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Florida officials say three of the 16 Planned Parenthood facilities inspected last week were performing procedures beyond their licensing authority, and one facility was not keeping proper logs relating to fetal remains...performing second-trimester abortions when they were only licensed to perform first-trimester abortions.

Food and Drug Administration….published a final guidance regarding pediatric oral liquid OTC products containing acetaminophen to address…acetaminophen overdose associated with these products and to promote their safe use.

• single-ingredient acetaminophen oral liquids… use a concentration of 160 mg acetaminophen per 5 mL.
• the statements “160 mg/5 mL” or “160 mg per 5 mL” should be prominently presented… same font size as the active ingredient name
• Dosing directions should be provided only in mL.
• recommended use age range should reflect the same age range as stated in the Drug Facts Panel under the heading "Directions"
• any images of children on the carton should also be representative of the age group identified under "Directions."

new app is looking to give Manhattanites a reprieve from standing in line at the pharmacy. Zipdrug,…allows users to have their prescriptions delivered on-demand within an hour… bicycle messengers will pick up medications — except for controlled substances — from the user’s preferred pharmacy,…so long as the prescriber submits an electronic script.

Yelp is teaming up with an unlikely partner to put more healthcare facility data and reviews into the hands of the consumer….announced it would be inking a deal with…ProPublica to integrate data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services onto the business pages of more than 25,000 healthcare facilities…

Sales at CVS Health are getting "smoked."… CVS became the first major pharmacy chain in America to stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products in its stores. The drug store chain said it was the right thing to do -- even though it would hurt sales….prescription sales continue to rise, general merchandise sales tumbled nearly 8% last quarter on a same-store basis.

… American Association of Diabetes Educators called on Congress to pass…two…bills, H.R. 1726, and S. 1345, which are known as The Access To Quality Diabetes Education Act of 2015…would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to recognize credentialed diabetes educators as providers of diabetes education services, including tele-health services, under part B of the Medicare program.

1980s, the US lagged behind Europe in drug approvals, and individual drug reviews often took years to complete. The problem, FDA argued, lacked adequate funding to hire the staff it needed to review drugs in a more timely manner….solution FDA proposed was to collect one-time fees from the companies it regulates…. led to…Prescription Drug User Fee Act…

Medicare's rule that says patients must stay in the hospital for three days before it will cover their care in a skilled nursing facility may not be helping patients,…costing Medicare plans money… the average hospital length of stay decreased for patients whose plans eliminated the rule, while it increased for those that still applied the rule…

Drug Enforcement Administration, Seattle Field Division’s partnership with the DEA Youth Dance Program continues to expand throughout the greater Seattle area is making a difference in the lives of our youth…the DEA YPD has supported five local schools with after school programs...

global market for telemedicine is expected to be worth more than $34 billion by the end of 2020…Driving growth…is an increasing aged population, increasing incidences of chronic diseases and rapid rise in the software market… many healthcare systems are trying to reduce both the number of hospital visits and the length of stay …trend for patients to be monitored in their home environment..