Ohio mail order litigation dismissed

Plaintiffs "lacked legal standing," according to a ruling by Franklin County Common Pleas Court. Judge Frederick Williams on Dec. 3 ruled that there was "no genuine issue of fact" and that the plaintiffs, the Ohio State Pharmaceutical Association could not demonstrate that they were injured by the defendants, Medco subsidiary National Rx Services, five state retirement systems that had contracted with National, the state attorney general, and the state board of pharmacy. The association had argued that it was illegal for the state board, guided by an attorney general opinion, to permit pharmacists licensed in Ohio to fill out-of-state prescriptions.