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Pharmacists Play Critical Role in Monitoring Controlled Substances | APhA 2025

Drug Topics

Emily Leppien, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP, clinical associate professor of pharmacy practice at Binghamton University, discusses identifying potential red flags for substance use disorder.

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HPM’s Larry Houck Presenting at WCF Opioid and Fentanyl Abuse Management Congress

The FDA Law Blog

Houck One of the most significant issues facing hospitals and other facilities is the diversion of controlled substances meant for patients by physicians, pharmacists, nurses and other trusted healthcare employees.

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The Impact of DEA Telehealth Extensions on Patient Access

PharmExec

In this part of his Pharmaceutical Executive video interview, Peter Ax, CEO of UpScriptHealth, discusses the recent DEA extensions of telehealth for controlled substances and new treatment modalities or patient populations he anticipates will become more accessible through telehealth in 2025.

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Prehearing Ruling Establishes Marijuana Rescheduling Hearing Ground Rules

The FDA Law Blog

The NPRM seeks to reschedule marijuana from schedule I of the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to schedule III. Last weeks prehearing conference set the parameters for the hearing on the merits, scheduled to begin January 21, 2025. Prehearing Ruling (Dec. 4, 2024), at 1.

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Competition is on the horizon for costly narcolepsy treatments

pharmaphorum

Harmony Biosciences introduced Wakix to the market in 2019 as the first non-controlled substance for the treatment of narcolepsy. For Avadel’s Lumryz, the one-dose extended-release oral suspension that allows narcolepsy patients to sleep through the night, the worst-case scenario is it won’t be on the market until 2025.

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The 2025 Controlled Substance Assessment Quiz

OctariusRx

The 2025 controlled substance assessment quiz is about to be released! This is our annual competency assessment focused on controlled substances and regulatory compliance. The quiz focuses on some of the basic elements managing controlled substances. How are you assessing your staff?

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DEA Pharmacy Decision Highlights Agency’s Thinking on Expert Credibility and Testimony, as well as Red Flag Resolution

The FDA Law Blog

23, 2025), DEA reviewed evidence from an administrative hearing and upheld the Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) recommended decision to revoke the registration of a pharmacy that DEA alleged dispensed controlled substances to patients without resolving numerous red flags of diversion. In Neumanns Pharmacy, LLC , 90 Fed.