According to court documents, the Sackler family, who owns and controls Purdue Pharma, earned up to $13 billion in profits from the OxyContin-maker,. This amount is considerably larger than the $4 billion previously alleged.

New York court blocks state ban on flavored e-cigarettes Kanishka Singh 4 MIN READ

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-vaping-new-york/new-york-court-blocks-state-ban-on-flavored-e-cigarettes-idUSKBN1WJ0IK

Consumer watchdog agency probes Juul and 5 more vaping firms By MATTHEW PERRONE

https://www.apnews.com/cbf53076ba3248e988a78a01f2b393d7

CDC, States Update Number of Cases of Lung Disease Associated with E-cigarette Use, or Vaping--1,080 with 18 deaths

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2019/s1003-lung-disease.html

Tainted Products Marketed as Dietary Supplements

Tainted Sexual Enhancement Products

• 09/19/2019 Public Notification: Green Lumber contains hidden drug ingredient
• 09/09/2019 Public Notification: Anaconda Strong Formula contains hidden drug ingredient
• 09/09/2019 Public Notification: La Pepa Negra contains hidden drug ingredient
• 09/09/2019 Public Notification: Lung Leader contains hidden drug ingredient
• 09/06/2019 Public Notification: LOBO contains hidden drug ingredient
• 09/06/2019 Public Notification: Mero Macho contains hidden drug ingredient

Tainted Weight Loss Products

• 09/06/2019 Public Notification: Lanugar contains hidden drug ingredients
• 09/06/2019 Public Notification: JaDera PLUS contains hidden drug ingredients
• 09/06/2019 Public Notification: Sheaya Lender contains hidden drug ingredients
• 09/06/2019 Public Notification: Love in S contains hidden drug ingredients

In general, health fraud drug products are articles of unproven effectiveness that claim to treat disease or improve health. In addition to wasting billions of consumers' dollars each year, health scams can lead patients to delay proper treatment and cause serious—and even fatal—injuries. FDA is very concerned about these fraud products, and removing these products from the market remains one of the Agency's top priorities. For more public notifications see FDA's Medication Health Fraud.

Compounding pharmacy Diabetic Care Rx, LLC d/b/a Patient Care America (“PCA”), two individual executives, and the pharmacy’s private equity fund owner, Riordan, Lewis & Haden, Inc. (“RLH”) recently reached a $21 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) to resolve allegations that the parties engaged in an illegal kickback scheme

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/private-equity-firm-settles-with-doj-in-83319/

Pharmacists, Doctor Indicted in 'Check Box' Cream Scheme Options Wednesday, October 2, 2019 | 316 | 0 | 73 min read

https://www.workcompcentral.com/news/article/id/34dd07134d42c3eb0b3556679e5c69e8c96bd0ab

Medicare must protect patients by providing access to safe, effective treatments Meeting the highest standards of drug safety

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/1/medicare-must-protect-patients-by-providing-access/

Custom-compounded bioidentical HT for menopause symptoms may yield ‘abnormally high’ hormone levels October 2, 2019

https://www.healio.com/endocrinology/reproduction-androgen-disorders/news/online/%7B7b17ac7a-bad7-4fa1-8855-13e9a3d1801c%7D/custom-compounded-bioidentical-ht-for-menopause-symptoms-may-yield-abnormally-high-hormone-levels

APhA Issues Statement on John Oliver's September 29 ...

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2 days ago - Sunday night's episode of John Oliver's Last Week Tonight on HBO included a segment on pharmacy compounding. The American Pharmacists Association ...