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What the latest DEA Proposed Rule Means for Telemedicine Prescribing of Controlled Substances

Nixon Gwilt Law

Notably, this rulemaking does not propose to implement the “special registration” for telemedicine providers the DEA has been promising since the Ryan Haight Act passed in 2009. Instead, it would create a new regulatory category of the “practice of telemedicine.”

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Pharmacy Innovation Series: the DEA Steps into Telepharmacy Regulation

Nixon Gwilt Law

Examples of services that pharmacists may provide via telepharmacy include dispensing and distributing prescription medications, prescription verification, medication review, patient counseling, medication management, and drug therapy monitoring. Want to read more about telepharmacy on our blog?

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GAMP 5 update: computerized system expectations for pharma manufacturers

European Pharmaceutical Review

As ISPE GAMP 5 Second Edition notes in the preface “Operating in a highly regulated industry may lead practitioners to apply prescriptive and rigid compliance-based approaches that are not commensurate with and not effective in managing any actual risk to the product and the patient.”

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Q&A: Cleaning up the antibiotic resistance problem in dentistry

Pharmaceutical Technology

Dentists are responsible for 5-10% of antibiotic prescriptions worldwide , and thus a significant part of the overall global crisis. Sukumar is a senior lecturer and general dentist at Sydney Dental School with a special interest in antibiotic resistance in dentistry. This reduced prescriptions a lot.