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Telehealth patients are scrambling for in-person care amid crackdown on online controlled substances

STAT

In 2022, the 29-year-old New Yorker had started using Done, a direct-to-consumer telehealth company that treats attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Catherine was getting nervous about her ADHD prescription.

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Psychedelic research: evaluating the fast-evolving regulatory roadmap

European Pharmaceutical Review

Most psychedelic drugs are Schedule I controlled substances, which means that very strict legal and regulatory controls accompany their use” Some psychedelics originate in nature and have been used by Indigenous cultures for thousands of years; others are manipulated or manufactured. 2022 [cited 2022Dec].

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Two “Unresolvable” Prescribing/Dispensing Red Flags Unfurled

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

The assertion that prescribing immediate-release opioids longer than two or three months is a red flag may have originated with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain. Deborah Dowell et al., 1, Recommendation 3. Recommendation 1.

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Pharmacists in Florida (and Elsewhere): Waive Prescribing Red Flags at Your Peril

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

District Court for the District of Texas on Zarzamora Healthcare LLC for repeatedly dispensing opioids and other controlled substances “by filling prescriptions while ignoring red flags.” By Larry K. Gulf Med Pharmacy; Decision and Order, 86 Fed. 72,694, 72,703 (Dec. 50,372 at 50,372-73. 21 U.S.C. § 824(a).

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The discovery of a new and compounding cybersecurity threat to pharmacies

pharmaphorum

According to Kasada, in April 2022 its threat intelligence observed the use of credential stuffing – the automated injection of stolen username and password pairs into a website’s login form – to attack pharmacies, steal active customer accounts, and exploit them for the distribution of prescribed medications.

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Pharmacies Selling PSE: Remember to Train Employees and Self-Certify

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas announced that People’s Rx, a local chain operating five retail pharmacies and a compounding laboratory in the Austin area, agreed to pay $200,000 to settle allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”). 16, 2023 ( DOJ Press Release ).

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Cannabinoids receptors: popular preclinical target but banned in 137 countries

Pharmaceutical Technology

In 2022, a surge in the pipeline has led to cannabinoid receptors becoming the most popular target in preclinical development. However, at the federal level, cannabinoids remain illegal under the Controlled Substances Act. However, access is restricted, requiring a special permit given under exceptional circumstances.