Not just 'social listening' but social understanding
How new social health analytics tools are supercharging pharma's quest for patient insight
Pharma track and trace: the next 10 years
Drug Quality and Security Act's timetables for FDA, manufacturers, wholesalers, dispensers and 3PLs
US healthcare expenditures may be heading for a fifth-straight year of low growth
Pharma industry's place in national healthcare-cost trends could continue to shrink
Deloitte opens ConvergeHealth, an outcomes and analytics service for payers, providers and pharma
Business unit will mine databases from partners to provide value-based pricing consulting, among other services
New PDR Network business unit consolidates pharma spending in EHR communications
4th Channel brings pharma messaging to hundreds of electronic health-record systems
Actavis-Forest Labs merger will have a ripple effect among generic manufacturers
$25-billion merger creates a specialty company with a large generic base, and could presage more merger realignments
FDA's Secure Supply Chain Pilot Program (SSCPP) is up and running
Goal is to improve security of drug imports while expediting customs clearances
Cegedim enters US physician-community market with Docnet service
Online community will be a 'fifth generation' offering when built out, using OneKey database
McKesson deepens and extends supply relationship with Rite Aid chain
Action follows the Cardinal-CVS and AmerisourceBergen-Walgreens pairings
UPS acquires a temperature-controlled ground fleet for the UK
Polar Speed offers active, temperature-controlled shipping, for pharma trading partners and direct-to-patient
Pelican acquires Cool Logistics, building out its biopharma cold-chain offerings
Product lines and brands multiply in the Pelican biopharma portfolio
15% of the 2013 FDA-approved new molecular entities are cold-chain products
Percentage is down from last year’s figure
3D printing of living tissue advances with first lab shipment
3D or bioprinted organs may be years away, but 'liver strips' are now shipping for drug toxicity testing in the lab
New adverse-events reporting service speeds results to payers
Adverse Events, Inc., finds a receptive client base among managed-care providers
McKesson succeeds in new effort to acquire Celesio
Bondholder sale brings McKesson its desired >75% ownership of the European wholesaler
An app for specialty pharmacy
New-media venture could challenge existing pharmacy benefit-verification processes for specialties
AbbVie enters Asian manufacturing with a $320-million site in Singapore
Facility will produce both biologics and small molecules
NIH takes the wraps off the Accelerating Medicines Partnership
Five-year, $230-million effort targets diseases through public-private partnership
United Drug solidifies its Ashfield pharma-services businesses globally
Reorganization is hoped to raise profile of company's contract-sales, patient-support and related services
Tim Wentworth is new Express Scripts president
Company's integration of Medco is 'largely complete'
Cargo theft of pharmaceuticals continues to fall in the US
Risk in other parts of the world remain higher and may be rising
'Dragon's blood' used to treat chemo-induced diarrhea is slotted for dogs undergoing cancer treatment
Developer Napo Pharma/Jaguar Animal Health sees parallels in human and animal therapies
Walgreens combines operations with CareMetx to address specialty-patient hub services
Walgreens' Pharma Dynamics subsidiary will be merged into CareMetx
Full-line distributor sales topped $300 billion in 2012, representing 91% of pharma sales
HDMA's 2013-14 Factbook updates member financial, operational performance
Cold Chain Technologies upgrades materials, insulation for temperature-controlled packaging
New KoolTemp GTS parcels have higher performance and lower cost and weight
Industry group Rx-360 lays plans for expanding activities in China
An inaugural planning meeting was held in November; meanwhile China cracks down on online sales
Consulting firm puts compliance front and center for clinical-stage drug developers
New 'emergent biopharma' service combines compliance with pricing, market access
QPharma offers QLaunch advisory service
Formulary exclusion—the ultimate revenge?
Bad air: air carriers wrestle with dry ice concerns
