Verizon picks rfXcel to offer traceability to pharma clients
rfXcel’s Traceability Platform becomes part of Verizon’s ThingSpace
Veeva expands into quality management systems
Vault QMS builds on existing Vault and QualityDocs offerings
FDA streamlines its ‘compassionate use’ process
New physician’s form is supposed to reduce the complexity of obtaining investigational drugs
Global oncology drug market was $107 billion in 2015, up 11.5%
Branded products are 92% US market in dollar value, says IMS Institute
Regeneron takes over as sponsor of the Science Talent Search
Prestigious competition for budding scientists takes a biotech vibe
UPS Foundation funds medical deliveries by drone in Africa
Pilot program in Rwanda has commercial potential
Accenture-SalesForce collaboration bids to link patient, provider and pharma data streams
Trend toward outcomes-based pharma contracts could be accelerated
Patient copays: the growth mechanism of the pharma industry?
Bloomberg BusinessWeek rakes over charitable copay programs
Contract sales cuts for AstraZeneca as Crestor goes off-patent
Unique distribution strategies to combat opioid epidemic
Veeva expands its cloud-based offerings into product master data
Looming EU IDMP mandates are only part of the potential applications
Consider enterprise quality management systems for GDP tasks
The growing compliance requirements for distribution call for a streamlined approach
US biopharma industry: 854,000 jobs, $1.2 trillion in total economic output
PhRMA-sponsored study outlines the economic effects of US-based operations
EHR systems are delivering results for pharma clinical outreach
Practice Fusion taps into a 38-million-patient database
Hitting the restart button on antibiotic research
Few new treatments are available while antibiotic resistance is growing, says Pew Charitable Trust
Dohmen appoints Joe Nolan to president, Dohmen Life Science Services
Company pursues ‘bench to bedside’ commercialization services
Cigna negotiates first performance-based contracts for PCSK9 drugs
Deals with Amgen and Sanofi/Regeneron enhance new pricing policies for specialty drugs
Serialization’s interface between the plant floor, the enterprise and the world
Dispense As Written
FDA looks to industry for help in DSCSA compliance
Clinical cold chain vendors go into a deep freeze
Demand for cryogenic logistics propels business growth
McKesson jumps on the CMS Oncology Care Model (OCM) experiment
Program seeks to improve care while reducing costs
Sermo reaches 30 countries to connect physicians in an online community
Site opens up a Facebook-like “Pages” to vendors and medical organizations
2016 EMD Serono Specialty Digest: health plans’ ongoing cost struggle
Managed care organizations are adjusting rapidly to onslaught of specialty products
Oncology: a new era in therapies; same cost concerns
A raft of new therapies is generating renewed optimism for cancer care, but even as lower-cost biosimilars enter the market, cost is a crippling factor
Brand enhancement and safety with unit-dose packaging
Packaging designers continue the uphill battle for converting the US pharma industry to unit-dose, compliance-improving packaging
Managing supply chains from the cloud
New IT data-science and visualization tools advance supply chain management
Changing the payment paradigm
Policymakers look at alternative payment models in oncology
Specialty pharmacy dynamics
The SP channel continues to grow, with manufacturers looking for more control over access
Laying the foundation for a national system for evidence generation
Sharing clinical data—EvGen—will improve both drug development and health outcomes analysis
Strengthening healthcare and pharmaceutical supply chains is critical for healthcare resiliency
