New Jersey Moves to Ban Sale of Tobacco Products and E-Cigarettes at Pharmacies
TRENTON, NJ—Assemblywoman Carol A. Murphy of District 7 (Burlington) has introduced legislation to prohibit the sale of tobacco products and electronic smoking devices at pharmacies and businesses with on-site pharmacies across New…
Authorities Raid Pharmacies For Fentanyl-Laced Pills In A Popular Tourist Destination For Americans
Mexican authorities raided several pharmacies in popular tourist destinations last month for fentanyl-laced pills, according to the Los Angeles Times. An LA Times investigation found that some pharmacies in northwest Mexico, including…
Texas AG Sues Biden Admin Over HHS Guidance Forcing Pharmacies To Carry Abortion Pills
Katelynn Richardson on February 8, 2023 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against President Joe Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Tuesday over the agency’s guidance mandating pharmacies…
Pharmacies In Popular Mexico Tourist Destinations Frequented By Americans Are Selling Fentanyl-Laced Pills: REPORT
Pharmacies In Popular Mexico Tourist Destinations Frequented By Americans Are Selling Fentanyl-Laced Pills: REPORT Jennie Taer on February 2, 2023 The pharmacies often attracting American tourists in Mexico are selling pills advertised…
‘Disregard For The Safety Of Women’: Pro-Life Doctors Blast FDA’s Decision To Offer Abortion Pills At Pharmacies
A recent decision by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allowing pharmacies to dispense abortion pills could lead to harmful and even lethal consequences for women, according to medical professionals that spoke…
FDA Clears Path For Abortion Pills At Pharmacies
FDA Clears Path For Abortion Pills At Pharmacies Laurel Duggan on January 3, 2023 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will allow pharmacies to dispense the abortion-inducing drug mifepristone, the agency announced…
Two Philadelphia Men Found Guilty of Armed Robberies of Two City Pharmacies
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Jon Suggs, 31, and Nickolas Passineau 31, both of Philadelphia, PA were both convicted at trial of two counts of Hobbs Act…
Essex County Man Charged with Three Armed Robberies of Pharmacies in Elizabeth, New Jersey
NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County, New Jersey, man has been charged with three armed robberies of pharmacies for oxycodone and other prescription medication in Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Philip R.…
Three Florida Pharmacies Agree to Pay $830,707 to Resolve Allegations They Fraudulently Billed Federal Health Care Programs
Miami, Florida – Habana Hospital Pharmacy, Inc., Longevity Drugs, LLC, and Forest Hill Pharmacy, LLC, all Florida-based pharmacies, have agreed to pay $830,707.19 to resolve allegations they fraudulently used collaborative pharmacy practice…
New Jersey Democrats Seek to Ban Tobacco Sales at Pharmacies
Trenton – Trenton Democrats are taking aim at tobacco sales, one of the state’s largest tax revenue money makers in an effort to ban the sale of tobacco products at all pharmacies…
Owner of Pharmacies in Brooklyn and Queens Pleads Guilty in Health Care Fraud And Kickback Scheme
BROOKLYN, NY – Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Robert John Sabet, the owner of Brooklyn Chemists in Gravesend, Brooklyn, and Lucky Care Pharmacy in Flushing, Queens, pleaded guilty before United…
Owner of Queens Pharmacies Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison for Health Care Fraud
BROOKLYN, NY – Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Aleah Mohammed was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison for carrying out multiple schemes to defraud health care programs, including obtaining more…
South Carolina Man Is Sentenced To More Than 12 Years For Robbing Three Pharmacies
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Christopher Michaud, 43, of Chesterfield, South Carolina, was sentenced to 147 months in prison and three years of supervised release today on robbery and firearms offenses, announced Dena J.…
Pharmacist and Two Pharmacies Agree to Pay $1 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Claims for Anti-Overdose Drug
Riad “Ray” Zahr, a pharmacist in Dearborn, Michigan, along with two specialty pharmacies that Zahr formerly owned and operated, have agreed to pay the United States $1 million to resolve allegations that…
Pharmacist and Two Pharmacies Agree to Resolve Allegations of False Claims for Anti-Overdose Drug
BOSTON – A Michigan pharmacist and two pharmacies agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims to Medicare for a drug used in rapid reversal of opioid…
Armed robber sentenced for attacking customers at and stealing opioids from multiple pharmacies
NEWNAN, Ga. – Anthony Lavell Williams, Jr. has been sentenced for perpetrating a string of armed robberies in Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cobb, and Hall Counties during which Williams assaulted pharmacy customers and…
Justice Department Files Complaint Against Professional Compounding Centers of America Inc., for Reporting Fraudulent Pricing Information for Ingredients Sold to Pharmacies
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against Professional Compounding Centers of America Inc. (PCCA), a Houston-based company that sells active pharmaceutical ingredients and other…
Justice Department Files Complaint Against Professional Compounding Centers of America Inc. for Reporting Fraudulent Pricing Information for Ingredients Sold to Pharmacies
The Justice Department has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against Professional Compounding Centers of America Inc. (PCCA), a Houston-based company that sells active pharmaceutical ingredients and other products and…
Robber Who Donned Medical Masks During String of Heists that Targeted Pharmacies Sentenced to over Nine Years in Federal Prison
RIVERSIDE, California – A Riverside County man with a three-decade history of crimes was sentenced this afternoon to 110 months in federal prison for a month-long robbery spree of pharmacies in…