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The D.C. District Court Slaps Down on Procedural Grounds FDA’s 20-year Effort to Implement its Memorandum of Understanding to Address Interstate Shipments of Compounded Drug Products

FDA Law Blog

This time, “David” consists of a cast of seven compounding pharmacies and their amicus curiae supporters. See Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (“FDCA”) Section 503A(b)(2). In signatory states, compounding pharmacies are subject to a 50% “threshold” and certain reporting requirements.

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PhRMA’s Lawsuit Against Section 804 Ignores Statute’s Permissive Position on Personal Importation

Pharmacy Checkers

In late September, Secretary Azar, in a final rule , certified that importing drugs from Canada, subject to Section 804 of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (Section 804), 21 U.S.C. The main reason for not doing so, according to the proposed rule, is safety threats from rogue online pharmacies.

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LillyDirect: New Home Delivery Service for Eli Lilly’s Diabetes, Weight Loss and Migraine Drugs

XTalks

Eli Lilly launched LillyDirect this week, an online service that provides access to the company’s medicines, including its newly approved weight loss drug Zepbound (tirzepatide). Through LillyDirect, patients can send prescriptions to LillyDirect Pharmacy Solutions for home delivery of drugs, which are shipped free of charge.

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Is License Compulsory For Starting Pharmaceutical Business In India?

Fossil Remedies

In a pharma business, you have a distribution network like a pharma manufacturing company, pharma marketing company, C&F agents, wholesalers/distributors/stockiest, retailers, and pharmacies. A Wholesale Drug License is required when you want to sell medicines in bulk quantities. In the end, there are patients or customers.

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Politifact Says Drug Prices are Four Times Higher in the U.S. Than Other Countries: Mostly True.

Pharmacy Checkers

The window for public comments on the FDA’s notice on proposed rulemaking about drug importation under Section 804 of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is closing on Monday March 9th – and I’m not done writing! So, this post will be short and sweet but highly relevant.

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Hitting Pause on Criticism of the FDA, Just for Today

Pharmacy Checkers

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is just one agency out of the many that make up the United States Department of Health and Human Services and, from PharmacyChecker’s relatively small (non-regulatory) role of helping verify online pharmacies to protect public health, I’ve learned just how insanely massive its mandate is.

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Transatlantic Drug Regulatory Cooperation: Moving Beyond Canada

Pharmacy Checkers

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The new cooperation on Covid-19 is carried out under the auspices of International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA). We already rely on the EU to assess U.S. drug safety, and current events have only brought that into greater focus.

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