Over the last decade, the increased use of Controlled Substance Ordering System (“CSOS”) applications (i.e., platforms used to electronically transmit controlled substance orders) and Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled...more
On March 16, 2023, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released final guidance regarding definitions of "suspect product" and "illegitimate product" as part of a continued effort to prepare trading partners for the...more
3/22/2023
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Last week the Supreme Court ("the Court") released a decision holding that the Federal Controlled Substance Act (the "Act") provision that criminalizes the dispensing of a controlled substance “except as authorized” includes...more
7/5/2022
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Subjective Standard
On June 10, 2022, the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy filed their much-anticipated proposed rule on pharmacy shared services, starting the clock on the 25-day public comment period.
The Board simultaneously filed its...more
On May 3, 2022, the Texas Board of Pharmacy reviewed proposed amendments to its Central Fill Rule, 22 Tex. Admin. Code § 291.125, and voted to send the revised language for final adoption in the next Board meeting tentatively...more
At the April 13, 2022 Georgia Board of Pharmacy meeting, the Board discussed changes to Chapter 480-36 which governs retail pharmacy remote drug order processing.
The discussion was aimed at new verbiage that would require...more