Do television ads by plaintiffs' lawyer firms hawking lawsuits over prescription drugs cause patients to cease taking their prescribed prescriptions? Read More »
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that doctors are influenced by gifts and their relationships with drug company representatives. Read More »
The American Pharmacists Association (APA) recently announced that new research shows adding 24 months of antiandrogen therapy with daily bicalutamide to salvage radiation therapy led to an increase in survival rates and for patients with recurrent prostate cancer. Read More »
Government-mandated disclosure bills could have a negative impact on competition if pharmacy benefit managers are forced to publicly disclose too much information on their negotiations with drug companies, according to Emory School of Law professor Joanna Shepherd. Read More »
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a 9-0 ruling today that will have the effect of speeding the process for biosimilars going to market. Read More »
As a Senate committee prepares to evaluate U.S. drug distribution at a hearing tomorrow, the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association readily demonstrates that manufacturers’ pricing does not correlate with agreed-upon rebates and discounts with pharmacy benefit managers. Read More »
A Nevada bill headed to the desk of Governor Brian Sandoval (R) would do nothing to decrease prescription drug costs, according to the Council of Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW). Read More »
According to the Technavio’s latest market study, the North American pharmaceutical packaging market is expected to grow through 2021. Read More »
The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) released a statement in support of the Food and Drug Commissioner’s call to publish a list of off-patent drugs that may be vulnerable to price-fixing. Read More »
Pharmacy benefit managers are changing the way that prescriptions are filled, reducing the costs for patients and increasing the value for all involved. Read More »
60 Degrees Pharmaceuticals' study findings on tafenoquine have been published in Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. Read More »
Fred’s Inc.'s plans to buy 865 Rite Aid stores for $950 million is still active. Read More »
The cost of generic prescription drugs rose at a much slower rate than brand name drugs in 2016, according to an annual national drug index released by Truveris. Read More »
The first new drug approved specifically to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly referred to a Lou Gehrig’s Disease, in over two decades was approved in less than a year, thanks in large part to the FDA working in conjunction with Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp. and the ALS Association. Read More »
The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association is beginning the DrugBenefitSolutions national campaign, in which it seeks to explain how pharmacy benefits managers are helping to reduce the price of medications and assist consumers, as well as employers and unions. Read More »
The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) has recommended that the next Food and Drug Administration (FDA) director adopt five specific strategies to encourage pharmaceutical pricing competition based on results of its recently commissioned report. Read More »
Bedside delivery of medications is a practice that is helping patients live more healthily following discharge from hospitals. Read More »
An analysis commissioned by Washington, D.C.’s Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) recently confirmed that no correlation exists between prices and rebates contrary to claims that drug costs are proportional to consumer rebates and discounts. Read More »
Pharmacists and the difficult balance they must keep between patients suffering from chronic pain and the prevalence opioid abuse was the topic of a recent special issue of the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association Read More »
Prescription drug costs battles are far from over as PCMA calls for the drug lobby to stop deflecting blame in an effort to maintain profit margins. Read More »
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