Five Medicare plans received Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) Quality Awards, the organization announced Tuesday. Read More »

A report from Express Scripts released at its Outcomes Symposium Wednesday indicates that as medical costs have increased, the number of patients with annual medication costs amounting to $100,000 has tripled over the course of the previous year. Read More »

CVS Health's MinuteClinic announced Tuesday that it has surpassed 25 million patients since opening in 2000. Read More »

Because smoking is the leading cause of preventable death and illness worldwide, most Medicine Shoppe and Medicap Pharmacy stores have pulled all tobacco and tobacco-related products from their shelves. Read More »

During the National Legislative Conference of the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), which concluded on Wednesday, independent pharmacists from across the country voiced support to increasing patient access to independent pharmacies. NCPA CEO B. Douglas Hoey said it is often independent pharmacies that serve areas deemed to be underserved, and that substantial obstacles exist for small health care providers. Read More »

The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste says controversial proposed bills on Capitol Hill would interfere with the market dynamics that have helped keep down costs while raising beneficiary satisfaction with Medicare Part D. Read More »

The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) launched an advertising campaign on Tuesday to keep preferred pharmacy plans within Medicare plans.A proposed set of bills would disallow Medicare plans from creating pharmacy networks that are able to offer better prices over competitors. Read More »

ABC Laboratories Inc. was named a two-category winner in the 2015 Clinical Research Organization (CRO) Leadership Awards presented by Life Science Leader magazine and based on an annual survey of more than 2,300 industry executives to recognize service providers who were rated in the top 10 percent of CROs. Read More »

Roche announced a change in its board of directors last week as Dame DeAnne Julius, a board member since 2002, has made the decision to not stand for re-election at the annual general meeting in 2016. Read More »

Pfizer Inc. on Wednesday announced two strategic appointments in the leadership of the Worldwide Research and Development organization. Read More »

Johnson and Johnson said on Saturday that Janssen Research and Development, LLC, a Johnson and Johnson subsidiary, is partnering with the medical-ethics division at the New York University School of Medicine to evaluate compassionate use of investigational medicines. Read More »

American Industrial Systems Inc. on Monday announced its new single and multi-touch screen panel computers and open HMI solutions designed for Pharmacy automation, M2M and Internet of Things applications. Read More »

The American Pharmacists Association has published the third edition of APhA’s Immunization Handbook, a reference that provides useful and timely updates for pharmacists and staff involved in pharmacy-based immunization services. Read More »

The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) released a report profiling the continued prevalence of illegal online drug selling activity and the need for greater awareness about the risks posed to public health. Read More »

Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board recognizes company for sterile compounding of prescriptions Read More »

Company on track to achieve 15 percent carbon reduction goal by 2018. Read More »

$65 million sale of privately owned Danish company to be financed with cash on hand Read More »

Underserved Areas Enhancement Act would make sure all Medicare patients received pharmacy services. Read More »

New York is considering limiting the abilities of pharmacy benefit managers concerning maximum allowable costs for drugs. Two bills in committee, sponsored by Sen. Kemp Hannon and Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, would implement an appeals process for contracted pharmacies to dispute maximum allowable cost (MAC) schedules set by pharmacy benefit managers. Read More »

CVS Health announced yesterday that it will rebuild its CVS/pharmacy locations in Baltimore, Maryland, that were damaged during protests last week. Read More »