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Large Pharmacy Chains Face Staffing, Safety and Regulatory Issues

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As the nation’s largest pharmacy chains grapple with accusations of under-staffing, threats to patient safety and crack downs from regulators, Harris Beach’s Pharmacy Law attorneys are tracking developments. CVS Health...more

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Georgia Board of Pharmacy Continues to Review Licensure Requirements for Pharmacists

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At the April 13, 2022 Georgia Board of Pharmacy meeting, the Board discussed changes to Chapter 480-36 which governs retail pharmacy remote drug order processing. The discussion was aimed at new verbiage that would require...more

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Kentucky Board of Pharmacy Continues to Research and Review Proposed Non-Resident Pharmacy Permit Regulations

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At the March 30, 2022 Kentucky Board of Pharmacy meeting, the Regulation Committee reported on its March 15 meeting where it discussed the new proposed non-resident pharmacy permit regulation. The Committee requested...more

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Texas Board of Pharmacy Sends Central Fill Amendment Back for Redraft but Signals Approval

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On February 1, 2022, the Texas Board of Pharmacy voted to send proposed amendments to its Central Fill Rule under 22 Tex. Admin. Code § 291.125 back to staff for a redraft....more

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New Limitations on Chain Pharmacy Quotas in California

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Retail chain pharmacies should be aware of California’s recent passage of SB 362, signed into law by Governor Gavin Newson late last month, and the potential impact of the law on how chains evaluate their pharmacy staff and...more

Pullman & Comley - Connecticut Health Law

Post-Public Health Emergency – Connecticut Pharmacy Limitation Changes

Connecticut has recently notified pharmacies and prescribing providers that various quantity limits and refill criteria will revert back to pre-COVID 19 requirements come May 21, 2021. The reinstatement of pre-COVID 19...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Current Good Manufacturing Practices in the Time of COVID-19: FDA Announces New Expectations on Risk Assessment and Risk...

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FDA recently published its “Good Manufacturing Practice Considerations for Responding to COVID-19 Infection in Employees in Drug and Biological Products Manufacturing Guidance for Industry” (“Guidance”) which provides...more

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FDA oversight looks shaky with drug recalls, rising vaping deaths and injuries

Tens of millions of Americans may have been startled in recent days by the much-publicized pulling from the shelves of widely used drugs like ranitidine (aka Zantac), an over-the-counter heartburn remedy, and select lots of...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

Long Delayed CVS/Aetna Merger Finally Gains Court Approval

Concluding one of the longest merger reviews in history, on September 4, Judge Richard Leon, District Judge for the District of Columbia, issued his final ruling in United States v. CVS Health, approving the proposed...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

Florida Board of Pharmacy Initiates Work on International Export Pharmacy Permit Application and Rules

International export pharmacies took another step forward towards a separate, distinct licensure in Florida as the Florida Board of Pharmacy held a specially called Rules Sub-Committee Meeting on June 27, 2019, to address the...more

Orrick - Antitrust Watch

Toward Uncharted Waters – The CVS-Aetna Merger

On June 4 – 5, 2019, Judge Richard J. Leon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held an extraordinary and unprecedented evidentiary hearing to decide whether to enter the proposed Final Judgment in U.S. v....more

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How to Prepare for the FDA's 2019 Enforcement Priorities for the Compounding Industry

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On April 3, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb released a statement outlining the agency’s priorities for 2019 with respect to compounding pharmacies and the compounding industry. ...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] What Marketplace and Regulatory Drivers Are Transforming Healthcare M&A? - April 2nd, 1:00p.m. ET

What are the trends driving the growth in healthcare transactions? What are the new M&A strategies remapping the healthcare landscape? Find out the answers in a new Manatt webinar....more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Summit on Controlled Substances – Regulation, Litigation, and Enforcement - May 29th – 30th, Washington, DC

ACI is excited to return to Washington, D.C. with our one-of-a-kind, interactive forum where stakeholders can gather with peers, discuss challenges, and walk away with tailored strategies for overcoming these challenges. ...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

CVS Completes Acquisition of Aetna

In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 26, CVS Health Corporation announced that it has received all of the regulatory approvals necessary to complete its acquisition of Aetna and that the...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

DOJ Approves CVS/Aetna Merger, Contingent on the Sale of Aetna’s Medicare Part D Business

The United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division announced on October 10, 2018, that it was conditionally approving the CVS/Aetna merger, a $69 billion transaction that combines the nation’s largest retail pharmacy...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

CMS Updates Medicare Advantage and Part D (Prescription Drug Benefit)

On April 2, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Final Rule, updating Medicare Advantage (MA) and the prescription drug benefit program (Part D). ...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

FDA’s New Draft Guidance on Bulk Drug Substances in Compounding

This week, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) published draft guidance, describing FDA’s policy and process for evaluating bulk drug substances used in compounding by outsourcing facilities that are registered under...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Will NYSDEC's Audit Agreement for Retail Pharmacies Provide a Path to Increased Compliance?

Federal and state hazardous waste handling and disposal requirements, which were established to address issues related to industrial waste generators and disposal facilities, are often a complicated and awkward fit for retail...more

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