…strikes down a Vermont law prohibiting the sale, disclosure, and use of pharmacy records that reveal the prescribing practices of individual doctors for use in the marketing of drugs.  This…

…pharmacy.   Over thirty comments were submitted, including comments from representatives of manufacturers, laboratories, and academic institutions.  These comments criticized the proposal for: requiring manufacturers to police the activities of their…

…time one walks into one’s physician’s office or pharmacy, one sees multiple coupon offers, and the complaints themselves characterize the co-pay subsidies as “open and notorious.”  But companies should follow the…

…central pharmacy that encompasses steps such as interfacing with financial businesses, such as insurance companies, in order to secure payment for the prescription, rendering them incidental to a financial product…

…to give to patients).  This coupon exception will not apply if a pharmaceutical manufacturer excludes or favors any pharmacy in the redemption of such coupon.  Sections 128 to 130 went…

…form as the generic for a pharmacist to substitute it for the brand, a product switch will effectively eliminate substitution at the pharmacy counter and thus meaningful generic competition. (For…

…a retail pharmacy at that LTCF. DEA also proposes to allow all controlled substances collected through take-back events, mail-back programs, and collection receptacles to be comingled with non-controlled substances. Collectors…

…if states have any response to this legislation.  We have previously reported that the California Board of Pharmacy may be open to a national track-and-trace standard, but only if that…

…be more amenable to the Senate bill.  Indeed, according to recent trade press, the California Board of Pharmacy has even expressed a preference for the Senate bill.    It is unclear…

…unwelcome from the standpoint of pharmacy management. While that may not be a reason to keep PE available, it does bear consideration in decision-making. Most of the permissible combinations that…

…communications that is applicable in Adheris: “a pharmacy hires a business associate to assist in administering a medication adherence program that involves mailing adherence communications to patients about their currently…

…can pay a registration fee and voluntarily register with FDA, while those compounders that remain more “traditional” pharmacies will continue to be primarily regulated by state boards of pharmacy. Outsourcing…

By Karla L. Palmer –  FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., sent open letters (here and here) to “Hospital Purchasers” and state officials including governors, state boards of pharmacy and health…

…is not a federally-controlled substance (though legislation introduced several years ago attempted to schedule unfinished dextromethorphan – see here). The Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) has noted “individuals of all ages” abuse…

…contract pharmacy arrangements Hospital eligibility criteria Eligibility of off-site facilities That rule – which has come to be known as the “mega-rule,” is currently under review by the Office of…