DHEC, SLED Tweak Approach on Prescription Drugs

DHEC, SLED tweak approach on prescription drugs
COLUMBIA, S.C. South Carolina health officials said Tuesday they're shortening the amount of time pharmacists have to turn over prescription information as part of a collaborative effort to clamp down on prescription drug abuse. Department of Health … Read more on Charlotte Observer

Today in History
On Oct. 10, 1962, President John F. Kennedy, responding to the thalidomide birth defects crisis, signed an amendment to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act requiring pharmaceutical companies to prove that their products were safe and effective … Read more on Charlotte Observer

Women's consumer advocates take on cosmetics industry
Charlotte Brody, a registered nurse who at the time worked for nonprofit organization Health Care Without Harm, joined Houlihan's research efforts, which involved repeated and lengthy trips to the drugstore. The women … While the Food and Drug … Read more on San Jose Mercury News