Proposed Pfizer-Allergan merger could be the biggest ever, at $160 billion
Plans for splitting Pfizer itself are put on hold
Halloran Consulting and Metrics Champion Consortium team up for education on clinical trial metrics
A Community of Practice (CoP) for small- to medium-sized trial sponsors is in the offing
Healthcare supply chains are working better, but there's room for improvement
2015 UPS (Pain) in the Supply Chain survey finds shortcomings in contingency planning
New distribution center opens in Texas
Woodfield expands third-party logistics (3PL) services from its Florida base
Global drug spending will increase 29-32%, to $1.4 trillion through 2020, says IMS Health
US spending will rise by 34%, reaching $560-590 billion
Health Market Science is now LexisNexis for Life Sciences
Acquisition rebranding will build out the business' Risk Solutions unit
PBMs are squeezing independent long term care pharmacies, says Avalere Health study
Higher dispensing costs and rising negative margins
Biosimilars: what's in a name?
While FDA tries to referee the naming conventions for biosimilars, different factions of the healthcare system weigh in with conflicting priorities
Who's the best in business-process outsourcing?
Accenture, Cognizant and PwC more or less tie for their capabilities in life sciences sales & marketing consulting, says IDC
PDI chooses Veeva's Network Customer Master solution for MDM management
PDI had been struggling with a customer dataset of millions of physicians, nurse practitioners, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals (HCPs)
Zephyr Health introduces a new IT tool for product life-cycle management
Zephyr Illuminate pools disparate data for predictive analytics for commercial operations
Transparency-reporting trends in Europe
'European companies will not be able to follow the exact path to operational compliance as their US counterparts,' says IMS Health survey
Almac Group partners with QuickSTAT to cut clinical cold-chain delivery times
New center near Almac's Northern Ireland HQ expedites shipments worldwide
For better patient data in pharma, think CUPID
A Common Universal Patient de-IDentifier could greatly enhance the value of industry data assets
GDUFA Fee Relief For Small Businesses
Fees paid to FDA by small generic manufacturers are financially 'unfair'
Dissecting the speed-to-therapy question
Are hubs a help or hindrance in getting patients on therapy?
AmerisourceBergen defines its path forward in traceability
Getting products to market fast with the 3PL Title Model
A contractual arrangement that could save time and money for brand owners
Cell 'banking' business will grow 16%+ annually, to $9.87 billion in 2022
Market study puts global activity at $2.93 billion in 2015
2015 Cold Chain Forum: logistics refinements multiply
While temperature-controlled components advance, service providers are identifying innovative refinements to basic shipping services
Veeva Systems deepens its presence in clinical trials information management
Trial start-up steps, and overall content management, are Veeva Vault cloud offerings
Drug pricing will be a hot-button issue in this election cycle
Walgreens' clinics will adopt the Epic EHR system
Plays catchup with CVS Health
Precision for Medicine acquires Redwood Outcomes, a Canadian HEOR firm
Acquisition adds more expertise in epidemiology and patient outcomes analysis
Congressional committees swing into action on pharma pricing controversy
Senate committee targets Valeant and Turing Pharma; House Democrats lean on Republican committee leadership to act
Pediatric drug market finds its own pathway
Even with legislative incentives, pharma manufacturers struggle to cost-justify pediatric innovation
Biosimilars: why deep discounts may become the dominant paradigm
European experience to date indicates a changing perspective on biosimilar pricing
Quality, not quantity, in observational research
The right studies at the right time in the right way to meet real-world evidence needs
A Conversation with George Barrett, Cardinal Health
Traceability mandates surge through global supply chains
Packaging-line engineers are going into overdrive as industry gets ready for the 2017 unit-serialization mandate
