Latest Drugs Headlines
All the headlines from our Drugs Topic Page, ordered by recency.
FLORIDA
Dec 18 2005 // Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist and U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta announced four individuals, including two Miami physicians, have been arrested for allegedly participating in an organization that illegally...
Fla. Removes Internet-based ‘Pill Mills’
Dec 16 2005 // The arrests of three South Floridians on charges they operated unlicensed Internet-based “pill mills” have been announced by Attorney General Charlie Crist and Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner...
Upstate N.Y. Would Save Millions with Generic Drugs, Says Excellus
Dec 14 2005 // If 39 counties in upstate New York were to increase their generic prescription drug fill rates to match the upstate counties with the best rates, the estimated annual health care savings would exceed $880 million,...
Minn. High Court Rules Drunken Passenger Doesn’t Justify Search
Dec 5 2005 // The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that a police officer wasn’t justified in searching the vehicle of a Winona woman because the passenger in her car was drunk. “To allow a vehicle search solely because an...
Utah Pharmacy Owner Arrested on Suspicion of Fraudulent Billing
Dec 5 2005 // The owner of the Park City Pharmacy at The Clinic in Utah has been arrested on suspicion of fraudulently billing an insurance company for drugs that never were prescribed. Thomas Evan Strebel, 60, was arrested for...
San Diego Contractor Ordered to Pay $37,669 in Restitution to State Fund
Dec 4 2005 // A San Diego County Superior Court has sentenced Valley Center, Calif., businessman John Presley to three years formal probation and ordered him to pay $37,669 in restitution to California’s State Compensation...
Black Market AIDS Ring Members Apprehended for Diverting Drugs from Medicaid Recipients
Dec 1 2005 // Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist and U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta today announced the arrests of four individuals, including two Miami physicians, for their participation in an organization that illegally diverted...
GOVERNOR’S MEASURES DEFEATED IN SPECIAL ELECTION
Nov 21 2005 // California’s special election battle, the costliest campaign in the state’s history, roared to a close in November, much to the chagrin of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Eight statewide measures that were on the...
News Briefs
Nov 20 2005 // California Governor’s Measures Defeated in Special Election California’s special election battle, the costliest campaign in the state’s history, roared to a close in November, much to the chagrin of Gov....
DOI OFFERS COUNSELING ON RX PROGRAM:
Nov 7 2005 // The North Dakota Insurance Department is assisting state Medicare recipients with counseling on choosing a prescription drug option, according to state officials. The sign-up starts this month for the prescription drug...
News Briefs
Nov 6 2005 // ILLINOIS Garrett Bonham, 29, seeks more than $75,000 in a lawsuit filed last month for injuries sustained in his 10 years of employment as a performing knight at the Schaumburg, Ill., Medieval Times, according to the...
Ark. AG Sues Company Selling Deceptive Prescription Drug Cards
Nov 4 2005 // Arkansas Attorney General Mike Beebe filed suit against Peoples Benefit Services Inc., a company that claims to offer discounts on prescription drugs, the AG’s office announced. Based in Pennsylvania, Peoples Benefit...
Utah Pharmacy Owner Arrested on Suspicion of Fraudulent Billing
Nov 1 2005 // The owner of the Park City Pharmacy at The Clinic in Utah has been arrested on suspicion of fraudulently billing an insurance company for drugs that never were prescribed. Thomas Evan Strebel, 60, was arrested for...
Okla. Commissioner to Issue Temporary Licenses to Medicare Volunteers
Oct 18 2005 // Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland announced that the Oklahoma Insurance Department will issue expedited temporary licenses to volunteers who are assisting senior citizens to enroll in the new Medicare Part D Prescription...
Fla. Attorney General Warns of Medicare Con Artists
Sep 29 2005 // Attorney General Charlie Crist has warned Florida seniors to be on the lookout for con artists who may try to take advantage of consumers as they shop for new Medicare prescription drug coverage plans. As of Oct. 1,...
WellCare to Offer PDP Plans in Miss., S.C., W.V.
Sep 26 2005 // Tampa, Fla.-based WellCare Health Plans Inc. has been selected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide prescription drug plan coverage to Medicare beneficiaries in South Carolina, Mississippi and...
Merck Scientist Testifies on Concerns About Vioxx Safety, Pressure from FDA
Sep 23 2005 // A former chief scientist of Merck & Co. had concerns about the cardiovascular safety of painkiller Vioxx years before the company pulled it off the market, according to a videotaped deposition played during a Vioxx...
GlaxoSmithKline Agrees to Pay $150 million to Settle Fraud Case
Sep 22 2005 // GlaxoSmithKline PLC will pay $150 million to settle claims it overcharged the government for two anti-nausea drugs, and prosecutors say they’re looking into 150 cases of drug price fraud. The Glaxo settlement is the...
News Briefs
Sep 19 2005 // UTAH UTAH SUPREME COURT RULES WCF ASSETS NOT OWNED BY STATE: The Utah Supreme Court has declared that Workers Com-pensation Fund’s assets are owned by policyholders, not the state. The ruling in favor of WCF settles...
Plaintiff Attacks Merck on Safety at Second Vioxx Product Liability Trial
Sep 15 2005 // A product liability trial focused on whether the painkiller Vioxx caused a man’s heart attack started Wednesday, with his lawyer telling jurors the drug’s maker put profits over safety. Merck & Co., the...
