A recent hearing of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging in Washington, D.C., discussed price increases on non-patented prescription drugs. Read More »

The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging met on Dec. 9 to hear testimony regarding the recent spike in prices for off-patent prescription drugs. Read More »

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 »