CMS recently announced The American Academy of Home Care Medicine’s Independence at Home Medicare Demonstration practices were successful in improving care and lowering costs by $25 million in the first performance year. Read More »

CVS Health yesterday announced the opening of its Digital Innovation Lab in Boston, Massachusetts, a facility concentrated on developing advanced digital services and personalized abilities to heighten the personal pharmacy and health experience. Read More »

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and international regulatory and law enforcement agencies acted this week against more than 1,050 websites illegally selling unapproved prescription medications and medical devices. Read More »

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Microchips Biotech Inc. today announced a partnership to discover innovative ways to apply Microchips Biotech’s implantable drug delivery device to Teva’s portfolio of products. Read More »

Parata Systems today announced a strategic partnership with PrescribeWellness to provide customers with its software. Read More »

Argus Health Systems today announced the renewal of a contract with Humana Inc. in which it will deliver pharmacy claims processing, reporting and other administration services to Humana. Read More »

The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) urged the nation's Senate not to delay passage of the National Health Amendment (Parmaceutical Benefits) Bill on Thursday. PSA National President Grant Kardachi said that the bill needs to be passed by June 30 in order for the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement (CPA) and its provisions to take effect. Read More »

Congresswoman Renee Ellmers, R-N.C., has co-signed a letter to U.S. House Speaker John Boehner and Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi urging their support of the Medicare Part D Program that some industry watchers fear will be cut in order to fund the 21st Century Cures Act. Read More »

Aspire RX Pharmacy launched its rebranding on Tuesday on a national scale, the company announced. Read More »

McGraw-Hill Education yesterday announced Pharmacotherapy: Principles and Practice, Third Edition, is now available online for the first time through AccessPharmacy, McGraw-Hill Education's online resource for pharmacy students and instructors and practicing pharmacists. Read More »

AstraZeneca yesterday announced that Pam Cheng is now executive vice president of operations, with global responsibilities that include manufacturing operations, supply chain, procurement and information technology. Read More »

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced today that it has licensed RAPIVAB for the treatment of influenza to CSL Ltd. Read More »

CVS Executive Vice President and President of CVS/pharmacy Helena Foulkes will be a featured speaker at the Jeffries 2015 Global and Consumer Conference in Nantucket, Massachusetts, CVS Health Corp. said Thursday. Read More »

Onco360 has been awarded Specialty Pharmacy Accreditation from URAC, the pharmacy announced Monday. Read More »

CVS Health Corp. and Target Corp. said on Monday that they have reached an agreement for CVS Health to purchase Target’s pharmacies and clinics for approximately $1.9 billion.Once the deal is finalized, Target’s more than 1,660 pharmacies across 47 states will be rebranded as CVS/pharmacies, operating within Target stores; Target's approximately 80 clinics will be rebranded as MinuteClinics. Read More »

Cerner announced Monday it will enter a collaboration with Vectramind Corp. of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to develop a mobile messaging platform for its clients. Read More »

A letter signed by more than 20 Democratic lawmakers, calling for black box labels to be put on immediate-release (IR) opioids, has been sent to acting FDA commissioner Stephen Ostroff. Read More »

China-based China Jo-Jo Drugstores, Inc. said last week it saw a significant increase in annual sales from its online pharmacy.The retail and wholesale distributor of pharmaceutical and health care products said June 11 that preliminary data showed online sales grew at least 90 percent over the past year, with an over 200 percent jump in the year ending March 31. Read More »

Former Prime Therapeutics CEO named non-executive chairman. Read More »

The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) released a new ad campaign that highlights how specialty physicians believe that not all pharmacies are capable of dispensing and administering specialty medication to treat chronic conditions. The ad, “I’m Not Willing to Send my Patients to Just Any Pharmacy” can be viewed on the PCMA website: www.pcmanet.org. Read More »