FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars
JUNE 3, 2025
We received a response to our post on the prescribing red flags indicating the likelihood of certain prescriptions filled by Walgreens pharmacies were invalid because they lacked a legitimate medical purpose or were not issued in the usual course of professional practice. By Larry K. Coconut Grove Pharmacy; Decision and Order, 89 Fed.
FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars
DECEMBER 4, 2023
DEA has interpreted pharmacists’ corresponding responsibility as prohibiting the filling of a prescription where the pharmacist or pharmacy “knows or has reason to know” that the prescription is invalid. Holiday CVS, L.L.C. d/b/a CVS/Pharmacy, Nos. 219 and 5195; Decision and Order , 77 Fed. 62,316, 62,342 (Oct. Complaint ¶ 62.
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Proxsys Rx
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
The patient would have left the hospital without her medication, and taken her prescription to be filled at her pharmacy. If it had been a large chain pharmacy, she would have essentially been presented with the option of paying a bill she couldn’t afford — or doing without.
Proxsys Rx
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
The patient would have left the hospital without her medication, and taken her prescription to be filled at her pharmacy. If it had been a large chain pharmacy, she would have essentially been presented with the option of paying a bill she couldn’t afford — or doing without.
Proxsys Rx
MARCH 23, 2023
Consider this cost-plus drug company model A recently-launched company uses a Cash Pay business model to sell the generic drugs they manufacturer, offering end users prescription discounts based on their costs (plus a 15% markup and a pharmacy-labor fee) for all prescriptions filled through them.
Quality Matters
APRIL 26, 2023
Ingredient and product quality assurance The potential for variation in medical product manufacturing, distribution and regulatory capability across regions and economies can present challenges to ensuring quality and pose threats to patient safety and public health. As a standards-setting organization, USP is uniquely positioned to help.
pharmacy mentor
MARCH 13, 2023
Enhancing patient privacy: Pharmacies guarantee that patient data is kept private and secure by using blockchain to store patient prescription data. Streamlining prescription filling : Blockchain would allow quick and secure accessing of patient prescription data, allowing more efficient and accurate dispensing.
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