Track-and-trace technology pops up in NY Police effort to combat pharmacy robberies
NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly sketches out GPS tracking decoys for controlled substances
Who's introduced the best compliance package of 2012?--applications are now open for the HCPC Package of the Year
Annual competition promotes the use of compliance packaging to improve medication adherence and safety
H.D. Smith acquires majority ownership in Triplefin, building out its specialty-pharma distribution business
Distributors, retail pharmacy and others pile into the specialty-pharma services
Of 58 new-drug announcements from FDA in 2012, 22 (38%) are cold chain products
Proportion of cold chain products continues to grow in the biopharma inventory
Pelican Products Acquires Minnesota Thermal Science, enhancing its position in cold-chain packaging
MTS' Credo brand now becomes a Pelican property
Training and technology implementation top survey list of supply chain managers' focus
Annual Tompkins Global Trade Management Report surveys industry practices
California Biomedical Industry Report Highlights New Challenges for Industry
Companies facing fewer funding sources, reimbursement issues
Comment period is now open on FDA draft guidance for abuse-deterrent opioids
Agency is trying to quantify the effects of abuse-deterrent formulations
Publicis Healthcare realigns media management as Publicis Health Media
Structure provides a global network to standardize media strategy, buying and digital-search services
Leading EHR vendor, athenahealth, will buy Epocrates, mobile drug-info provider, for $293 million
Step is one of the first toward consolidation of electronic health providers and information publishers
UPS officially opens three new healthcare logistics facilities in Asia-Pacific
Hangzhou, Shanghai and Sydney bring 325,000 sq. ft. of dedicated space to market
Social media and medication adherence: Theory and promise are way ahead of results
Lack of quantitative clinical results and FDA regulatory uncertainty leave unclear benefits for this $300-billion problem
Compounding pharmacy problems fester as death toll mounts and FDA seeks new regulatory authority
Distinguishing between pharmaceutical manufacturing and pharmacy compounding remains a policy conflict
Vision 2020: evolving markets, evolving business models
PwC's annual analysis sees bright spots in R&D practices, while global economic troubles will constrain healthcare spending
Medication errors from injectable drugs are a $2.7-5.1-billion problem for US hospitals
Peer-reviewed study correlates adverse drug events (ADEs) with form of drug administration; can pharma manufacturers help?
How to prevent 'agg spend' sunburn
Implementation of the Physicians Sunshine Act may require you to begin data gathering by Feb. 25, but questions remain over the law's details, from data to dollars
Burrill & Co.: Let the good times in biotech roll
Financial-services firm's index of biotech stocks rose 40.5% in 2012; predicts a better year for financings and M&A activity in 2013
Multichannel and closed-loop marketing need to come together to drive value, says Capgemini
New report assesses the progress in adopting both of these marketing techniques
Product serialization vendor, Systech, combines barcoding with authentication
Patent-pending technology provides an 'e-fingerprint' to go with barcode data; data can be retrieved from a cloud-based repository
Gartner's annual Top 25 in healthcare supply chains again puts Cardinal Health at No. 1
Cardinal is top wholesaler in the ranking, while Mayo Foundation is the top integrated delivery network, CVS Carmark the top retail pharmacy, and Becton Dickinson the top medical products supplier
FedEx expands its SenseAware service for temperature-controlled shipping
Next-gen SenseAware 2000 is deployed, along with a wider international distribution
Pharma's stake in comparative effectiveness research
When drugs in development today hit the marketplace in 2020, they will need evidence of economic and clinical value results to be commercially successful
Liberating time in the Economy of Attention
Pharmaceutical marketing is now operating in a new landscape--the Economy of Attention
Tomorrow's biopharma industry: new biotech products or higher operational efficiency--or both?
Abbott's spinout of AbbVie offers lessons
Walgreens doubles down on 'flagship' neighborhood pharmacies
The 8,000th store opens in Los Angeles; landmarked bank building is a second Chicago flagship store
VALID Compounding Act to regulate compounding pharmacies is introduced
A new policy debate over drug regulation is emerging as the NECC scandal worsens
Understanding customer behavior and making strategic decisions utilizing 'Big Data'
When serializing packages for e-pedigree, go random
The looming California e-pedigree standards do not specify how to generate product codes, but random codes are easy to produce and essential for supply chain security
A conversation with Brian Shotto, Owens & Minor
The Movianto acquisition presages a new era for the company
