Tag Archives: Compounded

FDA Takes Interest in Compounding Medications; Does this Mean Compounded Medications Will be Included in WCMSAs in the Future?

Posted on April 10, 2019 by lawhukukinet

Last week the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Commissioner, Scott Gottlieb, M.D. and Deputy Commissioner, Anna Abram issued a statement on new 2019 efforts to improve the quality of compounded drugs. The statement can be found here. Interestingly in 2018, the … Continue reading →

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FDA Issues 2019 Goals to Improve The Quality of Compounded Drugs

Posted on April 10, 2019 by lawhukukinet

Just prior to departing the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., and Deputy Commissioner Anna Abram issued a statement (the “Statement”) on the Agency’s 2019 goals to improve the quality of compounded drugs. While the change … Continue reading →

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Industry Submits Comments (Nearly 3000) and the Agency Listens: Revised Draft Standard MOU Addressing Section 503A’s Limits on Interstate Shipments of Compounded Medications

Posted on September 10, 2018 by lawhukukinet

By Karla L. Palmer — FDA’s Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., announced last Friday, September 7, 2018, FDA’s publication of its revised draft Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) between states and FDA addressing interstate shipment of compounded medications. This is the third … Continue reading →

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After Losing At Trial, Mississippi Physician Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison for Role in Prescribing Allegedly Medically Unnecessary Compounded Medications to Patients and for Falsifying Patient Records to Make it Appear He Had Examined Them Before Prescribing

Posted on June 12, 2018 by lawhukukinet

Physicians who consider "telemedicine" or writing prescriptions to patients they have not physically seen or any other unusual arrangement for seeing patients and prescribing medications or supplies should consider a recent case. In this case, a 78 year old Mississippi physician, … Continue reading →

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Tennessee Couple and Utah Pharmacy Indicted in San Diego Federal Court for $65 Million TRICARE Fraud Allegations Relating to Compounded Medications Mailed to Active Duty Military

Posted on February 9, 2018 by lawhukukinet

Compounded medication cases continue to be filed by federal and state prosecutors. A case filed two weeks ago in San Diego (a military town) involves recruiting active military duty patients, a Utah pharmacy that shipped compounded medications, and a medical … Continue reading →

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