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UsAgainstAlzheimer’s confident in new line of Alzheimer’s drugs

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 1, 2016
Seventeen new drugs to treat Alzheimer's are currently being produced

Recent research conducted by ResearchersAgainstAlzheimer’s (RA2), an UsAgainstAlzheimer’s (UsA2) network, reports 17 new drugs aimed at treating Alzheimer’s will be developed in the next five years. Read More »

Actinium names Jennifer Liberi Director of Clinical Operations

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 1, 2016
Actinium has named Jennifer Liberi the new Director of Clinical Operations

Actinium Pharmaceuticals has announced that it has named Jennifer Liberi Director of Clinical Operations. Read More »

Oasmia enrolls first patient into Phase 1 Docecal trial

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 1, 2016
Oasmia has enrolled the first patient to take part in its Phase 1 trial for Docecal

Oasmia Pharmaceuticals, which develops innovative drugs within human and veterinary oncology, has announced that the first patient to take part in the Phase 1 clinical trial for Docecal, the company’s groundbreaking cancer treatment, has been enrolled. Read More »

FDA grants Actinium’s Iomab-B orphan drug designation

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 1, 2016
The FDA has granted Actinium's Iomab-B orphan drug designation

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation for Iomab-B, a radioimmunotherapeutic developed by Actinium Pharmaceuticals that is designed to aid patients with reverted and stubborn Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) so they can receive a Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT). Read More »

Washington attorney comments on skyrocketing prescription drug costs

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 2, 2016
William Schiffbauer, a Washington attorney, has weighed in on skyrocketing prescription drug costs.

In the wake of recent scandals involving drug manufacturers such as Valeant, renewed attention has been drawn to the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs and the attendant problem of rising health insurance costs across the U.S. Read More »

Amgen and UCB release positive data from Phase 3 romosozumab trial

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 4, 2016
Amgen and UCB have released data from the Phase 3 romosozumab trial

Amgen and UCB have announced the results of the Phase 3 trial for romosozumab. Read More »

BCBSIL and ICS announce oncology Intensive Medical Home program

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 4, 2016
BCBSIL and ICS have announced the first oncology Intensive Medical Home program to treat patients

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) and Illinois Cancer Specialists (ICS) have announced the very first oncology intensive medical home (IMH) pilot program in Illinois. Read More »

ASHP’s annual midyear meeting wins multiple awards

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 4, 2016
The ASHP's Midyear Clinical Meeting won multiple trade show awards

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ (ASHP) Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition was recently honored with three awards. Read More »

New policies announced by APhA House of Delegates

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 4, 2016
The APhA House of Delegates voted on the new policies at the APhA Annual Meeting and Exposition 2016

The APhA (American Pharmacists Association) House of Delegates has published the report detailing the polices that were adopted at the APhA Annual Meeting and Exposition (APhA 2016) in Baltimore, Maryland. Read More »

Rich Pharmaceuticals contracts oncology clinical study to CMIC ASIA-PACIFIC

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 5, 2016

Rich Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced this week that CMIC ASIA-PACIFIC PTD. LTD., an Asian contract research organization (CRO), will run the first phase of an upcoming oncology clinical. Read More »

MHLW approves GSK’s Nucala in Japan

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 5, 2016
The MHLW approved Nacula based on data from mepolizumab studies

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced the approval of Nucala (mepolizumab) by the Japanese Ministry of Health Labor and Welfare (MHLW). Read More »

URAC awards Specialty Pharmacy accreditation to CVS Specialty

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 5, 2016
CVS Specialty was awarded Specialty Pharmacy accreditation by the URAC

CVS Health has announced that its specialty pharmacy, CVS Specialty, has been awarded Specialty Pharmacy accreditation from URAC. Read More »

Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals announces collaboration with United Networks of America

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 5, 2016
The Children's Miracle Network Hospitals has announced a collaboration with the United Networks of America

The Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals has announced that it will be entering a collaborative effort with the United Networks of America (UNA). Read More »

Pharmacies benefitting from technology

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 6, 2016
More and more pharmacies are beginning to benefit from the use of technology

One pharmaceutical company executive stated that the challenges retail and outpatient pharmacies face in regards to the reimbursement and regulatory environment can be solved by technology. Read More »

Pfizer’s new Prevenar 13 presentation approved by EMA

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 6, 2016
Pfizer's new Prevenar 13 presentation has been approved by the EMA

Pfizer has announced that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has approved a new presentation of Prevenar 13 (pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine [13-valent, absorbed]). Read More »

ASHP announces 2016 ASHP Student Leadership Award recipients

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 6, 2016
The ASHP has announced the 2016 recipients of the ASHP Student Leadership Award

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) has acknowledged the accomplishments of 11 pharmacy students for their leadership on campus and in the pharmacy practice setting by awarding them with the ASHP Student Leadership Award. Read More »

FDA approves Inflectra for IV infusion

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 7, 2016

Victims of digestive disorders, arthritis and psoriasis are one step closer to relief as of April 5, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Inflectra to address Crohn’s, colitis, and other chronic ailments. Read More »

INFELCTRA approved by the FDA

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 7, 2016
The FDA has approved Celltrion's INFELCTRA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Celltrion’s INFLECTRA (biosimilar infliximab) for all qualified indications of the reference product, Remicade (infliximab). Read More »

Awards given to student pharmacists as part of the Generation Rx program

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 7, 2016
The Generation Rx Awards were presented at the APhA2016 Annual Meeting and Esposition

The Cardinal Health Foundation and The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy honored student pharmacists nationwide and a clinical professor of pharmacy as part of the Generation Rx education and outreach initiative. Read More »

Pfizer and IBM announce remote monitoring solutions partnership

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 7, 2016
The partnership between Pfizer and IBM would deliver real-time information through an innovative system

Pfizer and IBM announced today a novel research partnership that will lead to the development of groundbreaking remote monitoring solutions focused on revolutionizing the care Parkinson’s patients receive. Read More »

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