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STAT+: California wants to revoke a CVS mail-order license for illegally filling opioid and ADHD prescriptions

STAT

California authorities are seeking to revoke a license held by a CVS Health mail-order pharmacy unit for violating several state laws that govern shipments of various controlled substances — including prescription painkillers and ADHD medicines — directly to patients.

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Rite Aid’s Closing and Bankruptcy: The Full Story!

The Happy PharmD

However, efforts to merge with Walgreens in 2017 and later with Albertsons in 2018 failed, leaving Rite Aid struggling to redefine its place in a competitive market. Allegations of improper handling of controlled substances and subsequent legal battles resulted in significant penalties and loss of trust from vendors and customers alike.

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How API CMOs can improve containment capabilities without facility acquisition

Pharmaceutical Technology

According to GlobalData analysis, specialist small molecule API capabilities such as containment or controlled substances are driving large contract manufacturing organisations (CMOs) to acquire facilities.

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Harness the PharmD Power to be a Rockstar Engineer

The Nontraditional Pharmacist

So I recently graduated in May of 2018 from VCU School of Pharmacy in Virginia and I work for a company called Kit Check, which is a Health I.T. What is really your current role, kind of a description of your day-to-day responsibilities and what you do. David [00:00:54] Yeah I’ll give you guys a little bit of backstory.

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Surely You Must be Kidding, PTO?!? “No, and Don’t Call Me Shirley!” – The Seemingly Slapstick (But Yet Unfunny) World of Recent Patent Term Extension Decisions (PART 1)

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

2018) , Arnold Partnership v. The PTO’s not-even-specious-argument, citing what certainly appears to us to be absolutely irrelevant case law, such as Novartis AG v. Ezra Ventures LLC, 909 F.3d 3d 1367 (Fed. Rogan , 246 F. 2d 460 (E.D. 2003) , and Biogen lnt’l v. Banner Life Sciences LLC, 956 F.3d 3d 1351 (Fed.

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A winning combination: The benefits of micronization and containment in a single installation

Pharmaceutical Technology

According to GlobalData’s Drugs database, 97% of marketed drugs are small molecule products and analysis shows an increased CMO appetite for specialized capabilities, with controlled substance and containment facilities highly sought after [i].

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Hospitals: Do You Know Where Your Controlled Substances Are?

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

Houck — Employee diversion of controlled substances from hospitals has been an issue since at least 1986 when I became a diversion investigator with the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”). DEA alleged that UMHS failed to maintain complete and accurate records and failed to timely notify DEA of controlled substance thefts.