Hey, what’s this supply chain stuff?
Healthcare confronts opioid addiction
Drug-based therapies for opioid dependency gain acceptance and reimbursement
FDA issues guidances on biosimilarity naming, interchangeability
Interchangeability will require ‘switching studies’ and postmarketing surveillance
Pediatric drug-development generates innovation in packaging and formulation
A manufacturer chooses Almac Group for commercializing minitablets in stickpacks
US Drug Pricing Debate: Finding some dearly needed real solutions
A conversation with Mark Sell, MD Logistics
Getting to prescribers via the diagnostics route
Big data company gains insights from rapid analysis of lab results
Pharmaceutical Cargo Security Coalition (PCSC) sets expanded agenda
The latest in cargo theft prevention, security and law enforcement activity
Commercial IT moves to the cloud
Five commercial trends to watch in 2017
Consultant pharmacists and long-term care 101
Resources for education about senior citizens and long-term care
HDA Specialty Distribution 2016 report
More hospital, but fewer practitioner deliveries
Streamlining pharma-HCP communications with a common identity standard
Consortium led by Veeva will establish a non-proprietary identity and permission framework
EY Firepower report: Big Pharma well-positioned for 2017 M&A activity
Watch for Washington tax policy reform to affect 2017 business
Elapsed time from discovery to launch remains ‘stubbornly long,’ says QuintilesIMS study
Shorter elapsed time in recent years shows encouraging improvement
HHS issues a final rule on 340b policy details
Meanwhile, Congress strategizes repealing Obamacare, which expanded the 340b program
For 15th straight year, nurses top Gallup poll of most trusted professions
Healthcare providers occupy top three slots
Oops! ... FDA drug approvals slump badly in 2016
Only 20 new molecular entities passed muster this year, less than half of 2015’s total
Medical associations, policy groups organize to fight counterfeit drugs and rogue online pharmacies
New consumer-education campaign led by Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies
Senators wrap up Turing-Valeant hearings on price gouging
A preamble for a next round of legislating drug pricing?
TraceLink survey sees a more complex, less-unified approach to DSCSA
Just released survey details lack of consensus and difficulties with current requirements
Cold chain movement from the primary-distributor perspective
HDA’s latest Factbook tracks temperature-controlled distribution
