The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday issued a final guidance to help the industry develop opioid drug products with potentially abuse-deterrent properties. Read More »

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc., an RNA-targeted therapeutics developer, on Tuesday announced that Edward Kaye has been appointed as interim CEO. Read More »

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) said March 27 that 35 pharmacists who practice in hospitals, ambulatory care clinics and other settings have been named ASHP fellows. Read More »

Centene Corporation on Monday announced that NurseWise, its national multilingual nurse triage and health education subsidiary, received full health call center accreditation from URAC, a healthcare accrediting organization that establishes quality standards for the health care industry. Read More »

The American Pharmacists Association's House of Delegates voted on Monday to adopt a new policy that discourages the participation of pharmacists in executions because it contradicts the mission of a pharmacist. “The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) discourages pharmacist participation in executions on the basis that such activities are fundamentally contrary to the role of pharmacists as providers of health care,” the newly adopted policy said. Read More »

Baxter International said on Monday that it recently launched a public-private collaborative effort with Singapore’s Changi General Hospital to satisfy a surging demand for compounded sterile products.The company also has been improving access to health care globally through financial and in-kind donations to address critical needs. Read More »

Linda Cahn, leader of the National Prescription Coverage Coalition, in a warning to chief financial officers and human resource executives, said on Tuesday that a recent study conducted by her firm reveals that many pharmacy benefit managers’ (PBMs) refill practices may be unnecessarily increasing prescription drug costs. Read More »

CVS Health said on Tuesday that it has established new clinical affiliations with Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and Tucson Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona, as well as the latter's accountable-care organization, Arizona Connected Care. Read More »

Medical technology firm Zynex, Inc., announced Monday that it has received license approval from the state of Oregon for its compound pharmacy business, Pharmazy. Read More »

Daniel Soland joins biopharmaceutical company. Read More »

In the wake of the fiscal collapse of Iowa’s CoOportunity Health, a health insurance company set up under the Affordable Care Act, the federal government should stay out of the healthcare business, a watchdog group said on Monday.HeadlineaBodyIn the wake of the fiscal collapse of Iowa’s CoOportunity Health, a health insurance company set up under the Affordable Care Act, the federal government should stay out of the healthcare business, a watchdog group said on Monday. Read More »

Service Quality Management Group (SQM), a leading North American research company, recently granted Prime Therapeutics, LLC an award for its excellence in call center practices. Read More »

The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) has launched its new education training program, ADAPT, from the 2015 APhA Annual Meeting and Exposition, APhA2015. Read More »

OptumRX, UnitedHealth Group’s pharmacy-care services business, and Catamaran Corp., a provider of pharmacy-benefit services and technology solutions, said on Monday that they have agreed to a merger. Read More »

More than 359 pharmacy advocates from 44 different states met with members of Congress last week during the seventh annual NACDS RxIMPACT Day on Capitol Hill. Read More »

RegionalCare Hospital Partners on Thursday announced it is working with RelayHealth to provide health care professionals and patients with seamless access to complete, longitudinal records that capture clinical information from various care settings. Read More »

The Patient Access to Pharmacists’ Care Coalition (PAPCC), a group of more than 24 organizations representing patients, pharmacies, pharmacists and other stakeholders, announced on Wednesday the launch of an expanded media initiative. Read More »

Ohio Pharmacy Counseling Services, Ltd., announced on Thursday that it has licensed ActualMeds’ cloud-based comprehensive medication management software to be used by its national network of licensed consulting pharmacists. Read More »

Group joins president in launching initiative to improve health care and reduce costs. Read More »

Omnicell, Inc., announced on Wednesday that it will exhibit the addition of its automated medication cabinets with MACH4's modular robotic solutions at the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists until March 27. Read More »