Monday, January 28, 2019

Feds Want FCA Suit Over $21M Kickback Scheme To Proceed

Law360-3 hours ago
“Specifically, Smith was aware that no pharmacy could pay a commission per ... Tricare paid about $18 million for approximately 4,000 claims for compound ...

FDA warns about blood pressure medication shortages amid recalls

WRCB-TV-15 hours ago
... the potential to generate the carcinogenic compound, Woodcock told NBC News. ... The FDA suggests that medications on the list be returned to the pharmacy

Compounding Pharmacy Sues Express Scripts, Loses Terribly, Pays $20M

Pharmacy Sues Express Scripts, Loses Terribly, Pays $20M

Law360-1 hour ago
Law360 (January 28, 2019, 9:20 PM EST) -- HM Compounding Services LLC will pay Express Scripts Inc. $20 million, in a suit the pharmacy had initiated, after a ...
Law360 (January 28, 2019, 12:30 PM EST) -- While some government agencies appeared to be rolling back regulations and ramping down enforcement efforts in 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was not among them. The FDA worked closely...https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/1122467/2018-fda-enforcement-review-drugs-biologics-and-devices

Thursday, January 24, 2019

United States: Ninth Circuit Affirms Federal Preemption Over Dietary ...

Mondaq News Alerts-Jan 18, 2019
We should also not be surprised that dietary supplements—such as our daily chewable multivites—generate substantial litigation, usually based on the premise 

Ninth Circuit affirms summary judgment in favor of dietary supplement ...

JD Supra (press release)-6 hours ago
We shall see if this decision deters the plaintiffs' bar from bringing deceptive labeling suits against dietary supplement makers, at least where the labeling simply 
16 hours ago - Research suggests that many types of dietary supplements contain hidden pharmaceutical ingredients, including erectile dysfunction drugs, weight-loss

Senators Ask FDA to Update Federal Regulations Governing Use of CBD in Food, Beverages, and Dietary Supplements Blog The Daily Intake


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Attorney says criminal charges likely in Mount Carmel death ...

The Columbus Dispatch-6 hours ago
Mount Carmel said it has notified the Medical Board, as well as the state boards that regulate pharmacy and nursing licenses, of its investigation in December.

BakerHostetler FDA and Pharmacy Weekly Digest - January 2019 #2

JD Supra (press release)-10 hours ago
FDA Continues Critical Food Programs During Shutdown – Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb tweeted: “We've received multiple ...

Drug Middlemen Got Hefty Markup in New York, Pharmacy Group Says

Bloomberg-13 hours ago
Pharmacy-benefit managers are taking increasingly large markups on generic drugs in New York, according to an analysis of Medicaid prescriptions at .

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

How drugmakers’ gifts to doctors lead to more opioid overdose deaths
The New York Times
Counties where doctors got more meals, trips and consulting fees from opioid makers had higher overdose deaths involving prescription opioids. Read the full story

'You are not in a dying profession.'

Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)-1 hour ago
“The future of pharmacy is as rosy as you want it to be, both personally and professionally. Force organisations to give you the pathways where that kn

Texas Supreme Court will weigh whether state should reveal ...

MyHighPlains.com-10 hours ago
Three lawyers who represent death row inmates are seeking to name a pharmacythat supplied pentobarbital — the sole drug used in Texas executions — in

Moose Jaw pharmacist disciplined for accepting $700K in gifts from ...

Saskatoon StarPhoenix-8 hours ago
pharmacist in Moose Jaw has been ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and $14,000 in investigation and hearing costs to his licensing body for accepting more than ...

Walgreens Pays $209 Million to Settle Whistleblower Lawsuit Alleging ...

Benzinga-19 hours ago
Walgreens Pays $209 Million to Settle Whistleblower Lawsuit Alleging PharmacyGiant Rigged Dispensing and Billing Software to Over-Dispense Insulin Pens.
US Attorney Recovers Almost $270 Million in Healthcare Fraud ...
Lawfuel (blog)-22 hours ago

Walgreens Signs $269M in Settlements Over Insulin Pen Scheme ...

HealthLeaders Media-5 hours ago
The sum covers settlements in two separate cases filed under seal against the pharmacy chain by whistleblowers under the False Claims Act. Two federal ...
Walgreens Settles 2 Lawsuits Charging Fraud
Pharmacy Times-41 minutes ago

Red Bud pharmacist who submitted false insurance claims sentenced ...

Belleville News-Democrat-20 hours ago
pharmacist and former owner of Gibson's Discount Drugs in Red Bud has been sentenced to 33 months in prison on federal health care fraud charges.
22 hours ago - Since the first Rx Mixer was held in 2005, supporters of the pharmacy compoundingprofession generously have contributed more than $1.8 million to IACP's .