Co-pay coupons and discounts offered to consumers ultimately will lead to higher costs across society as they increasingly drive up premiums, according to one leading expert on prescription drugs. Read More »
PANTHERx Specialty Pharmacy has been recognized as the fifth-best place to work in health care in Modern Healthcare’s ninth annual Best Places to Work in Healthcare Awards, a nationwide program that recognizes the industry’s exceptional organizations. Read More »
The Arthritis Foundation, in association with Eli Lilly and Co., has launched a new initiative called “Living Your Yes With RA.” Read More »
Tetraphase Pharmceuticals has placed its first patient in its Phase 3 IGNITE4 clinical study involving intravenous eravacycline has been dosed with the medication. Read More »
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended that Opdivo from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. be approved to treat relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma in adult patients who have previously received autologous stem cell transplant and been treated with brentuximab vedotin. Read More »
Genentech's 0.5 mg prefilled syringe Lucentis has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a new means to administer the medication. Read More »
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Recent data from Allergan's range of irritable bowel syndrome treatments were the focus of two poster presentations at the American College of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting. Read More »
CleanSlate Centers will now give Optum members access to effective treatment options for opioid addiction in response to the increasing opioid addiction crisis that is plaguing the United States. Read More »
UnitedHealthcare has unveiled its 2017 Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug plans, which include a new AARP MericareRx Walgreens plan that will be insured by UnitedHealthcare. Read More »
UnitedHealthcare's 2.4 million clients enrolled in its employer-sponsored health plans will soon be able to access Real Appeal, an online weight-loss program that is personalized, interactive and uses personal coaches and an internet television show that inspires individuals to be active, get healthy and lose weight. Read More »
According to a report by the 2016 NCPA Digest, which is sponsored by Cardinal Health, independent community pharmacies are an important to patients. Read More »
Eli Lilly and Co. has launched an innovative new plan to increase the access of quality health care and to see the improvement of long-term health care for millions of individuals on a global scale. Read More »
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals' Dr. Luigi Lenaz has been appointed the new lead director, a position recently created by the company. Read More »
Walgreens has installed more than 500 safe medication disposal kiosks at pharmacy locations across 35 states and in Washington, D.C., reaching the goal it set out to achieve. Read More »
Perlara PBC, formerly known as Perlstein Lab PBC, has agreed to a drug discovery and development partnership with Novartis that will lead to the identification of new definitive therapeutics for the treatment of lysosomal storage disorders. Read More »
Avella Specialty Pharmacy will acquire Advanced Pharma in a deal to be finalized in the fourth quarter of this year. Read More »
Mauna Kea Technologies' results of its CONTACT clinical trial have been presented at the United European Gastroenterology Week 2016 meeting. Read More »
CVS Health has launched CVS Pay across the country. Read More »
Walgreens Boots Alliance and Rite Aid Corp. have issued a joint announcement stating that the two companies have mutually agreed to extend their merger agreement end date to Jan. 27. Read More »
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Arrow Pharmaceuticals intends to give two presentations at The Liver Meeting 2016 on its investigational medicine designed to treat liver disease linked to alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, ARC-AAT. Read More »
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