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 »

The National Association of Specialty Pharmacy (NASP) said on Tuesday that it has moved its headquarters to the Washington, D.C., area. The NASP headquarters are now located at 1765 Duke St, Alexandria Va. 22314, effective immediately. Read More »

Parata Systems, a pharmacy technology solutions provider, said on Tuesday that it has appointed Emilie Ray to the Parata Board of Directors. "We are delighted Emilie has joined the board of directors," Parata CEO Tom Rhoads said. Read More »

Integra´s most recent version of its business automation tool, Logix, allows pharmacies to remove repetitive and time consuming procedures. Read More »

The large retail pharmacy company Walgreens has purchased Lovelace Retail Pharmacy, according to an announcement March 9. Read More »

Custom-compounded therapies unregulated by FDA. Read More »

Alkermes PLC on Monday announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its manufacturing facility in Gainesville, Ga., the manufacturing and royalty revenue associated with products manufactured at the facility and global rights to Meloxicam IV/IM to Recro Pharma, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company. Read More »

Retailer will add more than 20,000 jobs in 2015. Read More »

The $2.3 billion transaction expected to be completed by second quarter. Read More »

CVS Health's Troyen Brennan spoke on Friday about pharmacy care and its role in addressing health care costs at the National Business Group on Health's annual Business Health Agenda conference in Washington, D.C. Read More »

MeridianRX said it earned a 100 percent score and met all seven optional leading indicators on its way to a Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC) accreditation for Pharmacy Benefit Management, the company said on Thursday. Read More »

Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) formed a formal research partnership on Wednesday with AllazoHealth to study and improve industrywide standards for medication adherence metrics. Read More »

Pfizer, the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), and the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) have partnered to create a program for medication synchronization, which is for patients who need more than one medication refilled each month. Now over 10,000 pharmacies use the Appointment-based Model (ABM), also known as med sync, to refill medications for patients with chronic conditions. Read More »

BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy has chosen Jamie Damm to serve as its vice president of managed care. Read More »

Study predicts $11.8 billion savings over next 10 years Read More »

Unity Health Plans Insurance Corporation on Tuesday announced the formation of a new fully owned subsidiary, QuartzSM. Read More »

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched its first mobile app on Wednesday, which is designed to increase public access to important information on drug shortages. Read More »

The Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute during its annual drug benefit conference on Tuesday presented Prime Therapeutics with the 2015 Rx Benefit Innovation Award. The award is presented to organizations that display innovative management approaches to address drug benefit challenges. Read More »