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Using Foreign Drugs
Am I legally able to use a drug product manufactured abroad? Have there been any prosecutions and/or sanctions implemented to date? If I can purchase products at a discount and be assured of the source and the “equal” quality of the product so the only difference is the labeling, I would like to do so.I do not care what people think; I care about treating patients as safely and efficiently as possible. For too long the medical profession has let the lawyers screw with us. If there is no state or law, then we (medical practices) should tell them to stop with the rhetoric.
Question: Am I legally able to use a drug product manufactured abroad? Have there been any prosecutions and/or sanctions implemented to date? If I can purchase products at a discount and be assured of the source and the “equal” quality of the product so the only difference is the labeling, I would like to do so.
I do not care what people think; I care about treating patients as safely and efficiently as possible. For too long the medical profession has let the lawyers screw with us. If there is no state or law, then we (medical practices) should tell them to stop with the rhetoric.
Answer: It is illegal to import drugs. Read a summary of the legal and regulatory territory in the CRS Report for Congress.
Now, as to whether anybody will come after you, I don’t know. But I should think you’d want to take FDA claims that foreign drugs may not meet safety requirements seriously. Heaven knows the FDA has its problems, but there is no other way to know about the safety of a given product or how it has been stored or transported.
Asset Protection and Financial Planning
December 6th 2021Asset protection attorney and regular Physicians Practice contributor Ike Devji and Anthony Williams, an investment advisor representative and the founder and president of Mosaic Financial Associates, discuss the impact of COVID-19 on high-earner assets and financial planning, impending tax changes, common asset protection and wealth preservation mistakes high earners make, and more.
Reducing burnout with medical scribes
November 29th 2021Physicians Practice® spoke with Fernando Mendoza, MD, FAAP, FACEP, the founder and CEO of Scrivas, LLC, about the rising rates of reported burnout among physicians and how medical scribes might be able to alleviate some pressures from physicians.
