News tagged retail-pharmacy
USP Prescription Container Labeling Chapter is Now the Official Standard
The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) General Chapter <17> Prescription Container Labeling, published in the USP 36–NF 31, became an official standard on May 1, 2013.
Federal Legislation Needed to Stop Gray Market Wholesaler Activity Related to Drug Shortages
Removing pharmacies’ ability to re-sell drug products to wholesalers would help to prevent medications from being leaked into the gray market, as highlighted in a recent Drug Topics article. NABP Executive Director/Secretary Carmen A. Catizone, MS, RPh, DPh, explained that...
Read More →Gray Market Companies Exploit Drug Shortages, US House Committee Reports
Gray market companies operating outside of the legitimate drug distribution chain buy and sell drugs in shortage at exorbitant prices, indicates a report of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. In an investigation of the issue, staff examined...
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