The Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA) President and CEO Chip Davis released a statement last week regarding President Obama's final State of the Union Address, specifically about his remarks on ending cancer. Read More »
The McKesson Corp. has announced that it will use CommonWell to make patient information available to health care providers no matter where the patients receive care. Read More »
The FDA has approved the use of E-Z-HD barium sulfate for use in patients 12 years old and up. Read More »
The FDA has made progress on its Action Plan, published in August of 2015, to improve participation in clinical trials. Read More »
Cigna recently partnered with WakeMed Key Community Care (WKCC) to enhance patient access to affordable and better health care in North Carolina through the Cigna Collaborative Care program. Read More »
Election analyst and founder of the University of Virginia Center for Politics Larry J. Sabato will speak during the 2016 National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Annual Meeting’s Political Action Committee Breakfast on Monday, April 18, in Palm Beach, Florida. Read More »
The Segal Institute for Clinical Research has announced that it has three investigators participating in the Phase 3 trial of CAM2038, sponsored by Braeburn Pharmaceuticals and Camurus. Read More »
The Department of Justice, on behalf of the FDA, filed a consent decree for permanent injunction against Dallas-based compounding pharmacy Downing Labs late last week. Read More »
CVS Health has announced new affiliations with four leading health care providers in the states of California, Illinois, North Carolina and Michigan. Read More »
Advocate Health Care, the largest health system in Illinois, said this week that it will own and operate Walgreens' in-store health clinics throughout the Chicagoland area beginning in May. Read More »
Chip Davis, president and CEO of the Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA), announced this week that Dr. Robert Califf has received enough votes from the Senate Committee on Health, Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) in favor of his nomination as the new commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Read More »
In a recent blog post on the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) website, board member John Bender reflected on the potential that telehealth offers for family medicine. Read More »
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has donated $5 million to fund 24 research projects designed to cultivate therapeutic alternatives to traditional antibiotics. Read More »
RxBenefits has announced that it will be the beneficiary of a sizeable investment from Great Hill Partners. Read More »
A recent survey done by Drug Topics has revealed that pharmacists saw a slight pay increase in 2015 and expect 2016 to yield the same results. Read More »
A new federal initiative announced by the Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) will make the quality of care for patients more important than quantity of procedures administered. Read More »
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal as well as analyst commentary noted that Pfizer Inc., Amgen Inc., Allergan PLC and others have hiked up dozens of U.S. drug prices since December, with many of the increases at nearly 9 percent and 10 percent. Read More »
Pfizer recently announced it is teaming up with Adaptive Biotechnologies to help advance its growing immuno-oncology pipeline. Read More »
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning health-care professionals and patients that dosing errors have occurred when switching between two different oral formulations of Noxafil. Read More »
Pfizer Inc. announced last week that its Research and Development investment strategy will be expanded to include companies in the initial phases of scientific advancements. Read More »
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