Based on its National Sales Perspective audited compilation, IMS Health’s annual summary of US pharma sales (at the trade level) totaled $291.5 billion; its 1.3% increase did not even match the rate of inflation for the year, and the percentage […]
Read MorePrescriptions routed electronically more than doubled to 68 million in 2008, rising from 29 million in 2007. And the increased participation by payers in e-prescribing enabled access to prescription benefit and history information for 65% of patients in the U.S, […]
Read MoreIndianapolis-based institutional pharmacy Wellfount is implementing the Talyst InSite pharmacy automation system at 40 licensed long-term care facilities. The Talyst (Bellevue, WA) system is a freestanding, secure dispensing unit located on site. Medication orders from the facility are approved […]
Read MoreMeanwhile, new report counts low- and medium-access physicians To help drug sales reps enhance their credibility with the medical community, CMR Institute (Roanoke, VA) has launched an e-learning educational program covering such topics as anatomy, pharmacology, disease state management, […]
Read MoreMcKesson has mustered over 14,000 employees to do a volunteer project of assembling and delivering care packages to some 16,000 hospitalized US veterans. The project is part of McKesson’s support of National Volunteer week, which ran April 20-25. Volunteers assembled […]
Read MorePhysician subscribers to clinical content provider Epocrates Inc. (San Mateo, CA) information services learned via iPhone and BlackBerry of the early April voluntary phased withdrawal of Raptiva (efalizumab), the psoriasis treatment from Genentech. “Within hours of the withdrawal, Epocrates […]
Read MoreThe agreement by Express Scripts Inc. of St. Louis to acquire WellPoint Inc.’s (Indianapolis) NextRx subsidiaries for $4.7 billion is largely being viewed in a positive light, both strategically and operationally. The combined pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) entity is expected […]
Read MoreMcKesson Plasma and BioLogics is a new business unit that is set up to deliver plasma, globulins, blood factors and some related biotech products to clinics and other specialty providers. Ted Boyle, VP and GM of the new unit, based […]
Read MoreIn March, Deloitte’s Center for Health Solutions (Washington DC) released its second annual survey of consumer trends in healthcare. The project, which is intended to build a longterm longitudinal study of the healthcare market, refined the analysis that the Center […]
Read MoreNew Jersey physicians wrote nearly two million electronic prescriptions in 2008, a 20% increase over the 2007 rate, according to Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (BCBSNJ; Newark) and CVS Caremark. Some 1,000 New Jersey prescribers currently use […]
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