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A UK man has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for smuggling illegal erectile dysfunction drugs following an MHRA investigation. Sundeep Amin, 57, pled guilty to 21 counts of importing, possessing and supplying unlicensed medicines. Officers from the UK medicines regulator seized nearly £900,000 ($1.4m) of unlicensed medicines… As well as illegal importation, Amin admitted possession of a large amount of the Class C, Schedule II benzodiazepine Phenazepam, and to laundering money from his crimes..

Clark County's top law enforcement officer told a room full of marijuana business owners Thursday that he wants to work with them…Sheriff Joe Lombardo,...made light of the historic nature of his appearance at a lunch meeting of the Las Vegas Medical Marijuana Association…sheriff's in a marijuana (meeting)," he said to laughter…. his two biggest concerns are the prospect of people driving under the influence and the potential for robberies or thefts given the cash-heavy nature of the business…

Billions of dollars are at stake in a Las Vegas trial that centers on two men who were diagnosed with bladder cancer after taking the diabetes drug Actos… Robert Eglet… represents Mary Iorio, the widow of Maurice Iorio.. filed a product liability case… against Takeda Pharmaceutical Co… Thousands of plaintiffs across the country have filed product liability lawsuits against Takeda. The company is accused of failing to inform consumers and medical professionals about the risk of bladder cancer...

National Association of Chain Drug Stores has announced the winners of the 2015 NACDS Total Store Expo Product Showcase. The 12 winning products — evaluated by the Expo’s retail attendees — were among 178 items on display in this year’s Product Showcase, which covered categories ranging from over-the-counter health care, beauty care and consumables to general merchandise, pharmacy and home health care. This year’s winners in each category were the following:

1. Shea Baby - BABY CARE
2. Chocolate Energy – CONSUMABLES
3. LA COLORS Color Craze Gel-Like Nail Polish - COSMETICS & FRAGRANCES
4. Gigwalk Enterprise Mobile Application - FRONT-END SERVICES
5. Party Poppers - GENERAL MERCHANDISE
6. Butterfly Body Liners - HEALTH CARE/OTC
7. Able Life product line - HOME HEALTH CARE
8. Poo-Pourri - HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS/NONEDIBLES
9. Dr. Hauschka Natural Skin Care line - PERSONAL CARE/HBC
10. Meducation - PHARMACY OPERATIONS EQUIPMENT & SERVICES
11. EpiPen - PHARMACY PRODUCTS
12. Problem Solved! Stocking Stuffer - SEASONAL

Novo Nordisk plans to invest an estimated 2 billion..dollars over the next five years in new production facilities in Clayton, North Carolina,..and Måløv, Denmark…expansions will help…meet the increasing worldwide demand for its diabetes medicines… a new production facility in Måløv,… for tableting and packaging of oral semaglutide …"We decided to place the new API facilities in the US for strategic reasons,"…"The US is by far our largest market and there are many logistical and economic advantages of having a larger part of our manufacturing in our main market.

Clark County's first marijuana dispensary opened for business Monday. Legal retail sales of pot commenced… Euphoria Wellness…the first medical marijuana… was commercially grown…More than 6,000 registered medical marijuana patients live in Clark County. There still isn't enough supply for all of them…considering Nevada dispensaries are allowed to sell to registered marijuana patients from other states, buyers can expect a limited supply for the near future.

Nevada's health insurance exchange is losing its only locally based carrier. Nevada Health CO-OP, a nonprofit insurer created by the Affordable Care Act and federally funded to offer health coverage through the Nevada Health Link marketplace, said Wednesday that it cannot make enough money to stay in business after Jan. 1…second year of high claims costs and limited growth projections for enrollment made it "clear" the insurer would have a hard time providing "quality care at reasonable rates" in 2016.

Nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego used 3-D printing to build fish-shaped microrobots. The so-called microfish can swim in liquids, are chemically powered by hydrogen peroxide and are magnetically controlled. The scientists said the synthetic microfish will inspire a new generation of ‘smart’ microrobots capable of detoxification, sensing their environment, and directing drug delivery.

CVS opened its first local Minute Clinic in 2007 in its pharmacy on the Strip near the Monte Carlo. To date, it has 11 Minute Clinics throughout Nevada, eight in Las Vegas and three in the Reno/Sparks area. All clinics are open seven days a week with weekend and early evening hours available...Walgreens has 13 clinics in the Las Vegas area, none in Northern Nevada. And like CVS, its clinics are open seven days a week with similar hours of operation. From 50 clinics in 2007, the pharmacy has grown that number to 400 nationally.

Swedish drugmaker Meda AB is exploring options including a sale of its U.S. operations amid a boom in health care deals,...Meda is working with advisers at Rothschild on the potential sale process, which may start as early as September,...deal could be worth about $1 billion and may attract interest from pharmaceutical companies with an interest in respiratory treatments,...