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Posted on Thursday, 12th March 2009 by dcooley

Several months ago I linked all of my more extensive criminal defense internet pharmacy law and Ryan Haight Act articles (discussing both controlled and noncontrolled substances) in one blog post.  Below is my second attempt at doing so, given that I have written much more since then.  Keep in mind that the legal landscape for internet pharmacy [...]

Tags: Controlled Substances, Criminal Appeals, Criminal Defense, Internet Pharmacy Law, Non-Controlled Substances, Ryan Haight Act
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Posted on Saturday, 31st January 2009 by dcooley

Ohio pharmacist Gary A. Evankovich was indicted for his alleged involvement with an internet pharmacy by a Mahoning County grand jury on 24 counts of “reckless retail sale of drug[s].”  The drug sales allegedly originated from the internet, and the prescriptions were signed by a New York doctor.  Prosecuting Attorney Robert Bush stated that Evankovich “illegally filled prescriptions [...]

Tags: Indictment, Internet Pharmacy Law, Ohio, Pharmacies, State Law
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Posted on Friday, 30th January 2009 by dcooley

A federal district court unsealed a 198 count indictment of several individuals associated with an Alabama compounding pharmacy (Applied Pharmacy Services, Inc.) and extensive steroid distribution network alleged to have dispensed anabolic steroids between 2003-2006 “outside the usual course of professional practice.”  Those indicted include A. Samuel Kelley II, Jason R. Kelley, Jodi C. Silvio, J. [...]

Tags: Applied Pharmacy, Doctors, Indictment, Internet Pharmacy Law, Pharmacies, Steroids
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Posted on Friday, 30th January 2009 by dcooley

The St. Petersberg Times reports that Florida doctor Juan Ibanez was sentenced to four years yesterday for his association with an internet pharmacy organization (foxfamilymeds.com, medsforpain.com, prescriptiondrugplanet.com, sunshinefamilymeds.com and online-scripts.com) which distributed “more than 50 million hydrocodone pills” nationwide.  Between 2003-2007, the online pharmacy grossed more than $85 million from its sales of Vicodin.  Doctors did not perform face [...]

Tags: Doctors, Internet Pharmacy Law, Plea, Sentence
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Posted on Thursday, 29th January 2009 by dcooley

Much of this blog has been devoted to criminal defense attorney analysis of the ambiguities of controlled substance internet pharmacy law; however, the law governing online pharmacies selling non-controlled substances is just as vague and unclear.  This post will serve as an initial background discussion of non-controlled substance internet pharmacy law, much like my equivalent, initial [...]

Tags: Adulteration, Criminal Appeals, Criminal Defense, Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act, Internet Pharmacy Law, Misbranding, Non-Controlled Substances
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Posted on Tuesday, 23rd December 2008 by dcooley

I previously wondered whether the government would indict individuals involved in internet pharmacy operations after the passage of the Ryan Haight Act but before its 2009 effective date.  I now have my answer.  David A. Vogel, Jonathan Vogel and Carrie Demers were indicted in the U.S. District Court for East Texas for their alleged involvement in [...]

Tags: Indictment, Internet Pharmacy Law, Madison Pain Clinic, Ryan Haight Act
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