A large Southern Nevada compounding and specialty pharmacy that ships its products throughout the United States voluntarily recalled its products due to concerns over product sterility. In a press release issued by Green Valley Drugs on April 5, 2013, Green Valley Drugs announced… Read More
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What Is A “Compounding Pharmacy”?
With the current attention being focused on the fungal meningitis outbreak in the United States that appears to be the result of contaminated epidural steroid injections manufactured by the compounding pharmacy, New England Compounding Center (“NECC”), you may wonder, what is a compounding… Read More
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Fungal Meningitis Outbreak
On October 6, 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that seven people have died as a result of a fungal meningitis outbreak, and 64 people in 9 U.S. states have been diagnosed with fungal meningitis that are linked… Read More
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Prescription Drug Plan Statistics For 2012
Over 99% of employees in the United States who are covered by an employer-sponsored health plan have a prescription drug benefit. Eighty-seven percent of employees covered by an employer-sponsored health plan had a tiered cost-sharing formula for prescription drugs in 2012, with over… Read More
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Internet Pharmacy Doctor’s Criminal Charge Dismissed Due To Too Much Evidence
During early August, 2012, a Miami doctor who was indicted in 2007 for allegedly selling prescription drugs to patients who were never interviewed or examined had his criminal indictment dismissed with prejudice by a federal judge in Iowa, at the request of the… Read More
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Massive New York Medicaid Drug Fraud Alleged
Federal prosecutors have charged 48 people in a massive Medicaid drug fraud scheme that cost taxpayers upwards of $500 million. The fraud allegedly involved Medicaid recipients who were prescribed expensive medications who sold their drugs to third-parties for cash. The third-parties then sold… Read More
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GlaxoSmithKline Agrees To Pay $3 Billion For Alleged Wrongdoing
The giant United Kingdom-based pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline Plc (“Glaxo”), has allegedly agreed to pay $3 billion to settle criminal and civil claims that it illegally promoted two of its premiere drugs, Paxil and Wellbutrin, and that it failed to report clinical safety data… Read More
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Did Zoloft Cause Twins’ Birth Defects?
Zoloft is a brand-name antidepressant medication manufactured by the giant pharmaceutical company Pfizer. Zoloft is the brand name for sertraline HCL, which comes in tablet form (25 mg, 50 mg, or 100mg) and as an oral concentrate. Zoloft is approved for… Read More
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Accutane Jury Verdict Upheld
Accutane (isotretinoin) is a prescription acne medication manufactured by Hoffman-La Roche that was first introduced in the United States in 1982. Accutane was used to treat severe acne (nodular and/or inflammatory acne) that could not be cleared up by using other acne treatments,… Read More
