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The discovery of a new and compounding cybersecurity threat to pharmacies

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Sam Crowther, founder and CEO of cybersecurity company Kasada, tells us about a recent discovery his company made that revealed tens of thousands of accounts with prescription drug attachments in major online pharmacies had been compromised. So, suddenly, you’re unable to get the medicine you need and have been prescribed by a doctor.

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FTC launches probe into pharmacy benefit management sector

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Longstanding claims that one of the reasons for high drug prices in the US is the actions of pharmacy benefit management (PBM) companies – the middlemen in the supply chain – are being formally investigated by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The post FTC launches probe into pharmacy benefit management sector appeared first on.

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U.S. Pharmacy Chains Harm Patients With Medication Errors; NABP Appears Silent

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When you go to your local CVS and Walgreens – and other big pharmacy chains – are you getting the highest standard of care? Have these pharmacies gone rogue? Yet the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) doesn’t seem to be paying much attention to medication errors at U.S. pharmacies. pharmacy industry.

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Misjustice benefits pharma

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million doses of oxycodone and hydrocodone to pharmacies in Cabell County and the city of Huntington over less than a decade, McKesson, AmerisourceBergen, and Cardinal Health didn’t cause an oversupply of opioids in the area, Judge David Faber ruled on Monday. These were doctors whose only goal was to make money.

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Human Rights Day: Safe and Affordable Imported Medicine and the Internet

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In 2017, a group of activists, policy professionals, lawyers, and doctors came together in Brussels at the RightsCon conference to draft the Brussels Principles on the Sale of Medicines Over the Internet. FDA because its label is not the one required for the sale of that drug in the U.S. It’s the exact same drug sold here.

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NEW FEXOFENADINE over the counter – Allevia tablets

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The Government recently announced the reclassification of fexofenadine 120mg, which will be available as General sale Medication (GSL), sold as branded products – Allevia 120mg tablets. When to speak to a pharmacist or a doctor before taking Allevia tablets? Until now, fexofenadine was a prescription-only medication. cetirizine.

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Digital health player UpHealth swells with three-way merger

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The three-way deal combines UpHealth – which provides patient care management, telemedicine and digital pharmacy services and gives its name to the new group – with CloudBreak, which provides a video consultation platform for doctors and patients. The largest by far was the $18.5