- Civil Penalty Settlement Reached with CVS Pharmacy in Car (dea.gov)
civil settlement with CVS Health in connection with allegations that the CVS pharmacy in Carver (Boston area) violated federal regulations related to the sale of prescription drugs… armed robbers stole large quantities of Schedule II prescription drugs.. CVS reported one of the thefts immediately but waited three weeks to report the other one…investigators found… discrepancies… to keep complete and accurate records of its controlled substances..
- Pharmacy Compounding Missouri Lethal Injections Must Be Publicized (pharmacytimes.com)
Missouri Department of Corrections has violated the state’s Sunshine Law by refusing to reveal the name of a pharmacy that compounds lethal injections,...compounding pharmacy ....provide pentobarbital for executions.
- Former Pella Pharmacist Reaches Settlement with Iowa Board of Pharmacy (kniakrls.com)
Don Versluys was accused of taking cash payments from customers instead of filing to insurance. He received a $10,000 civil fine, a six-month suspension of his pharmacy license, and three years of probation. He is also permanently restricted from owning a pharmacy or acting as a pharmacist-in-chief...
- Matthew Peterson Sentenced after Pleading Guilty to Federal Charges for Stealing Prescription Opioids (dea.gov)
Matthew Peterson...pleaded guilty to federal charges of fraudulently acquiring pain medication while he was employed as a paramedic... abused his position of public trust by providing diluted pain medication to those facing critical health emergencies...also jeopardized their medical condition and potentially exposed them to contaminated medications...
- DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back (dea.gov)
10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time in every state…. sites will be set up throughout communities nationwide so local residents can return their unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe disposal...
- License for Las Vegas doctor in child porn case suspended indefinitely (reviewjournal.com)
Las Vegas doctor (physician, Dr. Binh Minh Chung) accused of videotaping himself having sex with sedated patients has agreed to the indefinite suspension of his license... 10 counts of possession of child pornography and one count of using or permitting the use of a child for the production of pornography.
- Federal multimillion-dollar settlement reached with Jacksonville pharmacy over improper billing (jacksonville.com)
An $8.4 million settlement has been reached with..Blanding Health Mart Pharmacy following an investigation of knowingly billing the government for improper and medically unnecessary customizing of pain prescriptions,..
- 5 drug store owners caged [Times of Zambia] (pharmacychoice.com)
FIVE drug store proprietors, whose shops were closed for operating illegally in Ndola,...Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority… arrested and charged after they were found operating their drug stores illegally… imprisoned to two months
- Kings Beach Rite Aid Robbed For Second Time (kolotv.com)
man who police say may be responsible for committing five recent armed pharmacy robberies has struck again in Kings Beach, CA (NV-CA Lake Tahoe area) July 16, 2015 the Rite Aid...robbed for a second time..
- Iowa State scientist sentenced to 57 months in prison for HIV vax trial fraud (biopharmadive.com)
Dong-Pyou Han,…. sentenced to 57 months in prison for vaccine trial fraud,.. falsified data.. mixed human HIV antibodies with rabbit blood.. to falsely show…. immunity to HIV… two counts of making false statements in order to obtain NIH research grants…. fined $7.2 million on top of his prison sentence…