Deloitte’s ConvergeHealth adds more IT capabilities for patient support
Electronic signatures, a call-center telephony system and secure fax technology are being provided
Navigator website for expanded access to developmental drugs is open
Site lists manufacturers’ policies and criteria for experimental access
ChillTech® units offer reusability and flexible, modular components
Shipping containers for cold-chain pharmaceuticals and biologics
Vizient drug-pricing forecast predicts 7.61% increase in 2018 for hospital members
GPO for academic medical centers and other providers
Consumers’ lack of awareness is a worry for online pharmacy legitimacy
95% of consumers don’t know about online pharmacy certification
FDA schedules public meetings for DSCSA
August, December and February meetings target unresolved technical issues
UDG Healthcare expands its Ashfield commercialization services with two acquisitions
Cambridge BioMarketing brings orphan-drug expertise, and Vynamic brings branding and launch services
Align Biopharma’s IT consortium is up to 23 members
Veeva-led group is developing nonproprietary identity- and consent-management standards for HCPs
FDA struggles to react to ‘right to try’ laws
GAO report notes FDA’s 99% acceptance rate for ‘expanded access’, but legislators press on
Pharmaceutical traceability stumbles ahead
FDA’s delay will not alter industry goals
Managing employee training at the enterprise level
The case for a single enterprise-wide learning management system
Digital factory transformation beyond serialization compliance
Blockchain: the technology to make DSCSA work after 2023?
Industry experts are grappling with the eventual requirement to provide accurate supply-chain traceability
Besse Medical acquires Podis
Managing physician office drug inventory
Woodfield Distribution offers 3PL-based DSCSA compliance services
More serialization options, especially for low-volume pharma manufacturers struggling with the November 2017 deadline
DHL opens a cold-chain center of excellence in Ireland
40,000-sq. ft. facility is near Dublin Airport
Construction starts on a Pfizer biopharma plant near St. Louis
Completion scheduled for 2019
Looking ahead in life sciences and healthcare logistics
New DHL report sees transformational trends
Pharma’s cold chain is going below zero
Cellular and genetic therapies drive a ‘new paradigm’ for logistics
Artificial intelligence’s value in influencing treatment decisions
How Pricing & Contract Management looks—from the inside
A conversation with Bijay Singh, DKSH
Digital opinion leaders (DOLs) and their role in pharma markets
Like traditional thinking about key opinion leaders (KOLs) in healthcare, consider the DOL as part of a marketing campaign
First CAR-T therapy approved by FDA panel; many more to come
Novartis’ CTL019 (tisagenlecleucel) has helped nearly 80% of patients who failed chemotherapy for a form of leukemia
Maryland targets generic ‘price gouging’ as states pursue pharma-pricing controls
Assn. for Accessible Medicines files a federal suit against the state
Little applause—but little praise—for FDA’s delay of DSCSA enforcement
Late-June announcement gives industry some breathing room for installing product-serialization systems
Zephyr Health links up with Decision Resources Group for enhanced sales tools
Big Data analytics combined with fresh formulary data
HDA to hold its International Pharmaceutical Distribution Conference in Geneva
Fourth annual meeting will occur Oct. 16-17
FDA postpones DSCSA compliance for one year
November 2018 becomes the deadline day for serializing pharma packages
Walgreens-Rite Aid merger falls away, replaced by sale of some stores
$325-million cancellation fee to be paid to Rite Aid
