The National Coalition on Health Care (NCHC) released a white paper on the risks high specialty drug prices pose to patients and the health care system on Monday. Read More »

Catamaran Corp. recently announced that its Safe & Effective Compound Use Reassurance Effort (SECURE) reduced spending on compound medication for its clients by more than 70 percent over one year. Read More »

The Florida State Board of Pharmacy said on Tuesday that it has hired ACHC Inspection Services to conduct compounding pharmacy inspections for nonresident pharmacies. The board requires nonresident compounding pharmacies to undergo an approved inspection before they can receive a state permit for nonresident sterile compounding. Read More »

The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) is leading action on the role of pharmacists in addressing the issue of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as a result of advocacy by The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA). Read More »

RxEOB today announced the authorization of the white paper, “Targeted Messaging Emerges as an Essential Service in Post-Reform Health Care," that emphasizes the need for health care professionals to stay ahead of the technology curve by using effective messaging strategies on patients’ mobile devices, which is the quickest, most secure and most effective communication mode available. Read More »

Approximately 700 people gathered in Albany, New York's capital, on Tuesday to lobby for the Pharmacists Society of the State of New York's goals, one of which is to amend the state’s anti-mandatory mail order law. Read More »

Express Scripts said Tuesday that workers’ compensation pharmacy spending increased 1.9 percent in 2014 and a 5.4 percent decrease in utilization assisted in offsetting a 7 percent increase in the cost per prescription. Read More »

Kmart and Shop Your Way on Monday announced the new Shop Your Way Pharmacy Rewards Program. Read More »

Aesynt today announced the launch of the Registry for Intravenous Technology in Pharmacy (REINVENT), a global, multi-site data registry that collects compounded sterile preparation data from hospitals and health systems for evaluation, analysis and insight. Read More »

President and Congress agree making high-cost drugs available to all patients a priority Read More »

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The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has welcomed a recommendation made in the Report of the National Review of Mental Health that incentives be introduced to include pharmacists as key members of the mental health care team. Read More »

Attorney general issues consumer alert saying drugs purchased online may be dangerous. Read More »

Sandoz receives approval to market Glatopa. Read More »

The Generic Pharmaceutical Association on Thursday announced that launch of the Biosimilars Council, a division of GPhA. Read More »

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. on Tuesday announced it has reached a definitive agreement with Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed Alibaba Health Information Technology Ltd. Read More »

Regulatory Compliance Associates (RCA), a life-sciences consultancy, said on Thursday that its cooperative effort with Unique Pharmaceuticals will help the latter demonstrate compliance with new federal compounding industry regulations. “We’re proud to partner with Unique Pharmaceuticals as they lead the compounding pharmacy industry in demonstrating their commitment to quality,” Andrew Harrison, chief regulatory affairs officer at RCA, said. Read More »

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company focusing on the commercialization and development of its non-antibiotic anti-infective products, said on Thursday that it has signed a nationwide distribution agreement with AmerisourceBergen. Read More »

Praxsyn Corp. on Tuesday announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Mesa Pharmacy Inc., entered into a business associate agreement in January with Products for Doctors for marketing and other services. Read More »

Atlantic Information Services Inc. (AIS) on Tuesday announced that all 2014 data on the prescription drug benefit offerings of commercial health plans is available for full use in a fully interactive demo of AIS’s Rx Benefit Data. Read More »