Re: [RC] update on polo horse deaths - Truman Prevatt
The other part of the law is a compound pharmacies cannot compound a
drug that is not approved in the US. This particular drug was not
approved by the FDA. Hence they are screwed either way.
Truman
Carla Richardson wrote:
I wonder if it would matter, concerning patent law violation, in
this case. I know nothing about patent law or law regarding
compounding drugs. But, in this case the team vet apparently took his
list of ingredients to the pharmacy and asked the pharmacy to make this
up for him. If he did not specifically tell the pharmacist what he was
trying to duplicate, for example, "Please make me a copy of Biodyl," do
you think the pharmacy is in violation of the law? If it was just a
list of ingredients that the vet gave the pharmacy, would that make a
difference legally? (I don't know why I even care)
Anyway, it was the wrong dosage of one of the ingredients that
caused the problem. If the dosage hadn't been messed up, we wouldn't
be talking about this today, I'm presuming.
It will be interesting to find out what happens. I feel very
badly for the poor person who made the error, in the formulation, I
sure would not want to be in that position right now. Or in the team
vet's position, either. Unintended consequences.
...
A compound pharmacy cannot legally compound a product that has an
active patent. It turns out that this pharmacy is in Ocala and there
was an article in the local paper this afternoon that not only is the
FDA investigating the drug but federal law enforcement is investigating
if they were guilty of patent infringement. It might not be in business
much longer.
Truman
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"There is always a well-known solution to every
human
problem--neat, plausible, and wrong." H. L. Mencken
