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Cedarburg Hauser Granted DEA Registration for Denver Manufacturing Facility
February 27, 2013 8:33 am | News | CommentsCedarburg Hauser Pharmaceuticals (CHP), a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), announced today that its Denver, Colorado facility has been granted registration as a manufacturer of schedule II-V controlled substances by the U.S Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
Many Drugs Remain Legal after Bath Salts Ban
July 25, 2012 4:10 am | by MATTHEW PERRONE,AP Health Writer | News | CommentsWASHINGTON (AP) — People are inventing so many new, legal ways to get high that lawmakers can't seem to keep up.
Cardinal Health Brings Resolution to Litigation with DEA Settlement
May 15, 2012 4:35 am | News | CommentsCardinal Health today said it had agreed to a settlement with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) that allows the company to bring resolution to ongoing litigation.
Toss Them, Flush Them, Hang On To Them: Survey Finds Surprises When It Comes To Prescription Medications
April 27, 2012 4:30 am | News | CommentsWith the Drug Enforcement Agency's National Prescription Drug Take Back Day taking place on April 28, Teva Pharmaceuticals announced interesting survey results they hope will inspire prescription medication users to act more responsibly when using and disposing of drugs.
Court Lifts Hold on Drug Distributor Suspension
March 19, 2012 4:02 am | by FREDERIC J. FROMMER,Associated Press | News | CommentsWASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has allowed the Drug Enforcement Administration to suspend a pharmaceutical distributor for the time being over its allegedly ineffective control of a powerful painkiller.
Judge Upholds DEA's Suspension of Drug Distributor
March 1, 2012 3:02 am | by FREDERIC J. FROMMER,Associated Press | News | CommentsWASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Drug Enforcement Administration can move forward with its suspension of a Florida pharmaceutical distributor for alleged ineffective control of a powerful painkiller.
Illinois Doctor Gets 4 Life Terms in Ohio Pill Mill Case
February 15, 2012 3:14 am | by ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS,AP Legal Affairs Writer | News | CommentsCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Chicago doctor who prosecutors say dispensed more of the powerful painkiller oxycodone from 2003 to 2005 than any other physician in the country was sentenced Tuesday to four life terms in the overdose deaths of four patients.
Judge: DEA Must Explain Florida Shipment Suspension
February 14, 2012 3:14 am | by NEDRA PICKLER,Associated Press | News | CommentsWASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ordered the Drug Enforcement Administration to explain its rationale for trying to shut down a Florida pharmaceutical distribution center.
Federal Regulators Resist Control For Second Most-Abused Pain Drug
August 22, 2011 4:42 am | by CHRIS HAWLEY,Associated Press | News | CommentsNEW YORK (AP) — It is the nation's second-most abused medicine, linked to murders, celebrity overdoses and a rising tide of violent pharmacy robberies. But since 1999 federal regulators have put off deciding whether to tighten controls over hydrocodone, the addictive narcotic that is the key ingredient in Vicodin and other medicines.
Georgia Executions Off: DEA Seizes Critical Drug
March 16, 2011 4:41 am | News | CommentsAll Georgia executions are off after federal drug agents seized the state's supply of a sedative used in lethal injections that has been challenged by capital punishment critics and death-row inmates, including a man recently executed who called the British exporter of the drug a "fly-by-night supplier."
