Regulatory Oversight, State and Local Government, Pharmaceutical Industry

Alabama Bill Proposes Rewrite of Pharmacy Practice Act

Quarles & Brady LLP on 2/25/2025

The future direction of the Alabama Board of Pharmacy (“the Board”) hangs in the balance following recent legislation that, if passed, would revise many portions of the state Pharmacy Practice Act. House Bill 123, sponsored...more

Ohio Prepares for Dispensary Application Round

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law on 5/14/2021

With much of the cannabis oriented media focusing on the flurry of adult use bills and opportunities, it is easy to overlook that many states are doubling down on their medical marijuana infrastructure. For instance, over...more

Legislation Affecting the Pharmaceutical Industry

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 6/27/2018

During a year in which legislative activity was restrained by a variety of factors, most notably the Senate’s inability to maintain a consistent majority, the New York State Legislature nonetheless still passed 641 bills,...more

Connecticut Enacts Law to Limit Automatic Prescription Refills for Medicaid Beneficiaries

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis on 6/7/2018

On June 1, 2018, Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law Public Act 18-77 “An Act Limiting Auto Refills of Prescription Drugs Covered Under the Medicaid Program and Requiring the Commissioner of Social Services...more

Prescriber rules for opioids

Bricker Graydon LLP on 4/6/2018

On March 30, 2017, Ohio Governor John Kasich issued a policy statement imposing new limits on prescribing opiates, which became effective August 31, 2017. ...more

Pharmaceutical Reforms in 2018-19 New York State Budget

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 4/5/2018

Notwithstanding the enactment of a first-in-the-nation drug spending cap last year, in light of the $4.4 billion deficit and ongoing concerns about the opioid crisis it was inevitable that this year New York State would once...more