Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Former Stark Pharmacy director pleads guilty to healthcare fraud

Becker's Hospital Review-3 hours ago
A former director and managing partner of Stark Pharmacy, based in Overland Park, Kan., pleaded guilty March 1 to billing Medicaid tens of thousands of dollars

Colorado law mandates which drugs be used for lethal injection. So ...

The Colorado Sun-9 hours ago
“If (the drugs) don't exist, they can certainly be compounded. It's not like it's moon-based titanium, where we couldn't create more of it. I don't think that's a big ..
5 hours ago - What the FDA's determination means is outsourcing facilities will not be allowed to sell compounded vasopressin products unless they manufacture them using .

FDA ruling on compounding goes Endo's way

https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2019/03/05/fda-ruling-on-compounding-goes-endos-way.html

Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., and Susan Mayne, Ph.D., director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, on tests confirming a 2017 finding of asbestos contamination in certain cosmetic products and new steps that FDA is pursuing to improve cosmetics safety

Each day, cosmetic products are sold to consumers across the U.S. – some to children under the age of 18, still in the formative years of development. These products are used as part of daily beauty and cleansing routines, often times on the skin’s most sensitive areas, like the face, eyelids and lips. That’s why it’s so important that cosmetic products are safe, properly labeled and free of contamination. It’s also why when we hear about reports of contamination, like the 2017 reports of asbestos contamination in certain cosmetic products sold by ....


FDA Commissioner Gottlieb resigns


FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb resigned from his post Tuesday, effective one month from now according to the Washington Post.
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