Thursday, December 27, 2018


Study finds harmful prescribing practices for Idaho patients taking ...

Idaho State Journal-8 hours ago
James Berain, a 2019 doctoral pharmacy candidate at ISU, and his faculty ... the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, which found that more than 50 ..

Missouri Auditor Says The State Needs A Prescription Drug Monitoring ...

Lake Expo-6 hours ago
PDMPs collect data from pharmacies dispensing controlled substances and make the information available to authorized users through an electronic database.

Novato pharmacy patient information exposed in trash

Marin Independent Journal-1 hour ago
Personal information of some patients of a Novato pharmacy may have been compromised after labeled prescription bags were accidentally thrown away with 

Pharmacy benefit managers can still game the system despite Senate ...

The Hill-5 hours ago
The rebate system was initially designed to generate cost-savings that would ultimately be passed on to consumers, but now Pharmacy benefit managers 

Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Note from FDA:

FDA Lapse in Funding 

In the absence of either an FY 2019 appropriation or a Continuing Resolution for FDA, beginning on December 22, 2018 and continuing until the date of enactment of an FY 2019 appropriation or Continuing Resolution ("lapse period"), agency operations continue to the extent permitted by law, such as activities necessary to address imminent threats to the safety of human life and activities funded by carryover user fee funds. Read more

Rep. Buddy Carter column: Reflecting on 2018

Savannah Morning News-14 hours ago
Before this legislation became law, many times pharmacists were contractually prohibited from telling patients when there was a less expensive, out-of-pocket .

Saturday, December 22, 2018