A Conversation with Mark Merritt, Pharmaceutical Care Management Association
2016 Product Security Report
Pharma spends heavily to secure its supply chain, while politicians bring out the re-importation topic
IMS Health and Quintiles to merge
Both clinical research and commercial analytics markets to be served by combination
Another tough week for pharma on drug pricing policy
More healthcare stakeholders line up against the industry
Abbott bets on medical devices with $25-billion acquisition of St. Jude Medical
Better access to hospital systems is a goal; pharmaceutical business is fading
Copay assistance data on the iPad: TrialCard’s new app
Integrating copay programs with multichannel marketing
Vertex’ Orkambi medication package is Compliance Package of the Year
Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council (HCPC) award again goes to PCI Pharma Services
HealthPrize cuts ‘gap days’ in medication non-adherence
Gamifcation software developer touts value of its patient reward system
FedEx opens its Memphis cold chain center
Facility will act as a global backstop to healthcare logistics clients
Prescription-drug abuse legislation signed into law
Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act (S. 483) calls for better industry-government coordination
Prepaid cash cards motivate clinical trial patients
Greenphire highlights its support of patient recruitment and retention
IMS 2015 Use of Medicines report: US sales reach $424.8 billion
Double-digit growth (12.2%) for the second year running
Cryoguard extends chemical temperature indicators into deep frozen
Stem cell, biotech demands call for colder storage and shipping conditions
Capacity, capability expansions at CSafe, QuickSTAT
CSafe expands in Atlanta and Newark; QuickSTAT in Latin America
Cryoport adds a consulting arm to its clinical trials support
Risk assessment of trade lanes, commercial scaleup are concerns
Another approach to specialty patient support: independent pharmacies
KloudScript seeks to backstop local pharmacies with specialty services
Pfizer cancels merger with Allergan; hey, what about Inflectra biosimilar?
US tax rules scuttle merger, while the US' second biosimilar wins FDA approval
More injectables capacity in the US, Germany
Novo Nordisk and Vetter Pharma announce groundbreakings
FDA proposes guidance for biosimilar product labels
Labels will have a combination of reference-product and biosimilar-specific information
Biosimilars represent a $56-110-billion savings potential in 2016-2020, says IMS Institute
Experience--mostly in Europe--indicates a heavy educational burden for patients and physicians
Imprimis Pharmaceuticals pushes the definition of pharmaceutical manufacturing
An all-compounding "manufacturer" has big plans for growth
ZS Associates sharpens focus on pharma-physician interaction
'Customer Experience Tracker' measures success in oncologist interactions
Reltio captures IT analysts' attention for master data management
Announces a new version of its "platform as a service," with connectivity to Apache Spark
Walgreens and OptumRx partnership: more consolidation in retail pharmacy
Partnership combines mail-order PBM with brick-and-mortar drugstores
Express Scripts 2015 Drug Trend: not so bad in drug price escalation
Annual report highlights company's cost-control measures
New ProPublica analysis correlates physician payments with higher brand prescribing
Ophthamology tops the breakout by physician specialty
QPharma revamps its commercialization/compliance IT suite as Titanium
Sample distribution management, payments reporting and sales-rep training
Spectra Selling Solutions: a new player in contract sales organizations
New subsidiary of The Medical Affairs Co. hopes to fill gaps in CSO offerings
Immunoglobulin (IG) drives the blood-plasma therapeutics market
Even though recombinant-DNA biologics are displacing traditional blood-sourced therapeutics, maintaining stable supplies is still a problem
Agenda set for 2016 HPCLC Conference
Future tech, serialization and South America
