Following this week’s U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging's hearing on "Sudden Price Spikes in Off-Patent Prescription Drugs," Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) President and CEO Mark Merritt called for this nation’s policymakers to make generic drugs more accessible. Read More »

HealthPartners recently awarded Essentia Health’s primary care and pharmacy teams with 11 awards to celebrate the organization’s commitment to revolutionizing the health care system. Read More »

Central Admixture Pharmacy Services Inc. (CAPS) launched a new quality assurance program called "Test, Hold and Release" (THR) and a new consulting service Monday. Read More »

Democrat and Republican Senators criticized pharmaceutical companies Wednesday that have drastically hiked up the prices of life-saving medicines. Read More »

The House Judiciary Subcommittee is looking to examine whether pharmacy benefit management (PBM) tools will lower the cost of prescription drugs. Read More »

Pharmacy benefit management services provider Express Scripts plans to invest $25 million in a health care innovation fund with Lewis & Clark Ventures. Read More »

Pleio Inc. recently teamed up with the Pharmacy Data Network (PDN) to expand access to its medication adherence solution in community pharmacies. Read More »

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) presented six of its members with Distinguished Service Awards Monday.  Read More »

The Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA) named Chris Bowlin as the consortium’s senior vice president of Government Affairs Tuesday. Read More »

Pharmacy automation and medication management solutions provider Talyst is presenting an exhibit at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) midyear clinical meeting and exhibition being held in New Orleans through Friday. Read More »

The pharmaceutical world may soon see an increase in personal compounded medications as Compounding Pharmacy of America attained national accreditation by the Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board (PCAB) Friday. Read More »

Johnson & Johnson recently completed an agreement to purchase hepatitis B virus (HBV) drug developer Novira Therapeutics. Read More »

As the landscape of the health care industry is ever-changing, the McKesson Pharmacy Optimization team is shedding light on five trends expected to effect health system pharmacies next year.  Read More »

The U.S. Senate officially withdrew an amendment calling for personal importation of prescription drugs from Canada during a budget reconciliation legislation meeting Thursday. Read More »

Mylan is slated to become the first drug maker to offer a new low-cost antiretroviral (ARV) treatment for individuals with AIDS. Read More »

British drug maker AstraZeneca has enlisted the help of Voluntis to develop a companion mobile app for women with ovarian cancer who are undergoing a combination therapy. Read More »

Medication management provider Aethon's MedEx pharmacy operations management software platform recently integrated with Aesynt’s Connect-Rx. Read More »

The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) released its annual National Health Expenditures report for 2014 on Wednesday. Read More »

At the recent Health and Human Services Convention, the increased competition of drugs and the elimination of delays on drug approvals were discussed to improve patient access to drugs and lower costs. Read More »

Cigna Corporation's shareholders approved its proposed merger with Anthem Thursday. Read More »