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….powerful new painkiller... questions are emerging about how the drug is being sold, and to whom…FDA..should be prescribed only by oncologists and pain specialists… But just 1 percent of prescriptions are written by oncologists,.. half of the prescriptions were written by pain specialists, and a wide range of doctors prescribed the rest,…

Instead of building integration and countless interfaces, new tools aim to fix the workflow problem on top of the electronic health record … "Having the government mandate interoperability is completely wrong,"…"I think we should let the market drive it – and the market says physicians want a single workflow."..

Food and Drug Administration was sued by two advocacy groups seeking to force the faster disclosure of clinical trial data...patients deserve more information about the "enormously costly" drugs…to make informed decisions about whether to use them.

Egalet Corp…data showed its experimental painkiller was less likely to be abused than a form of morphine already being sold…study showed recreational opioid users did not like and were less prone to snort the company's painkiller, Egalet-001, than MS Contin.

Novartis shares are down 0.42% to $98.11 in after the U.S. government filed papers saying that the company should pay fines of up to $3.35 billion over the alleged kickbacks the company used to boost the sales of two drugs…violated the False Claims Act and received improper reimbursements for…Exjade and...Myfortic...

…lawmakers hashing out a compromise on their respective defense policy bills will mull over several military health provisions as they finalize the legislation...access to urgent care..medical appointments, mental health services...pharmacy fees and birth control...fees would rise substantially...for nearly all types of medications, including generics.

…some hospitals are providing pharmaceutical services to hospital patients being discharged, and that some retail pharmacies are providing pharmaceutical services to long-term care facilities and/or skilled nursing facilities in violation of Nevada Revised Statutes and Nevada Administrative Code.

Many patients with systemic lupus erythematosus don’t adhere to their medications, leading to significantly more emergency department visits and hospital admissions. "Patients often think that their medication is just to treat their symptoms… patients feel they can choose when to take their medication based on how they feel."

…sentenced today to two years in prison for defrauding JPMorgan Chase & Co…using fraudulently issued government credit cards… to pay restitution in the amount of $113,841.

High Court rejects claims that midazolam can cause excruciating pain...states can continue to conduct executions using...midazolam…rejecting claims the drug poses too great a risk that condemned prisoners will suffer excruciating pain…prisoners who brought suit failed to suggest an alternative to midazolam.