Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. announced Monday it has signed a definitive agreement with Allergan, PLC to acquire Allergan Generics in a transaction valued at $40.5 billion.The strategic acquisition brings together two leading generics businesses with complementary strengths, brands and cultures. Read More »
Rite Aid has recently collaborated with HealthSpot to deploy telepresence pharmacy kiosks at 25 Rite Aid pharmacies across Ohio. Read More »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration late last week approved Praluent injections, the first cholesterol-lowering treatment cleared for use in a new class of drugs known as proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors. Read More »
Covance Drug Development recently relocated its Dallas clinical research unit to a new, fit-for-purpose clinical research facility in the same building. Read More »
Mike Pritts, executive vice president of product innovation at Surescripts, recently wrote a blog post touting the importance of IT automation to the healthcare industry. Read More »
Optum and Catamaran Corporation, both pharmaceutical companies, recently completed a combining of the two businesses. Read More »
The nation's first integrative pharmacy chain, Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy, recently announced it will team up with Diplomat Pharmacy Inc. to offer patients access to specialty care services. Read More »
The Pharmaceutical Research Institute at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) will host a symposium and workshop exploring the latest advances in the field of nanomedicine on from Aug. 3 to 7. Read More »
Hewitt W. "Ted" Matthews, longtime dean of Mercer University's College of Pharmacy, was recently presented with the Larry L. Braden Meritorious Service Award from the Georgia Pharmacy Association (GPhA). Read More »
ScripsAmerica Inc. announced on Thursday that the company's specialty pharmacy operations logged $2.23 million in approved orders during the months of May and June. Read More »
Retail Management Solutions recently released a free e-book titled "A Pharmacy Owner’s Guide to Point of Sale Security." Read More »
National Health Expenditures (NHE) spending was up 5 percent in 2014 and most recently, health spending was up 7.5 percent in the first quarter of 2015, according to estimates by the Altarum Center for Sustainable Health Spending, but will this trend continue? Read More »
The International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP) recently released its formal comments about its concerns over the proposed U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) memorandum of understanding. Read More »
Dr. Steve Miller, the chief medical officer of Express Scripts, recently discussed a variety of specialty pharmacy trends, such as the loss of social contract within drug pricing, with Evidence-Based Diabetes Management. Read More »
A new study shows that 80 percent of patients with cardiovascular disease drastically underuse statins, which shows that faithfully using statins continues to be an ongoing, long-standing, national concern in the U.S. Read More »
The Women in Pharmacy program, which is designed to guide and educate entrepreneurial female pharmacists into become successful, independent pharmacy owners, will hold its fourth annual Pharmacy Ownership Boot Camp on July 25 of this year. Read More »
Cardinal Health has organized its 25th annual Retail Business Conference (RBC) to help independent pharmacists succeed. Read More »
Aureus Health Services, a Specialty Pharmacy and Health Management Company, recently announced that it has gained Specialty Pharmacy Accreditation from the URAC. Read More »
Kit Check recently announced that it has added six new members to its sales group, expanding the team to further reach the company’s goals. Read More »
Rite Aid, one of the leading drugstore chains in the U.S., and HealthSpot, an innovator in provider- and patient-driven health care technology, said on Monday that they have opened the first Telehealth stations in Ohio. Read More »
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