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Retailers, distributors and manufacturers are being affected by federal rules on durable medical equipment (DME)

Blue Cross/Blue Shield PBM says seven steps help manage costs

Exhibition brings out the latest in temperature-controlled shipping

Bill includes voluntary oversight by FDA of outsourced compounded pharmaceuticals, national distributor licensure, and a timetable for serialization and drug tracking

The Medicare Part D switchover of 2007 is only a partial proxy for what the healthcare system will experience in the next several years

Results of a survey panel by QPharma, presented at PDMA Sharing Conference, show a wide spread of reactions and concerns over agg-spend rules

UDIs will be in place starting in late 2014, and rolling out over the next four years thereafter

While FDA dithers on regulatory guidance, state efforts to anticipate biosimilar regulation are mostly being rejected

Both intra- and inter-agency communications will be enhanced; a proposed rule codifies manufacturers' early-notification obligations

HHS says that private insurance plans under the federal exchange program are not prohibited from making use of them. UPDATED 11/6*

The size of clinical trials continues to expand, observers say, creating a ripple effect in pharmaceutical packaging.

While riding the same downturn as overall pharma sales-rep headcount, contract sales organizations (CSOs) have invested in IT competency and marketing services to meet client needs

Industry response may be to keep more innovations as trade secrets

Publication attempts to rank over 500 electronic health-record (EHR) systems by popularity and financial health

Project IMPACT: Diabetes program targets hard-to-reach patient populations

Combination will generate 'new possibilities' in supply chain solutions, say firms

Both companies work through retail pharmacy, but are also extending services to point-of-care and direct-to-patient

New approaches, and new skill sets are necessary for meeting the challenges of global drug reimbursement policies

Why are there so few doctors in Los Angeles?

While pharma manufacturers may be concerned about the impact of item-level inventory tracking, it's an idea that actually makes great business sense

Drug distribution goes global as McKesson follows AmerisourceBergen's overseas tieups; will Cardinal stick only with its China subsidiary?

Temp-Assure service evaluates drug, packaging and shipping lane for commercial-scale deliveries

Collaboration will tap into Intermountain’s repository of millions of patient records

Genentech, Genzyme and Vetter announce new capital investments

RevitasNOW includes broader analytics of rebate effects with wholesalers and managed markets

It's still just speculation that the No. 1 US wholesaler will make a bold bid for access to European and other international markets

Veeva Network for compiling physician master-data lists and related prescriber data has initial customers