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Prescription drug bottles at a pharmacy. (credit: AP)

Court: Can Drug Companies Pay To Delay Generics?

Federal regulators are pressing the Supreme Court to stop big pharmaceutical corporations from paying generic drug competitors to delay releasing their cheaper versions of brand-name drugs.

2013/03/24

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Tamiflu Supply Is Scarce In North Texas

Tamiflu, the most widely prescribed drug to treat the flu, is in short supply in North Texas.

CBS 11–2013/01/11

A patient receives a flu vaccine. (credit: FRED TANNEAU/AFP/Getty Images)

Vaccine Flying Off Pharmacy Shelves As Flu Cases Up

Dallas County Health officials say flu cases are up 40 percent since October. The bump in cases has come earlier than usual in the flu season and has pharmacists working hard to keep flu antivirals in stock.

2012/12/19

Owner Of Meningitis-Linked Pharmacy Takes Fifth

The owner and director of the specialty pharmacy tied to a deadly meningitis outbreak declined to testify Wednesday morning before a congressional committee investigating the matter.

2012/11/14

The New England Compounding Center is shown here on October 5, 2012 in Framingham, Massachusetts. The pharmacy is currently being investigated for producing a contaminated steroid shot that included the meningitis fungus that has killed at least five people. (credit: Getty Images)

Report: FDA Wanted To Close Meningitis Outbreak Pharmacy In 2003

Nearly a decade ago, federal health inspectors wanted to shut down the pharmacy linked to a recent deadly meningitis outbreak until it cleaned up its operations.

2012/11/13

2nd North Texan Contacts Meningitis From Tainted Steroid Shots

A North Texas man has become the latest to contract meningitis after receiving a tainted steroid shot mixed at a now discredited New England pharmacy.

CBS 11–2012/11/05

Arlington Pharmacist Robbed By Masked Man

A longtime Arlington pharmacist is recovering after he was beaten with a tire iron during a robbery on Saturday. Rick Ray says the robber, wearing a black Halloween mask, came into Arlington Pharmacy North and demanded all the pain medication.

2012/10/22

A woman displays her 'cocktail' of 14 different AIDS medications. (credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Website Helps Consumers Check Out Online Pharmacies

According to the FDA, only about 3-percent of online pharmacies are actually obeying the law. The FDA is now warning consumers the vast majority of internet pharmacies are selling drugs that could harm them.

CBSDFW.COM–2012/09/28

Woman Jailed For Trying To Fill A Prescription

Anne Lenhart never thought filling a prescription at CVS Pharmacy in Dallas could land her in jail.

2012/05/04

IRS agent search a southern Dallas medical clinic on May 1, 2012. (Credit: CBSDFW.com)

Feds: Physician Made $2 Million At Dallas ‘Pill Mill’ Clinic

According to a federal search warrant, the target of Tuesday’s raid at a southern Dallas medical clinic earned more than $2 million in the past year by issuing illegal narcotics prescriptions to any patient who had proper identification.

2012/05/02

New Medicaid Rules Hurt Independent Pharmacies

Pharmacist J.D. Fain loves small-town life and his apothecary shop just off the main highway. He sponsors a Little League baseball team and gives his neighbors advice on their prescription drugs, even if they do sometimes choose to fill them at the Wal-Mart down the street.

2012/03/04