The National Association of Chain Drug Stores on Monday announced the expansion and acquisition of a certificate program designed to offer training for pharmacists to administer point-of-care testing and other health assessments in pharmacies.HeadlineNACDS announces certificate programBody “While patients continue to look to their pharmacist as a steward of medication safety and effectiveness, more and more patients are looking to their pharmacists to provide innovative services that fur Read More »

China Jo-Jo Drugstores, Inc., said Tuesday that it has reached a joint venture agreement requiring Shanghai Jianbou Technology Co., Ltd., to direct its e-pharmacy card transactions to Jo-Jo's online pharmacy site. Read More »

Actavis, a pharmaceutical company, announced today that two former members of the Allergan board of directors, Michael R. Gallagher and Peter J. McDonnell, have been named to the Actavis board of directors. Read More »

Truveris has introduced a new product that will enable benefits brokers and advisors to help companies more effortlessly take advantage of stop loss insurance with the nation’s first automated quote engine. Read More »

In the wake of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's first biosimilar approval, the Alliance for Safe Biologic Medicines (ASBM) recently held a five-hour class to educate pharmacists on the fundamentals of these new medicines. Read More »

Magellan RX report shows higher coverage for medical pharmacy prescriptions Read More »

The board of directors at PDR, LLC, said on Monday that it has appointed Harry Totonis to the board. Totonis is an accomplished health information technology (HIT) innovator, with a track record of success as an independent director at the firm. Read More »

Wellframe said on Monday that it is partnering with Shields Pharmacy Services to extend the reach of Shields Medication Management Liaisons to better promote patient medication adherence, engagement and relationship management. Read More »

Talyst, a pharmacy automation provider, announced this week that it will be exhibiting at the 2015 Managed Health Care Associates Business Summit in Las Vegas from March 18 to 20. Read More »

BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy on Thursday announced that its charitable “Pay It Forward” campaign will be continuing in 2015. Read More »

The National Safety Council released the results on Thursday of a public opinion poll that showed almost 70 percent of opioid prescription-painkiller users don't know that sharing the medications is a felony. In most states, sharing narcotic opioid painkillers, such as oxycodone or hydrocodone, is the legal equivalent to selling heroin and is punishable by up to seven years in prison. Read More »

An article posted on phRMA’s blog, Catalyst, shares five essential truths about prescription drug spending in the United States. Read More »

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals said on Wednesday that Uli Hacksell has retired as CEO and from the board of directors, and that Steve Davis -- executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief business officer -- has been appointed interim CEO. Read More »

Heritage Development Organization, an affiliate of Heritage Provider Network, and Fresenius Medical Care said on Thursday that they have agreed to develop physician networks, care coordination and population health management services in select markets nationwide. Read More »

North York General Hospital announced today that Edith Rolko, director of pharmacy and infection prevention and control, will present the findings of a quality study about the Intelliguard Kit and Tray Management System at the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists Seminar on March 20. Read More »

The National Association of Specialty Pharmacy (NASP) made an announcement Thursday that discussed the appointment of Jayson S. Slotnik as a health policy advisor and Virginia Sweeter to consultant for their meetings and education program. Read More »

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals said on Tuesday that Greg Madison was appointed to the company´s board of directors. Madison joined Keryx in 2014 and serves as the company´s president and chief operating officer. He will transition into the role of CEO by the end of May. Read More »

Actavis, PLC, and Allergan said on Tuesday that during meetings of the companies' shareholders, all proposals related to Actavis' planned acquisition of Allergan were approved. The shareholder approvals fulfill certain conditions tied to the closing of the acquisition, which is expected to be final by the end of the first quarter or early in the second quarter of this year. Read More »

Data released on Monday in the 2014 Express Scripts Drug Trend Report showed that new hepatitis C therapies with high prices and loopholes for compounded medications increased U.S. drug spending by 13.1 percent. Read More »

Pharmaceutical group sees no benefit to SB 5857. Read More »