Four drug companies reach a last-minute $260 million opioid settlement with two Ohio counties PUBLISHED MON, OCT 21 20198:14 AM EDTUPDATED MON, OCT 21 20192:29 PM EDT

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/21/four-drug-companies-reach-a-settlement-as-opioid-trial-was-set-to-begin.html

United States: FDA Partners With The National Association Of Boards Of Pharmacy To Create An Information-Sharing System For Drug Compounding Activities

United States: FDA Partners With The National Association Of Boards Of Pharmacy To Create An Information-Sharing System For Drug Compounding Activities

Reed Smith

On October 2, 2019, the United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it awarded a cooperative agreement grant to the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP)

Independent pharmacies being driven out of business by ‘predatory middlemen’ | Opinion By RON PATEL SPECIAL TO THE SUN SENTINEL | OCT 21, 2019 | 6:00 AM

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/commentary/fl-op-com-patel-independent-pharmacies-business-pbm-20191021-rwhhydjgnvehxlvcdy47ncfvge-story.html

Flint-based Diplomat Pharmacy sells subsidiary assets to pay down debt KURT NAGL

https://www.crainsdetroit.com/health-care/flint-based-diplomat-pharmacy-sells-subsidiary-assets-pay-down-debt

NJ, NY pharmacy owner convicted of defrauding IRS MyCentralJerseyPublished 4:30 p.m. ET Oct. 21, 2019

https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/crime/2019/10/21/piscataway-nj-bronx-ny-pharmacy-owner-convicted-defrauding-irs/4056903002/

Baby powder manufacturer voluntarily recalls products for asbestos FDA advises consumers to stop using affected products

Baby powder manufacturer voluntarily recalls products for asbestos

FDA advises consumers to stop using affected products

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting consumers of a voluntary recall by Johnson & Johnson of Johnson’s Baby Powder after FDA testing has found that a sample from one lot of the product contains chrysotile fibers, a type of asbestos. Consumers who have Johnson’s Baby Powder lot #22318RB should stop using it immediately and contact Johnson & Johnson for a refund. The FDA stands by the quality of its testing and results and is not aware of any adverse events relating to exposure to the lot of affected products. During talc mining, if talc mining sites are not selected carefully and steps are not taken to purify the talc ore sufficiently, the talc may be contaminated with asbestos. Asbestos is a known carcinogen. It is ...

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CDC: 200 More Vape Illnesses in a Week

As flu season begins, agency wants docs to ask patients with URI symptoms about vaping history FULL STORY

Teva's $15B free drug opioid settlement might be a great deal in the long run: analyst

Thursday, October 17, 2019

Instead of fighting it out in court, Teva is reportedly offering $15 billion in free drugs to escape a massive opioid litigation in Cleveland that has ensnared some of the industry’s biggest players.

FDA is expanding criminal enforcement operations!!

Expanding Criminal Enforcement Operations Globally to Protect Public Health

The American public relies on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to help ensure the quality and safety of FDA-regulated products available to consumers, many of which are sourced or manufactured overseas. As the volume of globally produced products and suppliers expands daily, the risk of fraudulent, intentionally adulterated, and/or other illegal products shipping into the U.S. also increases. Every day, thousands of illicit products are shipped to the U.S. from overseas, across the spectrum of things the FDA regulates, including unapproved opioids, counterfeit medicines, fake medical devices, bogus vaccines, imitation cosmetics, adulterated foods and components of illicit vaping products. These products can be outright forgeries of items produced for the American market, as well as “gray market” products manufactured for use in another country but shipped illegally to the U.S.  These products are unsafe: they may contain contaminants or be adulterated, and are not shipped and handled under conditions designed to preserve product stability and sterility.

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Man is dead after pharmacy medication mix-up Updated: Oct 15, 2019 - 6:02 PM

https://www.fox13memphis.com/top-stories/man-is-dead-after-pharmacy-medication-mix-up/997776393