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 Acquiring 22 Shopko Pharmacies
KELOLAND TV-Dec 14, 2018

Shopko sells more pharmacy business to Hy-Vee
WBAY-19 hours ago

Hy-Vee acquires some Shopko pharmacies in Minnesota, nearby states
Minneapolis Star Tribune-Dec 14, 2018

Hy-Vee acquires Grand Island Shopko pharmacy
Grand Island Independent-15 hours ago

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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 .

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

Canadian federal farmers veterinary prescription antibiotics animals

https://www.cowsmo.com › News

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, ..

Understanding Veterinary Prescriptions a Guide - 365 Vet

https://www.365vet.co.uk/blog/understanding-veterinary-prescriptions-a-guide/

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/

Prescription regulations summary chart - Alberta College of Pharmacists

https://abpharmacy.ca/sites/default/files/PrescriptionRegulations.pdf

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.

Administration and dispensing of compounded veterinary drugs

https://www.avma.org/Advocacy/StateAndLocal/Pages/compoundinglaws.aspx

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, ...

Pharmacy Laws of North Carolina - North Carolina Board of Pharmacy

www.ncbop.org/LawsRules/Statutes.pdf

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.

Infographic: How state-by-state policies affect opioid prescribing rates ...

https://www.athenahealth.com/insight/infographic-opioid-regulations-state-by-state

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

Opioid prescribing laws to change Nov. 1 - NewsOK

https://newsok.com/article/5612140/opioid-prescribing-laws-to-change-nov-1

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 ...

Oklahoma Joins Growing Chorus of States Limiting Opioids > www ...

https://www.mitchell.com/mitchellnews/.../oklahoma-joins-growing-chorus-of-states-li...

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 | INTEGRIS

https://integrisok.com/resources/physician-update/2018.../new-opioid-prescribing-law

New Opioid Prescribing Law Effective Nov. 1, 2018. Senate Bill 1446 will impact prescribing practices.Prescription drug abuse is Oklahoma's fastest growing ...

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News Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy - NABP

https://nabp.pharmacy/wp-content/uploads/.../Oklahoma-Newsletter-August-2018.pdf

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 ...

New opioid prescribing laws take effect Nov. 1. Here is how the ...

https://www.tulsaworld.com/.../new...prescribing-laws.../article_3c8169bd-5b24-5d76-b...

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)

Walgreens Will Soon Own Patient Files From 179 Fred's Pharmacies

Forbes-Dec 13, 2018

Fred's will complete the transfer of prescription files from 179 of its pharmacies to Walgreens Boots Alliance early next year. Fred's in September announced ...

Dallas will continue to wait for answers on Memphis company's ...
Dallas Business Journal-21 hours ago

Pharmacy board to revisit Dharma application on Tuesday

Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)-9 hours ago

The Virginia Board of Pharmacy is scheduled to revisit Dharma Pharmaceuticals' application to provide CBD products during its meeting Tuesday. Locally based ..

Contaminated, deficient, deadly drugs'

Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)-6 hours ago

The government has since identified a total of 793 patients throughout the country harmed by the New England Compounding Center's contaminated MPA.

Ensuring supplier and compounded drug quality

European Pharmaceutical Review-2 hours ago

FDA Commissioner Dr Scott Gottlieb wrote in his statement that 'although compounded drugs can serve an important role for certain patients whose medical 

SCOTX mulls: 'When is an investigation not an investigation?'

Dallas Business Journal-1 hour ago

In February 2016, the Dallas Morning News reported a federal healthcare fraud investigation into RXpress, a Fort Worth compounding pharmacy. Although the .

Congress Approves a Bill to Make CBD Legal at Federal Level

ConsumerReports.org-Dec 12, 2018

Industrial hemp is a type of cannabis, defined by the federal government as having THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), the psychoactive compound found in cannabis, .

Meningitis outbreak: 5 convicted after two-month racketeering, mail ...

The Tennessean-10 hours ago

All of the defendants were employees of the New England Compounding Center, a now defunct drug compounding firm located in Framingham Mass. NECC .

Jury convicts pharmacy ex-employees in deadly US meningitis outbreak
Nasdaq-10 hours ago

5 convicted in meningitis outbreak case; 1 acquitted

5 convicted in meningitis outbreak case; 1 acquitted | Chicago Sun ...

https://chicago.suntimes.com/.../meningitis-outbreak-convictions-new-england-compo...

10 hours ago - Prosecutors said the New England Compounding Center made drugs in unsanitary conditions, sent untested products and deceived regulators. The workers convicted Thursday were not accused of producing or sending the injections that caused the outbreak, but of sending and approving other contaminated and substandard drugs.

5 people convicted of federal charges in Framingham compounding

5 people convicted of federal charges in Framingham compounding ...

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/12/13/five...compounding.../story.html

7 hours ago - An owner and four former employees of a now-shuttered Framingham compoundingpharmacy were convicted Thursday of federal charges related to a 2012 meningitis outbreak that's killed more than 100 people who took tainted drugs made at the facility, authorities said.

Should the law change to allow more flexible pharmacy supervision?

The Pharmaceutical Journal-4 hours ago

The issue of pharmacy supervision has been bubbling for over a decade, but it has returned to the news over the past couple of years since the Rebalancing ..

Ex-Maryland pharmacist gets 40 months for trading drugs for sex

Atlanta Journal Constitution-22 hours ago

A former Maryland pharmacist was sentenced Monday to 40 months in jail for filling fraudulent prescriptions for oxycodone in exchange for sexual favors, the ...

Ex-pharmacist sentenced to prison for trading pills for sex
Local Source-Fox Baltimore-21 hours ago

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In acquiring Aetna, CVS embarks on another pivotal moment in its 55 ...

CNBC-2 hours ago

CVS Health acquired health insurance giant Aetna for about $70 billion. CVS has bought other pharmacies to build its footrprint, as well as pharmacy benefit ...

CVS-Aetna deal will save money by cutting supply chain negotiations
STAT-5 hours ago

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Physicians concerned about new opioid pharmacy rules

CBS19.tv KYTX-14 hours ago

Since then, several new pharmacy prescription rules have been put into place in past months, giving pharmacists more room to question the legitimacy of 

FDA Releases Draft Guidance for 503B Compounding Facilities ...

https://www.pharmacypracticenews.com/Policy/Article/04...Compounding.../53604

20 hours ago - By PPN News Staff. The FDA released draft guidance for 503B compounding facilities. The 48-page document describes the FDA's draft policies for 503B ..

Florida Pharmacist Sentenced for Role in Compounding Pharmacy ...

https://www.fdanews.com/.../189481-florida-pharmacist-sentenced-for-role-in-compo...

23 hours ago - South Florida pharmacist Stephen Chalker was sentenced to six and half years in prison for his role in a compounding pharmacy scheme that defrauded ...