UnitedHealthcare has unveiled its 2017 Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug plans, which include a new AARP MericareRx Walgreens plan that will be insured by UnitedHealthcare. Read More »
CleanSlate Centers will now give Optum members access to effective treatment options for opioid addiction in response to the increasing opioid addiction crisis that is plaguing the United States. Read More »
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Recent data from Allergan's range of irritable bowel syndrome treatments were the focus of two poster presentations at the American College of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting. Read More »
Genentech's 0.5 mg prefilled syringe Lucentis has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a new means to administer the medication. Read More »
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended that Opdivo from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. be approved to treat relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma in adult patients who have previously received autologous stem cell transplant and been treated with brentuximab vedotin. Read More »
Tetraphase Pharmceuticals has placed its first patient in its Phase 3 IGNITE4 clinical study involving intravenous eravacycline has been dosed with the medication. Read More »
The Arthritis Foundation, in association with Eli Lilly and Co., has launched a new initiative called “Living Your Yes With RA.” Read More »
PANTHERx Specialty Pharmacy has been recognized as the fifth-best place to work in health care in Modern Healthcare’s ninth annual Best Places to Work in Healthcare Awards, a nationwide program that recognizes the industry’s exceptional organizations. Read More »
Co-pay coupons and discounts offered to consumers ultimately will lead to higher costs across society as they increasingly drive up premiums, according to one leading expert on prescription drugs. Read More »
At first, price-slashing discount coupons for expensive drugs may appeal to consumers on an everyday basis, but a look behind the scenes suggests that using brand-name medications may possibly yield little, if any, net savings. Read More »
Napo Pharmaceuticals has launched Mytesi, the only medication approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the relief of diarrhea in patients who have HIV. Read More »
Walgreens customers shopping in stores in the southeast United States can make donations to the American Red Cross Relief Fund to help the victims of Hurricane Matthew. Read More »
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has been named the recipient of the 2016 Pantheon DiNA Award by the California Life Sciences Association for its therapeutic product NUPLAZID. Read More »
Pfizer has released data from its Phase 1b clinical trial involving INLYTA, which has been combined with pembrolizumab, a PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor known as KEYTRUDA, in patients who have advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) that have yet to undergo treatment. Read More »
Pfizer has released results from its Phase 3 S-TRAC clinical study involving the assessment of SUTENT as an adjuvant therapy. Read More »
Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) has been honored for her work in driving a bill through Congress aimed at battling the opioid, heroin and fentanyl abuse epidemic. Read More »
Vernalis Therapeutics Inc. has initiated its promotion of MOXATAG Tablets to primary care physicians in the United States. Read More »
Supernus Pharmaceuticals' Phase IIb clinical trial involving SPN-812 to determine dosing ranges has turned in positive topline results for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. Read More »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted KenPharm's Investigational New Drug application for KP415, the company’s extended release d-threomethylphenidate prodrug that was developed to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Read More »
CymaBay Therapeutics has received a patent to treat NAFLD and NASH with MBX-0825 by administering an amount that proves to be therapeutically effective orally. Read More »
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