TraceLink plots a course for traceability beyond compliance
Connectivity will extend to patient engagement, when permitted
QPharma and Five Rivers Rx collaborate on DEA compliance
Five Rivers Rx’s NavigateSOM software analyzes suspicious order monitoring
Serialization and Beyond
Leveraging your Mandated Investment to Truly Protect Your Brand
McKesson reorganizes its biopharma services
Biologics, RxCrossroads units will retain their identity
Verification router service (VRS) is coming together for DSCSA compliance
HDA working group has draft standards, and traceability vendors have product offerings
Is the opioid crisis peaking?
CDC data point to a three-month decline in overdose deaths
About one-in-five pharma packages is DSCSA-compliant, say wholesalers
November 2018 serialization deadline is looming—and FDA will not provide another extension
HDA Research Foundation sponsors a scholarship program
Pfizer gets slapped for sloppy language in a copay program
$700,000 fine to benefit New York State residents
The New PharmaPort 360: A Solution for Challenging Journeys in Global Logistics
Sonoco ThermoSafe and DHL Global Forwarding meet the needs of shipping high-value biopharmaceuticals with rock-steady performance
GSK reverses course on physician payments
Not compensating for speaker programs and sponsored meetings has affected marketing, says the firm
Training kit for prefilled syringes are now available
Devices modeled after the BD UltraSafe units
CareMetx rolls up another hub services provider, BioSolutia
Company will now have three operational centers across the US
APICS metamorphoses into the Assn for Supply Chain Management
Further internationalization of its mission will occur in 2019; Novartis is honored
More automation for patient support: Accenture’s Ella and Ethan bots
Virtual assistants delivering guidance from Accenture’s Intelligent Patient Platform
Specialty pharmacy accreditation — burden and benefit
Accreditation status is both an entry ticket and a competitive measure for specialty pharmacies to attract manufacturer attention
Veeva makes progress in unifying clinical data resources
New product modules include medical coding and electronic data capture; a roadmap for the next few years points at more
PCMA chooses a med device exec as its new president and CEO
JC Scott takes over as the PBM business undergoes a transformation
Patient services platforms consolidate with CareMetx acquiring VirMedica
Electronic benefits verification (eBV) combines with patient access services
Novartis and Lilly share the HCPC Compliance Package of the Year award
Westrock takes all the trophies this year with its DosePak technology
Hu-manity.co launches a smartphone app for individual ownership of personal health data
Platform will operate within IBM’s HyperLedger blockchain technology
Deloitte’s ConvergeHealth platform will link to Vineti to support personalized medicine
Cellular and genetic therapies will benefit from coordinated information delivery
Gimme my data
Ownership of supply chain data is becoming contentious
A Conversation with Rafik Bishara
Known as the “King of Cold Chain,” Bishara looks both back and ahead at progress in upgrading pharma’s logistics practices
The 2018 Pharma Cold Chain: more data leads to less risk
Pharma supply chain managers now have options for dealing with cryogenic to room-temperature ranges
Biopharma cold-chain market forecast
More biologic-based therapies translates into more cold chain activity. As yet, new cellular and genetic therapies are a minute part of the overall market.
Biologic drugs would get 10 years of data protection under revised US-Mexico trade deal
Will the “United States-Mexico Trade Agreement” replace Nafta?
German air-cargo ground handler garners CEIV – Pharma certification
LUG Aircargo Handling is one of a growing number of logistics providers seeking the certification
Pelican BioThermal expands its container-on-demand service in Germany
The Crēdo on Demand program provides cold-chain packaging on a rental basis
PBMs keep moving to adjust to evolving healthcare market
CVS and Express Scripts open more of the curtain around rebates; formulary exclusions grow
