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Issue: JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2012

Manufacturers are reviving their serialization plans

February 22, 2012

Veterans of the pharma serialization wars of the past eight years are starting to smile again: business activity is picking up in companies announcing projects, releasing RFPs and renewing debates over how best to proceed. After California postponed its serialization […]

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Obama seeks to strengthen supply chain security, protect US intellectual property

January 26, 2012

One element of the 2012 State of the Union address delivered on Jan. 24 was to create a “Trade Enforcement Unit” that will investigate unfair trading practices affecting US imports; it will include “more inspections to prevent counterfeit or unsafe […]

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Specialty pharma contracting provider makes prior authorization paperwork easy

January 24, 2012

Getting prior authorization for reimbursement for specialty pharmaceuticals can be a key stumbling block to connecting patients with prescribed meds. Without the prior auth, patients sometimes return to their physician to seek cheaper or alternative meds that their health plans […]

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HDMA updates its barcode guidance for wholesaler members

January 24, 2012

Although the very concept of standardization of something like National Drug Codes (NDCs) on pharmaceutical packages would seem to be straightforward, in fact there have been many variations—with special placeholder digits in the NDC, for example—that various parts of the […]

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Verify Brand re-enters life-sciences serialization market with dedicated software offering

January 24, 2012

Verify Brand (Minneapolis) is no Johnny-come-lately to the serialization/track-and-trace battlefield in life sciences; the company was actually founded (in 2003) in the business, but left it as a matter of survival after the California e-pedigree rules were postponed in 2008. […]

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New York State considers real-time reporting of controlled-substances prescribing

January 24, 2012

Although New York State is one of over 40 states that has a prescription monitoring program (PMP) to prevent drug abusers from filling multiple subscriptions by fraudulently obtaining scrip sheets or prescriptions, the system takes 15 to 45 days to […]

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UPS Healthcare Logistics adds to network with an Italian acquisition

January 11, 2012

Every three months or so, UPS Healthcare Logistics, a dedicated unit of Big Brown for pharma, med devices and other healthcare products, announces the opening of a new distribution center or transportation hub; now it is growing by acquisition as […]

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US wholesaler-distributor network saves manufacturers $42 billion annually, says HDMA research center

January 11, 2012

The 3rd edition (coming out roughly every three years) of The Role of Distributors in the U.S. Healthcare Industry uses analysis by Booz & Co. to measure the overall economic impact of the current system of drug distribution. At the […]

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Gartner 2011 Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 puts Cardinal Health at No. 1

January 11, 2012

Gartner’s 2011 Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 shows considerable movement from last year’s, with Cardinal Health replacing Owens & Minor as the top billing. “Cardinal made significant gains in the opinion component of the poll, a reflection of the credibility […]

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Digital marketing captures a greater ‘share of mind’ among pharma marketing, says Cutting Edge Information

January 11, 2012

Digital communication channels are all the rage in marketing programs at pharma companies, even as the industry watches guardedly for new regulatory actions from FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP; formerly DDMAC). The industry is not standing still in […]

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