News tagged retail-pharmacy

USP Prescription Container Labeling Chapter is Now the Official Standard

Topics: Prescription label

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.

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Federal Legislation Needed to Stop Gray Market Wholesaler Activity Related to Drug Shortages

Topics: Federal regulations, Pharmacies, and Retail pharmacy

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...

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Gray Market Companies Exploit Drug Shortages, US House Committee Reports

Topics: Retail pharmacy and Pharmacy licenses

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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