Ohio Pharmacy Board industry registration $9 mil. annual charge is unconstitutional -- NPA court brief.

Executive Summary

OHIO PHARMACY BOARD INDUSTRY REGISTRATION WOULD COST $9 MIL. annually, NPA asserts in an amicus curiae brief filed Jan. 18 in Ferndale Laboratories Inc. v. Cavendish et al. The National Pharmaceutical Alliance submitted the friend of the court brief with the Cincinnati, Ohio circuit court in support of an appeals court decision to overturn the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy requirement that out-of-state pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors and wholesalers must be licensed to ship goods into Ohio. NPA states its support of the court's judgment that the Ohio Board "unconstitutionally burdens interstate commerce" by requiring licensing of out-of-state pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors and wholesalers shipping goods into Ohio.