December 21, 2023
(Reuters) – Novo Nordisk has sued one compounding pharmacy and refiled a lawsuit against another after finding their products claiming to contain the active ingredient for its in-demand weight-loss drug Wegovy were impure, some by as much as 33%. The …
February 5, 2021
A federal judge has dismissed Walmart Inc’s lawsuit seeking to preemptively block the U.S. government from blaming the world’s largest retailer for its alleged role in fueling the nation’s opioid crisis. U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan said the government had …
September 22, 2016
Hiscox has launched a new coverage designed specifically for pharmacies that will complement Hiscox’s existing tailored forms in Allied Healthcare, including ambulance and medical transportation, beauty salon and day spa, and home healthcare products. Hiscox’s set of coverages are customized …
June 11, 2015
An Alabama pharmacist told a man who took hostages he could have any drugs he wanted – then grabbed his gun and walked out of the building after he took the medications and fell asleep. Police say the situation began …
May 18, 2015
Pharmacies and doctors who negligently prescribed pain medication can be sued for enabling people’s addictions, the West Virginia Supreme Court ruled. The ruling involved 29 people who were patients of Mingo County’s Mountain Medical Center. Most sought treatment for job-related …
June 14, 2013
The second largest health insurer in Massachusetts has announced that it will no longer cover specialty medications known as compounded drugs, months after a deadly nationwide meningitis outbreak was traced to a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy. The chief medical officer at …
February 17, 2013
A judicial panel ruled on Feb. 12 that all suits filed against a pharmacy linked to a multi-state fungal meningitis outbreak will be heard in federal court in Massachusetts. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has assigned Judge F. …
January 28, 2013
A bankruptcy judge on Monday froze the assets of the owners of the pharmacy linked to a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak. Orders signed by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Henry Boroff temporarily restrict the owners of New England Compounding Center (NECC) from …
November 14, 2012
U.S. and state health regulators called on Congress on Tuesday to strengthen federal oversight of compounding pharmacies as lawmakers prepared for two days of hearings on a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak linked to a compounded steroid. But the main federal …
October 24, 2012
Victims of a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak are starting to sue the physicians and clinics that administered tainted steroid shots, and the success of the suits could hinge on whether judges decide the injections are subject to product liability or …