Some of the dirty little “compounding” secrets are coming out – money is involved

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve

http://www.wbir.com/news/article/238670/2/Meningitis-outbreak-Fungus-could-affect-eye-heart-patients From the article: Cutting costs Compounding laboratories convert Avastin — one of the drugs suspected in infections — into single-dose eye injections as a cost-saving measure. It is a close chemical cousin to Lucentis, the drug approved by the FDA for macular degeneration. Lucentis costs about $2,000 for a single-dose vial. Avastin costs about […]

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Peanut butter and crackers

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve

I have always had a love of peanut butter and crackers… when I make my own peanut butter and crackers there is no doubt that there is ample peanut butter between the crackers… yet when I buy some commercially made product.. you have to pull the crackers apart to make sure that there is some […]

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How stupid is this ?

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve

http://www.wbng.com/news/state/Schneiderman-Announces-Settlement-With-Walgreens-for-Sticking-NYS-Empire-Plan-Members-With-Flu-Shot-Bills-174232371.html The state’s AG office suing Walgreens for giving flu shots and they knew or should have known that this insurer only paid flu vaccinations from a physician’s office. Does this mean that …if the shots had been given by the ARNP in Walgreen’s TAKE CARE CLINIC .. they would have been covered? Per the […]

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