Applied Pharmacy Services (APS), a popular compounding pharmacy that provided a wide variety of anabolic steroid products, was indicted on charges of conspiracy and distribution of anabolic steroids. The 198-count federal indictment identifies twelve individuals, many identified as steroid dealers, as part of the Applied Pharmacy Services steroid distribution network including owners, pharmacists, doctors, and other businessmen (”Alabama pharmacy indicted for role in performance-enhancing drug ring,” January 23).

The superseding indictment was handed down in December but was not unsealed until Thursday, when six of the defendants linked to Applied Pharmacy Services appeared in U.S. District Court in Mobile for a hearing. Applied’s owners - Samuel Kelley, Jason R. Kelley and Jodi Silvio - are scheduled to return to court for an arraignment next week.

The indictment does not identify company clients, but Drug Enforcement Administration agents who raided the Mobile compounding pharmacy in 2006 found records that indicated Canseco, Rocker, Holyfield and more than a dozen other athletes had obtained performance-enhancing drugs from Applied.

Prosecutors noted that Applied Pharmacy Services dispensed anabolic steroids that were only FDA-approved for veterinary uses. In addition, the government alleges that APS sold steroids to teenagers and others under the age of twenty-one.