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  • 2017

Magellan strikes deal to acquire Senior Whole Health

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 22, 2017
Magellan operates specialized managed care plans.

Magellan Health Inc. struck a deal this month to acquire Senior Whole Health, a provider of Medicare and Medicaid to dual-eligible clients in Massachusetts and New York. Read More »

FDA approves Lannett's Cyproheptadine Hydrochloride Syrup

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 22, 2017
Cyproheptadine Hydrochloride Syrup acts as an antihistamine.

Lannett Company Inc. of Philadelphia recently obtained and subsequently announced FDA approval of its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Cyproheptadine Hydrochloride Syrup (Cyproheptadine Hydrochloride Oral Solution, USP) in 2 mg/5 mL dosage form. Read More »

AmeriHealth Caritas Louisiana earns NCQA distinction

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 22, 2017
AmeriHealth Caritas Louisiana strives to serve all populations.

Demonstrating excellence in overcoming cultural barriers to quality care, Medicaid managed health care plan AmeriHealth Caritas Louisiana of Baton Rouge recently merited an honor from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). Read More »

GSK gears up for flu season with U.S. vaccine shipment

Carol Ostrow | Jul 22, 2017
As many as 40 million doses are predicted for shipping in anticipation of the next flu season.

GSK (GlaxoSmithKline PLC) recently commenced follow-up to approval gained from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for shipping vaccines combating influenza to nationwide health care providers in advance of the 2017-18 flu season. Read More »

GE Healthcare attains Novia Strategies to build capacity for improved outcomes

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 22, 2017
GE Healthcare Camden Group has served over 2,400 health care facilities and systems.

Joining forces with experienced clinicians from Novia Strategies, GE Healthcare recently acquired the 22-year-old California-founded consulting group to enhance its capability for driving optimal outcomes through organizational improvement. Read More »

PrescribeCare cloud pharmacy service enters North Carolina

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 25, 2017
Hundreds of Community Care of North Carolina customers will have access to PrescribeWellness services.

Shifting from a “pill-centric to patient-centric” focus, cloud-based prescription service is now available for North Carolina consumers — enabling streamlined information sharing and care coordination — provider PrescribeWellness announced recently from its hub in Irvine, California. Read More »

Principia Biopharma’s PRN1008 gains FDA orphan drug status

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 25, 2017
Pemphigus vulgaris impacts approximately 40,000 individuals nationwide.

PRN1008 — acting as a reversible covalent Bruton’s Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) inhibitor — has attained orphan drug designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating pemphigus vulgaris, its producer Principia Biopharma Inc. announced recently. Read More »

Vosevi gains FDA approval as chronic hepatitis C drug

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 25, 2017
Studies found that 96 percent of the patients treated reached an undetectable viral load 12 weeks after therapy was completed.

Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients have a new treatment option with the approval of Vosevi (sofosbuvir 400 mg/velpatasvir 100 mg/voxilaprevir 100 mg) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Read More »

Australian institutes pool resources to treat diabetes, obesity

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 25, 2017
UniQuest specializes in commercializing intellectual property and research results.

Launching a four-year research program to develop diabetes and obesity treatments, PreveCeutical Medical Inc. of Vancouver, British Columbia recently signed an agreement with UniQuest Pty Ltd. of the University of Queensland in Australia. Read More »

Amgen, Array BioPharma pool efforts to attack autoimmune disorders

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 25, 2017
Array BioPharma leaders referred to Amgen as “a leader in treatments for inflammatory disease.”

Amgen of Thousand Oaks, California and Array BioPharma of Boulder, Colorado recently created a cooperative contract to develop innovative drugs aimed at combating autoimmune disorders after Array’s breakthrough discovery of certain target and lead inhibitors. Read More »

PCMA promotes policies preventing opioid abuse

Carol Ostrow | Jul 25, 2017
Mark Merritt advised streamlining state prescription drug management programs.

Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) President and CEO Mark Merritt has written directly to U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb to offer the association’s concise solution for fast-tracking “common-sense” improvements to the nation’s opioid abuse policy. Read More »

RedHill Biopharma completes BEKINDA Phase II study

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 26, 2017
The primary endpoint is the stool consistency response and pain.

The last patient in the Phase II BEKINDA (RBH-102) study has completed the treatment and follow-up, RedHill Biopharma Ltd. announced on Monday. Read More »

Alere launches rapid urine drug screen

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 26, 2017
The Alere iCup RX can detect five drugs in a urine sample in five minutes.

Test detects five most commonly misused and abused prescription drugs; five-minute results will facilitate rapid interventions in prescription drug abuse. Read More »

Arcadia water-use efficiency trait passes early FDA assessment

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 26, 2017
Water-use efficiency refers to the ratio of water metabolized by a plant to the water lost by a plant.

Agricultural technology firm Arcadia Biosciences Inc. has successfully attained an Early Food Safety Evaluation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration determining that its functional protein product is safe for humans and animals. Read More »

Optum and Merck simulate contractual reimbursement models

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 26, 2017
The companies will use a shared laboratory to explore both value-based and pay-for-performance models.

Optum, UnitedHealth Group’s health services business, and Merck recently announced collaboration on developing and simulating the performance of contractual reimbursement models that align payment for prescription drugs with patient health outcomes. Read More »

Novartis receives expanded approval for lymphoma drug

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 26, 2017
In 2017, Zykadia was granted breakthrough designation by the FDA.

Novartis' Zykadia, a treatment for patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer whose tumors are anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive, has been approved for expanded use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Read More »

EMD Serono showcases 14 presentations at CMSC's annual meeting

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 26, 2017
The data shows Cladribine reduces annualized relapse rate in patients compared to placebo.

EMD Serono, the biopharmaceutical business of Merck KGaA in the United States and Canada, recently showcased 14 presentations at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers, including eight sets of data on Cladribine Tablet, a treatment for patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis. Read More »

Committee OKs proposed anemia drug from Pfizer

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 28, 2017
Pfizer is seeking FDA approval for the drug to treat anemia stemming from a variety of issues.

Pfizer Inc.'s proposed epoetin alfa biosimilar has been recommended for approval across all indications by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee. Read More »

Sun Pharmaceuticals moves ahead with psoriasis-treating drug

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 28, 2017
Sun Pharmaceutical’s BLA filing for the drug comes after two Phase III trials.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.'s Biologics License Application for tildrakizumab has been accepted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Read More »

Xynomic Pharma teams with UCSF for PAX Study

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 28, 2017
The study will use data from Xynomic Pharma’s Phase 1b study, which was sponsored by the National Cancer Institute.

Xynomic Pharma's has initiated a strategic partnership with the University of California San Francisco for a PAX Study – a multi-national, multi-center, randomized Phase 2/3 study of Pazopanib plus Abexinostat, as opposed to Pazopanib monotherapy in patients with locally advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Read More »

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