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Renova, Janssen team up to develop stresscopin

American Pharmacy News Reports | Feb 8, 2017
Acute Decompensated Heart Failure makes up about half of all heart failure-related instances of hospitalization. 

Renova Therapeutics Inc. recently entered an alliance with Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. for the development of new treatments for congestive heart failure and Type 2 diabetes. Read More »

Former Walmart executive joins Amgen Board of Directors

American Pharmacy News Reports | Feb 9, 2017
Charles Holley Jr. has joined the Amgen Board of Directors.

Charles Holley Jr. has joined the Amgen Board of Directors as a member of the Audit Committee and the Corporate Responsibility and Compliance Committee.  Read More »

Spartanburg County law enforcement receives 60 doses of opiate antidote

American Pharmacy News Reports | Feb 9, 2017
South Carolina's Spartanburg County   will receive 60 Opiate Overdose Kits, valued at more than $6,000.

Spartanburg County will receive 60 Opiate Overdose Kits, valued at more than $6,000, from Smith Drug Co. Read More »

Allergan introduces See America initiative

American Pharmacy News Reports | Feb 11, 2017
Without a nationwide intervention, cases of preventable blindness and visual impairment are projected to double by 2050.

Allergan PLC recently started See America, a new initiative to combat preventable blindness in the U.S. Read More »

House votes to expand roles of pharmacists across country

American Pharmacy News Reports | Feb 11, 2017
Pharmacists play an important role in our rural communities.

The U.S. House of Representative recently passed legislation that increases the role of pharmacists in patient needs by expanded the services that pharmacies offer. Read More »

ACIP extends guidelines for 2017 vaccination schedule

American Pharmacy News Reports | Feb 11, 2017
The ACIP also finalized the 2017 vaccination schedule for adults in the United States.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, an extension of the Centers for Disease Control, recommends not using the live influenza vaccine due to poor efficacy.  Read More »

Sanofi's Xyzal Allergy 24HR receives over the counter clearance

American Pharmacy News Reports | Feb 11, 2017
Allergy medication from Sanofi is now available over the counter.

Sanofi, a global leader in health care and medication distribution, has received FDA approval of Xyzal Allergy 24HR as an over-the-counter medicine. Read More »

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals presents at 35th J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

American Pharmacy News Reports | Feb 11, 2017
Information from ACADIA can be found on its website, at www.acadia-pharm.com.

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals was chosen to present at the 35th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference this year.  Read More »

Pfizer partners with relationship expert

American Pharmacy News Reports | Feb 11, 2017
Pfizer’s role will be to facilitate the information to arthritis.com as it becomes available.

Pfizer Inc. has partnered with relationship expert Logan Levkoff to host a Q&A session on relationship and intimacy advice for people dealing with chronic diseases.  Read More »

NACDS Conference addresses future role of pharmacies

American Pharmacy News Reports | Feb 11, 2017
The annual NACDS conference attracts drug stores and supermarket chains with four to 250 locations.

The recent National Association of Chain Drug Stores Regional Chain Conference in Palm Beach, Florida addressed the important role of pharmacies in this country amid possible changes under President Donald Trump's administration. Read More »

i-Health Inc. takes steps to acquire probiotic company

American Pharmacy News Reports | Feb 12, 2017
UP4 has a wide range of supplements.

i-Health Inc. is moving toward the acquisition of UP4 Probiotics from UAS Laboratories LLC in an arrangement the company believes will help it become a leader in the probiotic world. Read More »

CMS offers resources to expand pharmacy care

American Pharmacy News Reports | Feb 12, 2017
Pharmacies are not required to use the new bulletin to maintain Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements.

The Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services is encouraging pharmacies to extend the scope of dispensing medications to foster immediate access to certain drugs.   Read More »

Eli Lilly updates label for Trulicity

American Pharmacy News Reports | Feb 12, 2017
Eli Lilly also stated Trucility is not a replacement for insulin.

Eli Lilly & Co. has updated the label of Trulicity, a drug used to help control Type 2 diabetes, to state that the drug may be used in combination with insulin. Read More »

sPCMA Business Forum to address key industry topics

American Pharmacy News Reports | Feb 12, 2017
Those panelists and more will debate the high price of drugs and other industry issues.

The sPCMA Business Forum will be held March 8-9, providing valuable information into specialty drug benefit management, specialty pharmacies, drug manufacturers and related topics.  Read More »

U.S. Supreme Court to review California ruling against pharmaceutical firm

John Breslin | Feb 13, 2017
The California Supreme Court's ruling against Bristol-Myers-Squibb will be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Pharmaceutical companies, trial lawyers and tort reform advocates are closely following a case that the U.S. Supreme Court has taken up that addresses the issue of plaintiffs joining suits in other states. Read More »

Express Scripts: PBMs' "put medicine within reach for payers and patients"

Vimbai Chikomo | Feb 13, 2017
Between 2008 and 2016, average list prices for a market basket of the most commonly used brand name drugs increased 208 percent.

The listed price for brand-name drugs increased 11 percent last year, but the largest pharmacy benefits manager in the U.S. said it shielded employers it works with from the bulk of that increase. Read More »

Critics worry Trump will undo FDA safeguards

American Pharmacy News Reports | Feb 14, 2017
Jim O’Neill is the leading candidate to head FDA.

Soem critics argue that decades of U.S. Food and Drug Administration safeguards could be in jeopardy with President Donald Trump’s pick for head of the FDA. Read More »

Manufacturer says blood pressure machines meet CDC guidelines

American Pharmacy News Reports | Feb 14, 2017
Kiosk machines must have software that directly transfers results to the pharmacist.

PharmaSmart International, a specialist in blood pressure kiosks, announced that its machines meet new Centers for Disease Control guidelines. Read More »

Generic alliance rebrands as Association for Accessible Medicines to improve access

American Pharmacy News Reports | Feb 15, 2017
Generic alliance rebrands as Association for Accessible Medicines to improve access

The newly rebranded Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM) recently launched a nationwide campaign with the mission of 'Keeping Medicines in Reach,' sharing patient profiles and maintaining its vision to control existing drug costs. Read More »

Appeals court lifts injunction on Praluent

American Pharmacy News Reports | Feb 15, 2017
Regeneron is challenging both the injunction ruling and the validity of the appeal process.

A U.S. appeals court suspended a permanent injunction on Praluent, a cholesterol management drug, allowing Regeneron Pharmaceuticals to once again manufacture, market, sell and ship the drug around the world. Read More »

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