pharmacy Law Book showing 2018 edits
Published: Fri, October 19, 2018 5:00 AM. 0. shares. email 0. Advertisement. Laws surrounding opioidprescriptions in Oklahoma changed Nov. ... will only be able to initially prescribe a week's worth of opioid drugs to manage acute pain and must limit the ... Q: The new law requires certain discussions to take place between ...
May 10, 2018 - New opioid-limiting legislation has been signed into law in Oklahoma. ... Governor Mary Fallin signed SB1446 into law on May 2, 2018. ... Establishes failure to check the prescription drugcentral repository an action subject to ...
New Opioid Prescribing Law Effective Nov. 1, 2018. Senate Bill 1446 will impact prescribing practices.Prescription drug abuse is Oklahoma's fastest growing ...
Aug 5, 2018 - August 2018. Published to promote compliance of pharmacy and drug law ... Senate Bill (SB) 1446 provides new legislation on opioid prescribing and ... Beginning on November 1, 2018,Oklahoma pharma- cies will be able ...
Oct 20, 2018 - Q: The Oklahoma Legislature passed a bill that changes the laws ... able to initially prescribe a week's worth of opioid drugs to manage acute 

FDA announces more valsartan recalls, issues warning letter to API ...

Pharmacy Today, American Pharmacists Association, pharmacist.com-4 minutes ago
In previous Pharmacy Today coverage of the recalls dating back to September 2018, FDA described the events that led up to the recall. In June 2018, U.S. 

Senate Democrats introduce bill to allow government to block drug ...

MD Linx-17 hours ago
Reuters Health News | December 13, 2018. Four Democratic US senators introduced a bill on Thursday that would allow the government to block drug price ...

Minimum work hours for pharmacy owners?

Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)-19 hours ago
Based on the results, most AJP readers think there should be a significant number of compulsory minimum onsite work hours for pharmacy owners in Australia.

Recognizing and Avoiding Fraud Landmines, Part 1

Pharmacy Times-19 hours ago
Pharmacies operate in a highly regulated environment. They must comply with federal antifraud laws, state antifraud laws, state Board of Pharmacy (BOP)