[Pharmwaste] Interestingly large settlement on drug returndiversion

[Howard Anderson]

Hi everyone.

 

Perhaps this whistleblower case caught these people doing something which
was not legal in MD and perhaps their controls were not good.

 

In North Dakota we allow returns to the pharmacy and credit to the patient
or payer, when the drugs are in punch cards. The lot number integrity must
be maintained, of course.

 

We also have a very robust prescription drug repository program that gets
donations and reuses quite a few drugs when they come back to our
participating pharmacies in cards or unit dose, etc.

 

I hope a case like this does not throw cold water on our programs to keep
these drugs out of the disposal system, by reusing them properly.

 

Check out our we site for information.

 

Sincerely,

 

Howard 

 

Howard C. Anderson, Jr.,R.Ph.

Executive Director

North Dakota Board of Pharmacy

1906 E. Broadway Ave.

P.O. Box 1354

Bismarck, ND  58502-1354

Phone (701) 328-9535

Fax (701) 328-9536

Web site www.nodakpharmacy.com

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From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Gilliam,
Allen
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 7:33 AM
To: 'Stevan Gressitt'; pharmwaste
Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] Interestingly large settlement on drug
returndiversion

 

Good story Stevan!  

 

That's one down with how many more left, conducting the same practice?

 

allen gilliam

adeq state pretreatment coordinator

501.682.0625

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From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Stevan
Gressitt
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 5:55 PM
To: pharmwaste
Subject: [Pharmwaste] Interestingly large settlement on drug return
diversion

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/12/prweb4859734.htm

 


 

Stevan Gressitt, M.D.
Faculty Associate, University of Maine Center on Aging
Academic Member, Athens Institute for Education and Research

Athens, Greece

Founding Director, International Institute for Pharmaceutical Safety
University of New England, College of Pharmacy
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences 
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
University of New England, College of Osteopathic Medicine
716 Stevens Avenue 
Portland, Maine 04103
gressitt at gmail.com  
Cell: 207-441-0291 

www.benzos.une.edu <http://www.benzos.une.edu/>  

www.safemeddisposal.com <http://www.safemeddisposal.com/>  

 

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