Publicis Healthcare Communications to acquire PDI's commercial group
Consolidation in the contract sales organization (CSO) space
Use a magnifying film on pharma package labels, proposes Pennsylvania inventor
IC Optix wins a US patent for film overlay of labels
Showtime at HHS: Invitation-only meeting to discuss 'the impact of rising pharmaceutical costs'
HHS will hold a webcasted meeting of stakeholders to address pricing issues
Merger mania continues to reshuffle healthcare assets
Likely Pfizer-Allergan friendly merger pairs with Walgreens-Rite Aid as concerns over concentration mount
The week that was for Philidor Rx Services
Valeant severs ties and says the pharmacy is closing shop
Pharmacies get a second postponement of DSCSA requirement, now due March 1, 2016
FDA fiddles with legislated deadline schedule
Catalent quadruples cold chain capacity in Shanghai, adds to Singapore
Facility manages clinical trial supply, storage, packaging and distribution
NASP tries to get in front of specialty-pharmacy criticism
Valeant-Philidor dispute causes a 'mischaracterization' of specialty pharmacy
Valeant's business dealings cast a shade on the specialty pharmacy channel
Company claims its relationship with Philidor pharmacy violates no law
J. Knipper breaks ground on a new Midwest distribution center
Leading samples-management provider expands westward
PhRMA doesn't like Valeant
Trade association seeks to separate its members from the ongoing drug-pricing controversy
Physicians Interactive acquires Univadis, shuffling the online medical community lineup
Competition for HCP eyeballs continues while pharma looks for its place
Resources for managing global drug pricing decisions are limited, says survey
Model N/Highpoint survey points to better integration of pricing and contract data
Daiichi Sankyo US shifts to specialty-pharma focus; cuts US staff by nearly 50%
Company has 18 products in its US pipeline
2015 Cold Chain Forum: logistics refinements multiply
While temperature-controlled components advance, service providers are identifying innovative refinements to basic shipping services
Back to the drawing board for USP , Good Distribution Practices
A shift in how USP provides guidance for GDP is in the works
Pharma sales reps get serious about cold-chain product handling
Packaging vendors are finding eager customers in sales operations
FDA warns of a substandard compounding pharmacy--the latest of many notifications
Quality control remains a problem among compounding pharmacies, but bigger players are entering the field
MD Logistics doubles capacity at its Indianapolis 3PL facility
More cold chain capacity as well
Deloitte healthcare consumer survey: more trust in pharma; more interaction over healthcare costs
Biennial survey finds growing awareness of information options by consumers
TMS Health steps more deeply into specialty services with acquisition of inVentiv's Patient Access Solutions (iPAS)
Xerox subsidiary expands its call-center operations to include specialty reimbursement services
Annual HCPC Compliance Package competition takes a scholarly turn
Student entries will compete for an award in addition to the commercial contest
FDA traceability pilots take a step forward
USDM Life Sciences, RS Partners are among vendors to manage the program
Veeva adds reporting to its master data-management offering
Meanwhile, acquires Zinc Ahead, a content-management company
Zephyr Health introduces a new IT tool for product life-cycle management
Zephyr Illuminate pools disparate data for predictive analytics for commercial operations
HDMA refreshes its Board of Directors
Executives from Morris & Dickson, Louisiana Wholesale Drug Co., AmerisourceBergen and Anda have been elected
A gathering storm for US drug price controls
Topic begins edging into presidential campaign politics
SAP formally introduces Advanced Track and Trace for Pharma (ATTP); Tracelink readies a counterpunch
Besides new traceability software, SAP floats the idea of a connected 'Pharma Network'
mHealth apps reach 165,000; clinical value still in question
While mHealth apps have more than doubled in quantity, industry and healthcare providers are still figuring out what their value is
Pharma advertising rose in Q2 2015--running counter to overall US trend
Despite the buffeting by industry critics, pharma advertising has snapped back from recent lows
