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<description><![CDATA[A government watchdog group is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to re-inspect more than a dozen specialty pharmacies with prior records of violations, in light of a recent deadly outbreak tied to compounded drugs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15541072-consumer-watchdog-asks-fda-to-revisit-compounders</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15541072-consumer-watchdog-asks-fda-to-revisit-compounders</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>citizen</category><category>drug-administration</category><category>outbreak</category><category>public-citizen</category><category>meningitis</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:26:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Public Citizen: State drug fraud cases on the rise</title>
<description><![CDATA[Federal and state prosecutors have collected more than $30 billion from drug companies for alleged fraud and illegal marketing over the last 20 years, according to a new report by consumer advocacy group Public Citizen.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Perrone]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Matthew Perrone]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/27/14124221-public-citizen-state-drug-fraud-cases-on-the-rise</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/27/14124221-public-citizen-state-drug-fraud-cases-on-the-rise</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>drug</category><category>fraud</category><category>industry</category><category>public-citizen</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:01:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>'Casino Jack' visits a temple of good government</title>
<description><![CDATA[Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff spent two hours dispensing advice in one of Washington's temples of good government Monday, telling soldiers in the cause of cleaning up corruption they have a lot of work ahead of them.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pete Yost]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Pete Yost]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/06/10333840-casino-jack-visits-a-temple-of-good-government</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/06/10333840-casino-jack-visits-a-temple-of-good-government</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>jack-abramoff</category><category>public-citizen</category><category>abramoff</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 Feb 2012 22:42:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/83227c06-4ddb-40fc-865c-378ee337073c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/83227c06-4ddb-40fc-865c-378ee337073c.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who was convicted in 2006 on charges of fraud, corruption and conspiracy, speaks at Public Citizen, a consumer rights advocacy group, in Washington, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/51e5ac7d-069f-47c7-8c0f-ae8eecd29760.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="252" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/51e5ac7d-069f-47c7-8c0f-ae8eecd29760.jpg" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who was convicted in 2006 on charges of fraud, corruption and conspiracy, speaks at Public Citizen, a consumer rights advocacy group, in Washington, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e68576db-8861-4c7f-b6af-fee5d283e9af.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="214" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e68576db-8861-4c7f-b6af-fee5d283e9af.jpg" width="120" height="64" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who was convicted in 2006 on charges of fraud, corruption and conspiracy, arrives to speak at Public Citizen, a consumer rights advocacy group, in Washington, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/31944f83-b3c3-4fcc-a849-ce369802192a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/31944f83-b3c3-4fcc-a849-ce369802192a.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who was convicted in 2006 on charges of fraud, corruption and conspiracy, speaks at Public Citizen, a consumer rights advocacy group, in Washington, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/aa946f3b-b086-4e97-9317-19a42251b5a6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/aa946f3b-b086-4e97-9317-19a42251b5a6.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who was convicted in 2006 on charges of fraud, corruption and conspiracy, waits outside of a holding room after speaking at Public Citizen, a consumer rights advocacy group, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>