Pharmacy

A former pharmacist from Kaiser Permanente has pleaded guilty to charges of using hidden cameras to secretly record his co-workers.  As part of a plea agreement, he will serve a 12-year prison sentence, according to The Oregonian.

Osco Pharmacy and Rite Aid agreed to pay civil fines to resolve allegations of violating the Controlled Substances Act by filing fraudulent prescriptions, the U.S. Justice Department said.

Plastikon Healthcare, a drugmaker based in Lawrence, Kan., recalled two lots of Milk of Magnesia Sept. 9 for microbial contamination.

Civica Rx and Exela Pharma Sciences are teaming up to manufacture and supply hospitals with sodium bicarbonate injection, which has been in critically short supply.

Medicare would be able to directly negotiate prices on 250 drugs under a bill proposed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, according to The Washington Post.

Eric Kinariwala is the CEO and founder of Capsule, a holistic online digital pharmacy based solely in New York City that is working to rebuild the pharmacy from the inside out.

A record number of laws have been passed by states this year to increase affordability and access to prescription drugs, according to Kaiser Health News.

The FDA approved Sept. 6 the first treatment for a rare interstitial lung disease associated with systemic sclerosis or scleroderma.

Hospira is recalling one lot of its bacteriostatic water, used to dilute or dissolve medications for injection, due to contamination concerns.

Novartis, under fire for keeping data issues secret for months, pledged to more quickly notify the FDA about data manipulation concerns affecting pending marketing applications, STAT reported.