The Center for American Progress has put forward a proposal to make changes within Medicare aimed at helping users, including instituting consumer-friendly ratings of the benefits new drugs may have, limiting what patients must pay for new drugs and requiring pharmaceutical companies to disclose how much is actually spent on researching and bringing new drugs to market, the Associated Press said. Read More »

Lion Biotechnologies Inc. on Monday announced it has opened enrollment in a Phase 2 clinical trial of its lead product candidate, LN-144, for the treatment of refractory metastatic melanoma. Read More »

TG Therapeutics, Inc. announced Wednesday the start of a Phase 1/2 clinical study investigating the use of TGR-1202, TG Therapeutic’s oral PI3K delta inhibitor and TG-1101 (ublituximab), in patients with relapsed or refractory CLL. Read More »

Heat Biologics Inc. on Tuesday announced it enrolled the first patient in a Phase 1b clinical trial that examines the combination of its HS-110 therapeutic vaccine and the Bristol-Myers Squibb PD-1 inhibitor nivolumab (Opdivo) in non-small cell lung cancer. Read More »

Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. on Monday announced that patient enrollment has commenced in the Phase 2 clinical study of its investigational new drug, Resunab, designed for the treatment of diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis. Read More »

Gregory MacMichael and Howard B. Johnson named new vice presidents Read More »

Price Chopper Supermarkets in New York has announced the acquisition of Fairway Pharmacy in Montrose, Pennsylvania, made effective on Monday. Read More »

Rite Aid Corporation today announced that seasonal flu shots are now available at all Rite Aid pharmacies nationwide. Read More »

Community Scripts LLC has been granted National Minority Supplier Development Council Minority Business Enterprise Certification. Read More »

Rite Aid has recently collaborated with HealthSpot to deploy telepresence pharmacy kiosks at 25 Rite Aid pharmacies across Ohio. 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 »

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 »

Rochester Drug Cooperative agrees to fund pharmacy to give students hands-on experience. Read More »

Immune Pharmaceuticals, Inc., said Monday it entered into a definitive license and research agreement with Yissum to license some Yissum's patents for the development and commercialization of a topical nano-formulated version of AmiKet. AmiKet, a topical drug for the treatment of neuropathic pain, has undergone trials involving more than 1,700 patients demonstrating comparable effectiveness to the high dose of the oral standard of care, gabapentin in a double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase II c Read More »

Health Plus Management Services LLC recently announced its new executive leadership team, recruited by Founder and CEO Stuart Blumberg, to assist him in taking Health Plus Management (HPM) to the next level of growth. Read More »

Kodak Alaris and McLernon Computers team up to provider faster prescription service. Read More »

McGraw-Hill Education yesterday announced Pharmacotherapy: Principles and Practice, Third Edition, is now available online for the first time through AccessPharmacy, McGraw-Hill Education's online resource for pharmacy students and instructors and practicing pharmacists. Read More »

The Business Council of New York State says proposed state legislation would limit pharmacy mail order options for health insurance purchasers. Read More »

According to data in the 2014 National Progress Report, Surescripts processed 6.5 billion health data transactions in 2014 -- more transactions in one year tham American Express and PayPal. Read More »

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC today announced that Hikma’s founder and honorary life president, Samih Darwazah, passed away Friday at the age of 85. Read More »