Bucking the trend of other industries in a slow economy, the pharmacy business in New York state is thriving across the board, according to a new American Pharmacy News analysis. The number of pharmacies and pharmacists in New York has increased by double-digit percentages over the past six years, according to the analysis, which relied on state records. Read More »

The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) will hold a training and preparation session July 31 to Aug. 1 in Linthicum Heights, Maryland.The session, called the Certified Geriatric Pharmacist (CGP) Exam Preparation and Recertification Boot Camp, will provide workshop-style training for pharmacists hoping to obtain board certification or to earn recertification credits. Read More »

The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) brought together health care leaders for a two-day conference in Alexandria, Virginia, this week to discuss issues pertaining to market readiness, acceptance and use of biosimilars. Biosimilars consist of living molecules that are versions of biological therapies. Read More »

Parata Systems, in coordination with Pharmacy Times, has announced that they have chosen the finalists for the 2015 Next-Generation Pharmacist awards. Read More »

Specialty health care services provider Intralign Health LLC recently entered into a physician participation agreement with Care First Blue Cross Blue Shield. Read More »

If approved, Praluent would be first fully human monoclonal antibody targeting PCSK9 in U.S. Read More »

MD Insider announced on Tuesday that it has formed a Customer Advisory Board to provide feedback on its services from clients. Read More »

Companies to move Lycera's exclusive pipeline for cancer and immune-mediated diseases forward. Read More »

Aspyrian Therapeutics and Goodwin Biotechnology said on Tuesday that they will collaborate on the development and scaling processes of Aspyrian's new antibody drug conjugate (ADC) platform. Aspyrian's platform is a near-infrared photo-immunotherapy technological platform that uses a laser of visible light to eliminate tumors and leave surrounding healthy tissue unharmed. Read More »

CVS Health's walk-in clinic, MinuteClinic, recently became an in-network provider with health care insurance provider Molina Healthcare of Ohio. Read More »

PharmMD, a market innovator for Part D Star Solutions and medication therapy management, announced six new hires on Monday. Amber Dillard has been hired as senior quality analyst, Court Fletcher as Structured Query Language (SQL) developer, Lindy Hansen as account executive, Rachel Howard as human resources manager, Tiffany Kidder as sales and marketing coordinator and Theresa Elworth as director of quality assurance. Read More »

Kit Check unveiled a new cloud-based enterprise-reporting software for hospital pharmacies on Monday. Because it is stored on the web, information on pharmacy kits is not limited to a single computer or an individual. This new system also incorporates Tableau's analytic platform to allow pharmacy staff to access kit-use data. Read More »

Geneva Woods Pharmacy (GWP) said last week that an agreement has been reached for it to acquire SureCare Rx. This acquisition is the latest in a line of GWP transactions to expand its service area in the Northwest region to stretch from southern Oregon to northern Washington. The company plans to phase out the SureCare, Kirk's and CHS Pharmacy brands. Read More »

Carena gains more backers for hospital system telemedicine solutions Telemedicine provider Carena, Inc., said Thursday that Cambia Health Solutions and McKesson Ventures have partnered with Catholic Health Initiatives and Martin Ventures to fund further development of Carena's Virtual Clinic used by hospital systems. Read More »

Aesynt, a provider of integrated pharmacy-automation solutions for hospitals, said on Thursday that it will be exhibiting several of its automation solutions at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists 2015 Summer Meeting and Exhibition Sunday-Wednesday, June 7-10, in Denver. Read More »

Aetheon Inc., has announced it will unveil its newest product in its automated replenishment line, the MedEx TraySafe at the American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists (ASHP) Summer Exhibition, starting Saturday. Read More »

Arthur J. Gallagher has acquired Solid Benefit Guidance (SBG), one of the largest and most highly-respected pharmaceutical benefits consulting firms in the country, according to an announcement on Friday. Read More »

SmartStory Technologies has partnered with Catamaran Corp., a pharmacy-benefits manager, to produce personalized, instructional videos for patients using medications from BriovaRx, a specialty-pharmacy subsidiary of Catamaran, using SmartStory's cloud-based video-delivery platform, SmartStory said on Wednesday. Read More »

Pharmacists' salaries rose in 2014, up 1.6 percent from the prior year, in conjunction with the pharmacy industry’s better-than-expected profit picture, according to Adam J. Fein, CEO of the Drug Channels Institute. Read More »

Walmart pharmacies have begun using medication therapy management (MTM) technology developed by SinfoníaRx, Walmart said on Wednesday. “We are incredibly excited to launch this new program with Walmart,” Kevin Boesen, founder and CEO of SinfoníaRx, said. “Managing complex, chronic illnesses is a real challenge. Read More »