Promotional experimentation and consumer outreach will be available via the Truvio network
New service launched by WEGO Health offers rapid feedback from key opinion influencers in consumer healthcare
ValueCentric updates its flagship IT service, ValueTrak, with advanced data-visualization capabilities
Finance, marketing and other nontraditional users find value in the company's sales and inventory data
Cloud computing and Big Data will dominate IT healthcare trends in 2014
Liaison Healthcare Informatics predicts trends for healthcare and life sciences
PCI breaks ground on new clinical storage and distribution facility
Contract packager addresses growing clinical-products business
Reminder packaging is a "consistently effective medication-adherence intervention strategy," says Decision Resources
Analysts find that better adherence can be a competitive advantage in new-product introductions
FDA self-injection guidance: Enhancing safety, dosing accuracy and patient compliance
Cardinal Health repeats as No. 1 organization in Gartner healthcare supply chain rankings
Annual Cegedim survey finds emphasis on changing commercial models
Multichannel marketing is high in attention, but low on execution; Docnet will be a new social media platform
Drug Quality and Security Act becomes law
Long-awaited track-and-trace law ushers in a new era of pharmaceutical supply-chain monitoring; compounding pharmacies get a new structure also
Arizona wholesaler goes with IBS and rfXcel for ERP, track-and-trace capability
LLC Wholesale installs cloud-based systems for Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA) compliance
The role of labels in patient safety
Advanced label technologies serve functions far beyond product identification
Air carriers double down on winning business from life sciences
Rising production and trade, along with tightening regulations, make life sciences an attractive target for air cargo and logistics services
Cegedim deepens multichannel CRM capabilities with an e-detailer acquisition
Purchase of Paris-based Kadrige reinforces SaaS-based multichannel marketing
After a relatively flat year, 2014 could be big for pharma M&A
Ernst & Young Firepower report sees a 'growth gap' for traditional pharmacos
Copay programs' increased value to manufacturers is matched by rising criticism
Despite proven medical value, coupon and copay offset programs continue to draw fire from insurers; meanwhile, will the programs extend to ACA insureds?
Finding the value in outsourced contract administration
The growing complexity of managed-markets contract support makes outsourcing a near-necessity for Small Pharma, and a better option for Big Pharma
University-based consortium will develop standards for biomarker-based diagnostics
Efforts of the National Biomarker Development Alliance will address the 'dismal' success rate of approved biomarker diagnostics
World Courier expands its dedicated ground-transport fleet in Europe
Operationally qualified vans provide integral refrigeration for up to six Euro pallets
Clear your calendar for the 2014 Spring HPCLC conference
Cold chain practices will be featured at upcoming meeting
McKesson fails, for now, in Celesio buyout bid
Missing the 75% completion of tendered shares causes the company to walk away
Mobile app, GetMyRx, addresses prescription abandonment
Meanwhile, CVS/Caremark confirms the health benefits of better adherence
Fourteen compounding pharmacies have already applied for DQSA registration with FDA
Companies are positioning themselves as approved high-volume compounders
Market and consumer study points to the risks and rewards of drug purchases from non-US pharmacies
Non-governmental certification agencies are better than nothing, but are they good enough?
Sample distribution business consolidates with Knipper acquiring MediMedia Health's asset
Knipper claims No. 1 position as national provider of sample distribution for pharma
Top 10 Pharmaceutical Commerce stories of 2013
First round of settlements over NECC compounding scandal sets a $100-million fund
Plaintiffs will seek additional funds from medical providers and pain clinics that prescribed the tainted steroids
Industry group Rx-360 lays plans for expanding activities in China
An inaugural meeting was held in November; meanwhile Chinese government activities to shut down counterfeiting expand
Multichannel marketing is high in attention, but low on execution
Contract administration software market heats up with new offerings
Both Revitas and Model N bring out enhanced script-validation modules to ensure rebate accuracy
Reminder packaging is a 'consistently effective medication-adherence intervention strategy,' says Decision Resources
