Conflict of interest shouldn’t be of concern…

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve

State closes another pharmacy, pushes board member to resign per the article: Department of Public Health interim commissioner Lauren Smith said…“Given the ongoing investigation, we believe it is in the best interest of the board to have Ms. Pasedis step down” Pasedis is recorded on state records as the manager of Ameridose, which has been […]

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MA BOP closes another pharmacy operating outside their licensed authority

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve

State shuts down Waltham specialty pharmacy per the article: Dr. Madeleine Biondolillo, director of the state health department’s Bureau of Healthcare Safety and Quality said inspectors also observed an adjacent space in the lab set up for giving patients intravenous medications onsite. She said the company does not have an appropriate clinic license to conduct […]

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Gut pharmacy panel right now

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve

Gut pharmacy panel right now. http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1061170157 From the article: A former member of the state pharmacy board said the governor should force board members to resign, gut current regulations and start all over again in the wake of a national meningitis outbreak tied to a Framingham company. Per the article, here is one reason  that […]

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Top ten reasons to become a pharmacist – using 10 yr old data

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve

I stumbled across this – while looking for something else- on the American Association of  Colleges of Pharmacy — interesting to note .. that some of the data they quote is TEN YEARS OLD !  I thought that some of you would like to have a little humor in your day … http://www.aacp.org/resources/student/pharmacyforyou/Pages/toptenreasons.aspx Top Ten […]

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Free Money !

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve

CVS Caremark becomes frequent target of government probes Does the various Fed/State/Local bureaucrats see these and other fines that are just a on-going source of “free money” to put in their coffers? Somewhere between seldom and never do the corporation execs every go to jail/prison… could the “theory” behind this by the bureaucrats… chances are  […]

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