Fri.Apr 17, 2020

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FDA Seizures of Mail-order Prescriptions Increase in the Time of Coronavirus

Pharmacy Checkers

Unbelievably, the FDA has increased seizures of international mail-order prescriptions over the past month. Historically, far less than one percent of personal medicine imports are taken away by the FDA, despite the federal restrictions on importation. I only believe this to be the case if the exporting pharmacy requires a valid prescription. I don’t know if the FDA is more aggressive with rogue pharmacy actors than with legitimate pharmacies.

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Impact of COVID-19 on FDA Enforcement and Approvals – Part 5 – FDA Provides Update to Shape Expectations on New Approvals

Eye on FDA

In response to written questions submitted last month regarding the potential for delays, FDA had stated that “ CDER remains fully capable to continue daily activities, while responding to the public needs of the current COVID-19 outbreak. ” In a subsequent blog posting this month, it was noted that FDA was devoting personnel to focus on COVID-19-related review efforts and that it was certainly possible that this might be a factor in delaying new approvals of non-COVID-19 medicines a

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Memory Loss: Why Do I Keep Forgetting Things?

Olympian Clinical Research

Whether it’s where you put your keys, that one thing on your grocery list, or words to a song, we all forget things every once in a while. However, it could be more than just brain fog if you find yourself regularly asking, “ Why do I keep forgetting things ?”. We understand that memory loss at any degree is inconvenient, frustrating, and can become quite concerning as it progresses.