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Locked Condoms

Suz Redfearn, “Prophylactic Measures,” Washington Post, April 11, 2006.  www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/10/AR2006041001312.html

Betsy Illingworth, “Condoms in Lockdown,”
www.plannedparenthood.org/issues-action/birth-control/condoms-lockdown-6538.htm

Bob Purvis, “Some pharmacies locking up their condoms: Move inspired by increased shoplifting; health advocates worry about increased HIV, pregnancies,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 1, 2007.  
www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx

Shuttered Stores
Peter Skosey , “Chicago City Council Adopts Landmark Restrictive Covenant Ordinance,” Metropolitan Planning Council, Chicago, IL. October 4, 2005.  www.metroplanning.org/articleDetail.asp

Pricing and Advertising Accuracy

Mitch Lipka, “The price is right – mostly: CVS Caremark cited nearly 2,800 times since '07 for violations,” Boston Globe, August 16, 2008. www.boston.com/business/healthcare/articles/2008/08/16/the_price_is_right___mostly/

“71 Pharmacies Cited for Overcharging by Department of Consumer Services,” City of Chicago Press Release,
egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalContentItemAction.do

“McCollum Signs Advertising Agreement with CVS to Modify Practices Concerning ‘Extra Care Rewards’ Program.” Florida Attorney General’s press release. December 10, 2007. myfloridalegal.com/newsrel.nsf/newsreleases/4DEE0F26B1A19ACB852573AD0072592A

Expired Goods
“Attorney General Cuomo takes legal action against CVS and Rite Aid for selling expired products across upstate New York,” Office of the New York State Attorney General press release. June 12, 2008.
www.oag.state.ny.us/media_center/2008/jun/june12a_08.html

“CVS Rite Aid Data,” Office of the New York State Attorney General, 2008. www.oag.state.ny.us/media_center/2008/jun/CVSRiteAidData.pdf

“New York AG Nabs CVS, Rite Aid Selling Expired Products,” Wall Street Journal Health Blog, June 12, 2008.
blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/06/12/new-york-ag-nabs-cvs-rite-aid-selling-expired-products/

“Officials Find Expired Items at Drugstores in New York.” New York Times, June 13, 2008. www.nytimes.com/2008/06/13/nyregion/13drugs.html

“Pharmacies continue to sell expired products,” Syracuse Post Standard, June 17, 2008. www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2008/06/cuomo_local_pharmacies_still_s.html

“Attorney General Cuomo Reveals That Syracuse Area CVS and Rite Aid Stores Continue to Sell Potentially Harmful Expired Products Despite Pledging Last Week to Purge Their Shelves of All Outdated Goods,” Office of the New York State Attorney General press release, June 17, 2008.
www.oag.state.ny.us/media_center/2008/jun/june17a_08.html

“Brown Calls On CVS Pharmacy To End Expired Product Sales, Protect Confidential Information,” Office of the California Attorney General, June 19, 2008.
ag.ca.gov/newsalerts/release.php

Drug Safety

Gardiner Harris, “The Safety Gap,” New York Times Magazine, November 2, 2008.
www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/magazine/02fda-t.html

“Drug Safety: Preliminary Findings Suggest Weaknesses in FDA’s Program for Inspecting Foreign Drug Manufacturers,” Government Accountability Office, November 2007.
www.gao.gov/new.items/d08224t.pdf

Ed Silverman, “A Ranbaxy Recall? Some say meds should go,” Pharmalot Blog. September 19, 2008.
www.pharmalot.com/2008/09/a-ranbaxy-recall-some-says-meds-should-go/

Julie Schmit, “2007 was a busy year for FDA import alerts,” USA Today, January 29, 2008.
www.usatoday.com/money/companies/regulation/2008-01-29-import-alert_N.htm

“FDA Issues Warning Letters to Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd., and an Import Alert for Drugs from Two Ranbaxy Plants in India; Actions affect over 30 different generic drugs; cites serious manufacturing deficiencies,” Food & Drug Administration press Release, September 16, 2008. www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01886.html

“Warning Letter 320-06-03” to Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited, Food & Drug Administration, June 15, 2006. www.fda.gov/cder/warn/2006/320-06-03.pdf

“Leiner in Department of Justice Probe,” Charlotte Business Journal, September 12, 2007. charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2007/09/10/daily29.html

“FDA Informs Public of Nationwide Recall of 500mg Strength Store-Brand Acetaminophen Caplets,” Food & Drug Administration press release, November 9, 2006. www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/news/2006/new01507.html

“Five Manufacturers of Over-the-Counter Analgesic Products Agree to Settle Charges of Mislabeling Certain Products as ‘Made in USA,’” Federal Trade Commission press release, November 6, 2001. www.ftc.gov/opa/2001/11/musa.shtm.  

Privacy & Marketing Practices

Chad Terhune, “They Know What’s in Your Medicine Cabinet: How insurance companies dig up applicants’ prescriptions—and use them to deny coverage.” BusinessWeek, July 23, 2008. www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_31/b4094000643943.htm

 “Researchers: Cost of Diabetes Care on Rise,” Boston Globe, October 28, 2008. www.boston.com/business/healthcare/articles/2008/10/28/researchers_cost_of_diabetes_care_on_rise/

Office of the Attorney General of the State of Texas, “Attorney General Abbott Continues Aggressively Enforcing Identity Theft Prevention Law: CVS Pharmacy cited for exposing hundreds of customer records,” April 17, 2007. www.oag.state.tx.us/oagNews/release.php  

State of Texas v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc. Liberty Co., TX, Plaintiff’s Original Petition and Application for Injunction, www.oag.state.tx.us/newspubs/releases/2007/041607cvs_pop.pdf .

Office of the Indiana Attorney General, “Attorney General Files Charges against Pharmacies and Pharmacists for Leaving Personal Prescription Information Unguarded,” Press Release, September 20, 2007. www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/press/Release.Pharmacycharges.html .

Office of the California Attorney General, “Brown Calls On CVS Pharmacy To End Expired Product Sales, Protect Confidential Information,” Press Release, June 19, 2008. ag.ca.gov/newsalerts/release.php

Richard Monks, “Transfer of Rx files spurs suit,” Chain Drug Review, April 23, 2001 findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3007/is_/ai_n28834976

Patient Care

Stuart Watson, “I-Team investigates medication mistakes,” NewsChannel 36, Charlotte, N.C., November 25, 2008, www.wcnc.com/news/topstories/stories/wcnc-112508-mw-medication_mistakes.177ac0.html

Kevin McCoy and Erik Brady, “Rx for errors: Speed, high volume can trigger mistakes,” USA Today, February 12, 2008, www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/2008-02-11-prescription-errors_N.htm

North Carolina Board of Pharmacy, “Board Statement March 26, 1997: Pharmacist Workload,” www.ncbop.org/lawsrules/pharmacistworkload.pdf