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CVS Caremark becomes frequent target of government probes Does the various Fed/State/Local bureaucrats see these and other fines that are just a on-going source of “free money” to put in their coffers? Somewhere between seldom and never do the corporation execs every go to jail/prison… could the “theory” behind this by the bureaucrats… chances are  […]

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It would seem that CVS sent a prior authorization ( PA) to someone other than the patient it was intended for.  In this case, the patient was getting a very sensitive medication that he/she may not have divulged to family & friends of his/her life style/disease state. The person that received this misdirected PA, filed […]

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State moves to suspend pharmacy license in fungal meningitis outbreak On Sept 26th… NECC recalls all lots of  Sterile/preservative free injectable Methylprednisolone that it had compounded.. On Oct 24th.. the Attorney General of Indiana ASKED the Indiana Board of Pharmacy to suspended NECC’s Indiana mail order pharmacy license Did the AG have to ASK the […]

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Pharmacists have always had to deal with the perpetual conflict between our professional ethics and financial needs of running a business. Our roots are based on entrepreneurship, basically if you were a Pharmacist – or back then Druggist – you were self-employed. Even during the 20th century when many “Mom and Pop” pharmacists expanded into […]

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Patrick: Framingham pharmacy should have been disciplined before ‘death by meningitis’ from today’s article: While the board of pharmacy, at the governor’s direction, plans to revoke the license for New England Compounding Center and for three pharmacists in charge, “it shouldn’t have taken death by meningitis to get there,” Patrick said during his monthly segment […]

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This link was sent to a east coast BOP…. Subject: CVS Caremark has become a frequent subject of government probes – latimes.com http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cvs-caremark-20121024,0,4019637,full.story   —- The exec of the BOP responded with the following Subject: RE: CVS Caremark has become a frequent subject of government probes – latimes.com Due to security concerns, the Board office […]

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This is a letter sent by a mature RPH to his/her BOP on the east side of the country… I am posting it without any further comments …except this RPH does not appear to be a “happy camper” A sad day today for the MA BOP and all the people in MA. Sadder yet for […]

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Nonprescription Drugs as Likely to Poison Patients as Prescriptions From the article: Of the 10,392 cases in the registry, 53% involved patients in emergency departments. Pharmaceutical overdoses occurred in 48% of patients—a combination of intentional overdoses in 37% of patients and unintentional in 11% of patients. This study would suggest that law enforcement is all […]

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This is a 72 page list from the FDA of the 1200 some odd drugs that NECC’s records indicated that they have/had compounded.. http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Safety/Recalls/UCM322970.pdf MORPHINE PF 20.1MG/ML INJ, 40ML RX MORPHINE PF 20MG/ ML INJ, 20ML RX MORPHINE PF 25MG/ ML INJ, 20ML RX I didn’t go over all 72 pages… but… Morphine preservative free […]

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Mass. gov.: Fungus seen at meningitis-linked firm Per the article: But company attorney Paul Cirel said it’s “hard to imagine” state regulators weren’t previously aware of the scale of its operations because they’ve worked so closely together. The state Board of Registration in Pharmacy has always had complete access to the facility, and board members […]

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