Industry News

• March 15, 2011
  Florida Senate draws battle lines to preserve prescription drug monitoring database
  

  State senators drew battle lines over Florida’s planned prescription drug monitoring database Monday, criticizing House leaders and Gov. Rick Scott for wanting to kill the program before it starts.

  
  
  
  
• March 14, 2011
  DEA wants to take back your (prescription) drugs
  

  The government wants your drugs. Your expired ibuprofen, your unneeded antidepressants, your forgotten antibiotics — all are coveted by the Drug Enforcement Administration. Or at least they will be on April 30, the agency’s Second National Pharmaceutical Take-Back Day.

  
  
  
  
• March 14, 2011
  Federal bill introduced Monday would target pill mills
  

  A bill aimed at combating Florida’s pill-mill industry and the nation’s prescription drug abuse problems was introduced in the House by a Sarasota congressman on Monday.

  
  
  
  
• March 9, 2011
  ‘Pill mill’ bill moves quickly to Senate
  

  During his time as the Scioto County coroner, Rep. Terry Johnson got a close-up look at the devastating impact that prescription-drug addiction was having on his county, where drug-overdose deaths increased 360 percent from 1999 to 2008.

  
  
  
  
• March 9, 2011
  Purdue Pharma L.P. Offers $1 Million to Help Fund Florida’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
  

  Purdue Pharma L.P. today announced that it has offered to provide a $1 million grant to support the operation of a prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) in the state of Florida to help combat the illegal diversion and abuse of prescription medications. The Company also announced a $1 million grant to the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy to support that organization’s program to help state PDMPs to detect “doctor shopping” across state lines.