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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 Monday, 2nd February 2009 by dcooley

Internet pharmacy owners Steven Abiodun Sodipo and Onigbo Nwaehiri were both sentenced to five years imprisonment by a Maryland District Court Judge earlier last month for their role in selling 9,936,075 hydrocodone (Vicodin) prescription pills online.  Both were pharmacists and owners of NewCare Pharmacy in Baltimore, Maryland.  Additionally, both were ordered to pay $11,870,119.39.  To satisfy [...]

Tags: Controlled Substances, Internet Pharmacy Law, Pharmacies, Sentence, Trial
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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 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 Wednesday, 24th December 2008 by dcooley

The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) issued a warning on Monday to consumers of weight loss pills purchased online.  Specifically, it warned that over 25 different diet pills marketed as “herbal” products actually contain undeclared pharmaceutical ingredients, in violation of the FDA guidelines.  The “tainted” weight loss products containing the alleged active pharmaceutical ingredients include:
“2 Day [...]

Tags: Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act, Internet Pharmacy Law, Non-Controlled Substances
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