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Oregon Board of Pharmacy has ordered the emergency closure of a pharmacy and the suspension of a pharmacist accused of manufacturing marijuana products and dispensing controlled substances without prescriptions…also accused of filling patient prescriptions at other pharmacies with their knowledge and numerous other violations.

..California law allowing nursing homes to make medical decisions on behalf of certain mentally incompetent residents is unconstitutional,… nursing homes are making end-of-life decisions without patient input is a big concern,…..

..hospital and health insurance industries…sigh of relief…Supreme Court upheld subsidies for individuals under…healthcare law. Shares in hospitals surged, with several hitting all-time highs,...analysts called the ruling positive for an industry on the edge of consolidation…economists have estimated $15 billion to $22 billion in healthcare spending was at risk...

FDA has been developing its naming policy for API salts...since December 2013 following the implementation of the US Pharmacopoeia's monograph…final guidance on the subject, deciding that new drugs will be named after their API alone – ‘newdrug’ and not ‘newdrug hydrochloride’ …to minimize potential confusion.

Drug Enforcement Administration is using billboards to post the faces of people suspected of looting dozens of pharmacies during Baltimore’s Freddie Gray riots in April…27 pharmacies and two methadone clinics were looted and an estimated 300,000 doses of drugs were stolen,…

..consequences that likely will follow from the Court’s decision.---bureaucrats can now proceed with their regulatory activities ---health insurers now gain the certainty that is required for proper rate setting--- smaller businesses, likely…to comply with their ACA mandate--- there is little incentive for new state exchanges.

Eli Lill was ordered to face claims it misled consumers about "brain zaps" and other withdrawal side effects tied to Cymbalta in the first cases slated to be heard by juries…bid to have…lawsuits thrown out was rebuffed…found they raised legitimate questions about the drugmaker’s warnings about withdrawal risks.

….to determine why the Nevada Board of Medical Examiners allowed a doctor accused of a sex crime to continue practicing, the Las Vegas Review-Journal filed court papers Friday, asking a judge to unseal records from a 2006 criminal case.

India's smaller generic drugmakers, struggling to cope with…tougher regulation in the United States, are under pressure to consider branching out to new, less-profitable markets or sell out to larger rivals…Ranbaxy's $500 million U.S. fine for drug safety violations…

Shares of Pfizer are falling… as a new study finds that taking several erectile dysfunction drugs may pose an increased risk of developing melanoma,.. The study,.. involved men who filled one prescription for the drugs 'Viagra,' 'Cialis,' and 'Levitra.'…found …a 21% higher chance of developing melanoma compared with men who did not take these drugs