News tagged with 'Pharmacists'

Families seeking retribution against a Kansas City pharmacist who diluted cancer drugs in an effort to boost profits received heartening news Thursday when a federal judge sentenced him to 30 years in prison. In February 2002, Robert R. Courtney pled guilty to 20 counts of drug tampering, admitting he diluted over 100

A Missouri jury awarded $2.2 billion Thursday to a victim of Kansas City pharmacist Robert Courtney, who pled guilty to twenty Federal counts of drug tampering in February. Georgia Hayes brought the first of 400 lawsuits against Courtney after he admitted to diluting cancer medications for several years to earn a prof

Victims of Kansas City pharmacist Robert Courtney, who pled guilty to twenty Federal counts of drug tampering in February, say two pharmaceutical companies knew Courtney was diluting cancer medications for several years before his arrest. In a new motion filed Monday, patient attorneys accuse Eli Lilly Co. and Bristol

The wife of a Missouri pharmacist who pled guilty in February to twenty Federal counts of drug tampering agreed to pay $1.85 million to patients who fell victim to her husband's fraud. Robert Courtney initially admitted to diluting the chemotherapy drugs Taxol and Gemzar in order to save money. The pharmacist reporte

Kansas City pharmacist Robert Courtney, who pled guilty to twenty Federal counts of drug tampering in February, has admitted to diluting over seventy types of medications, according to investigators with the FBI. Originally, Courtney told authorities that he diluted the chemotherapy drugs Taxol and Gemzar in order to

Wal-Mart must pay $1.27 million to the family of an Arkansas man who died after a pharmacist gave him the wrong medication. John Tucker died in September 1997 after taking Ziac, a high blood-pressure drug, instead of Zaroxolyn, a diuretic. A labeling mistake on the prescription bottle caused the fatal error. Fluid a

A jury ordered three former pharmacists at a Massachusetts hospital to pay $7.1 million to the family of a four-year-old boy who received an improper drug dosage months after his birth. Pharmacists at Children's Hospital in Boston failed to dilute the high-blood-pressure drug Enalaprilat in March 1997, mistakenly givi

Kansas City pharmacist Robert Courtney pled guilty today to twenty Federal counts of drug tampering. Courtney admitted to diluting the chemotherapy drugs Taxol and Gemzar in order to save money. The pharmacist reportedly owed over $600,000 in taxes and nearly $300,000 to a local church. As part of the agreement with

U.S. Magistrate Robert E. Larsen recently recommended that the confession of Kansas City pharmacist Robert Courtney, who stands accused of diluting more than 100 doses of prescription medications, should be permitted as evidence. A Federal judge will make the final ruling. According to a report filed by Federal

The investigation of Kansas City pharmacist Robert Courtney, accused of diluting cancer drugs in an effort to boost profits, widened this week when federal agents revealed that fertility drugs at another pharmacy owned by Courtney may have also been diluted. Investigators conducted tests at a pharmacy in Kansas that h

A Kansas City pharmacist, indicted in August on twenty counts of tampering and misbranding chemotherapy drugs, confessed to the crimes according to documents filed by a federal prosecutor last week. Robert R. Courtney, who owns two pharmacies in the Kansas City area, composed a written statement on August 20 stating t

A shortage of trained pharmacy professionals has led to an increased risk of receiving inappropriate medications and misfilled prescriptions. In the last decade, prescriptions filled in U.S. pharmacies have jumped from 2 billion to more than 3.15 billion. However, 6% of retail pharmaceutical jobs and 21% of openings a

George Bennett Sr., who divided his time between Kansas City and Orlando, died May 7, 2001 of lung cancer at the age of 79. Bennett was diagnosed with cancer in May of 2000. As the cancer was caught early, Bennett's doctor gave him a positive prognosis. He immediately began chemotherapy. Tragically, just seven mont

Robert Courtney, the Kansas City pharmacist charged with diluting chemotherapy drugs, appeared at a court hearing August 20th. He is facing Federal charges of diluting and misbranding drugs. According to a report filed by Federal prosecutors, Courtney admitted to diluting the chemotherapy related drugs Taxol, Gemzar,

The Missouri pharmacist charged with diluting chemotherapy drugs will be held without bond while facing Federal felony charges of adulterating and misbranding prescription drugs. U.S. Magistrate Robert Larsen is presiding over the case in which Robert Courtney admitted that he diluted Gemzar and Taxol, two intravenous