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CVS Health's Advanced Care Scripts attains URAC accreditation

Carrie Bradon | Apr 18, 2017
CVS Health's Advanced Care Scripts distributes specialty medications to customers who suffer from more complicated health issues.

CVS Health's Advanced Care Scripts has earned accreditation in Specialty Pharmacy from URAC, the leader in health care accreditation, certification and overall measurement. Read More »

Bristol-Myers Squibb licenses potential Alzheimer's drug to Biogen

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 15, 2017
An estimated 25 million people worldwide suffer from Alzheimer’s.

Biogen has entered into a licensing agreement for BMS-986168 with Bristol-Myers Squibb to initiate Phase II studies for the antibody treatment for Alzheimer’s disease and progressive supranuclear palsy. Read More »

Shire delivers data on Cuvitru at AAAI annual meeting

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 14, 2017

Shire plc recently delivered data at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology annual meeting on its Cuvitru drug, which treats patients with primary immunodeficiency. Read More »

Sanofi and Regeneron present Phase 3 Chronos study findings

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 14, 2017
The Chronos study evaluated the drug Dupixent.

Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals recently presented Phase 3 Chronos study results at the late-breaking oral abstract session of the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology. Read More »

Biologics to be exclusive provider of breakthrough medication

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 11, 2017
BAVENCIO showed that 78.6 percent of patients responded to the medication in seven weeks' time.

Biologics Inc., which is owned by McKesson Specialty Health, has been chosen as the exclusive specialty pharmacy provider for BAVENCIO (avelumab). Read More »

Daiichi Sankyo sells Pennsylvania plant to Sharp Packaging

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 11, 2017
Though Sharp has gained ownership of the property, it has extended employment to former employees of the plant.

Daiichi Sankyo Inc.has sold its pharmaceutical packaging plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to Sharp Packaging Services, a division of UDG Healthcare. Read More »

Walgreens, Prime Therapeutics to form AllianceRx Walgreens Prime

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 10, 2017
Walgreens and Prime Therapeutics to offer mail services and specialty pharmacy services.

Walgreens and Prime Therapeutics LLC merge to offer specialty pharmacy and mail services Read More »

Daiichi Sankyo enrolls first patient in Eliminate-AF study

Mark Iandolo | Apr 10, 2017
Lixiana is designed to fight Vitamin K antagonists in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing catheter ablation.

Daiichi Sankyo Inc. recently announced the enrollment of the first person for its Eliminate-AF study. Read More »

Bracco Imaging invests in health technology company

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 9, 2017
Bracco will be better able to give health care leaders and organizations higher standards of patient safety.

Bracco Imaging has invested in PHS Technologies Group to solidify Bracco's role in the industry and increase the scope of its portfolio software applications related to dose management. Read More »

Allergan uncovers potential for using Botox to treat depression

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 9, 2017
The women were assigned to three different groups, each of which received a 30 U Botox injection, a 50 U Botox injection, or a placebo.

Popularly known for its ability to enhance facial appearance cosmetically, Botox is now under scrutiny for its possible application for treating major depressive disorder, based on data from a study undertaken by Allergan. Read More »

McKesson Corp. completes acquisition of CoverMyMeds

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 6, 2017
McKesson Corp. collaborates with manufacturers, distributors, pharmacies, governments and other entities.

Health care supply distributor McKesson Corp. of San Francisco has completed its acquisition of CoverMyMeds LLC, an Ohio-based source of electronic authorization technology for medical providers and pharmacists. Read More »

Change Healthcare unveils latest clinical support solution

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 6, 2017
Change Healthcare strives to support appropriate care while streamlining administrative burdens.

Change Healthcare recently announced the unveiling of InterQual 2017, the company’s flagship clinical decision support solution. Read More »

Phase 2 Evenity study shows promising results

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 6, 2017
For the last 12 months of the study, all patients received Evenity for 12 months.

Amgen and UCB recently announced that their phase 2 study for Evenity (romosozumab) showed positive fourth-year results for efficacy and safety as a second course of treatment for postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. Read More »

Bristol-Myers and Incyte to launch Phase 3 studies of drug combination

Mark Iandolo | Apr 6, 2017

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Incyte Corp. have agreed to advance their clinical development program. Read More »

Mylan acquires global rights to Cold-EEZE family of products

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 3, 2017
The Cold-EEZE line includes numerous over-the-counter cold remedies.

Mylan N.V. has acquired the global rights to Cold-EEZE, a cold remedy line of products, from ProPhase Labs Inc. Read More »

White paper released on latex allergy risks in health care

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 3, 2017
According to the white paper, confusion exists as to products sold with “latex free” or “does not contain latex” labels.

Allergy & Asthma Network and Avella Specialty Pharmacy have released a white paper underscoring latex allergy risks and how that relates to the health care industry. Read More »

Smith Drug Co. supports end to retroactive Medicare D billing

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 1, 2017
The billing tactics impact Medicare patients’ costs and CMS disbursements.

In an effort to obtain legitimate protections for seniors, taxpayers and pharmacies, pharmaceutical wholesaler Smith Drug Company recently expressed support for Congressional legislation to prevent benefit managers from billing customers retroactively for Medicare Part D prescriptions. Read More »

Merck KGaA teams with Avillion for psoriasis treatment

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 31, 2017
Merck has completed Phase I for the Anti IL-17 A/F Nanobody product.

Merck KGaA has signed an agreement with U.K.-based research and development firm Avillion for an investigative, branded pharmaceutical product designed to address plaque psoriasis, with Avillion’s financial support. Read More »

Pharmacy industry report says price discounts miss mark

Michael Carroll | Mar 30, 2017
Out-of-pocket costs for drugs is dropping overall,  according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

A group representing pharmacy benefit managers is criticizing a report by a drug industry lobbying group that concludes the managers are not passing along drug rebates and discounts to patients. Read More »

Walgreens designates 50 pharmacies as cancer care centers

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 29, 2017
Walgreens is positively impacting the health care of over 1.2 million people nationwide living with or in remission from a blood cancer.

Walgreens recently designated over 50 of its nationwide pharmacy locations as cancer specialty centers outfitted with highly trained staff in breast, prostate, colorectal, lung and blood cancer directives with specialized curricula. Read More »

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