Mind your "Q"s: QPharma acquires Qforma
Combination expands breadth of commercialization and compliance services
FDA approved 45 new drugs in 2015--a new recent record
List includes 21 new orphan drugs, and of the 45, 15 are cold chain products
AmerisourceBergen adds to Canadian patient-support services
Innomar unit acquires Cameron Stewart LifeScience (CSL), provider of copay cards
Precision for Medicine gets a $75-million boost from TPG Growth
Fast-growing pharma services provider will expand its global presence
Eagle Pharmaceuticals gets a 505(b)(2) approval for docetaxel
Company partners with Teikoku for the latter's first marketed oncology product, and earns a milestone payment from Teva
Gallup poll finds nurses retaining their top position
Pharmacists (No. 2) and medical doctors (No. 3) round out top rankings
Biopharma Sales Operations stabilizing after years of cost-cutting
TGaS Advisors' study predicts more sales ops budgeting--but more operational challenges
Revenge of the retail channel: Valeant cuts a distribution deal with Walgreens
Beleaguered pharma company retreats from specialty distribution
HDMA report highlights specialty distribution services
Specialty distributors handled 33% of specialty pharmaceutical distribution in 2014
Tracking PBM billing practices for employer insurance plans
Hylis Pharmacy Solutions offers a window into PBM program costs
Marken adds to global depot network; Cryoport opens a new HQ
Expanding capacities and a wider range of geographies aid life sciences developers
DHL builds a mobile app to track cold-chain shipments
LifeTrack app puts shipment status in the palm of your hand
Advera Health scores drug costs based on the severity and frequency of adverse events
Pharma companies are looking to the data service as a potential competitive advantage
Integrichain upgrades its Scorecard for trading-partner agreements
Expansion of cloud-based services includes Amazon Web Services
Panalpina delivers UNICEF medical aid to Burundi
Company's Chartered Network is relied on for annual shipments to Africa
US Senate committee takes the lid off Gilead's internal pricing discussions for Sovaldi
No immediate legislative action arises from 18-month study
Korber Medipak deepens US investment in pharma packaging
Merger of New Jersey's CGS with Rondo-Pak Inc. is planned
ZipDrug: from the pharmacist to the patient, via a local courier
New Internet-based delivery company wants to take the waiting time out of prescription pickups
Proposed Pfizer-Allergan merger could be the biggest ever, at $160 billion
Plans for splitting Pfizer itself are put on hold
Halloran Consulting and Metrics Champion Consortium team up for education on clinical trial metrics
A Community of Practice (CoP) for small- to medium-sized trial sponsors is in the offing
Healthcare supply chains are working better, but there's room for improvement
2015 UPS (Pain) in the Supply Chain survey finds shortcomings in contingency planning
New distribution center opens in Texas
Woodfield expands third-party logistics (3PL) services from its Florida base
Global drug spending will increase 29-32%, to $1.4 trillion through 2020, says IMS Health
US spending will rise by 34%, reaching $560-590 billion
Health Market Science is now LexisNexis for Life Sciences
Acquisition rebranding will build out the business' Risk Solutions unit
PBMs are squeezing independent long term care pharmacies, says Avalere Health study
Higher dispensing costs and rising negative margins
Biosimilars: what's in a name?
While FDA tries to referee the naming conventions for biosimilars, different factions of the healthcare system weigh in with conflicting priorities
Who's the best in business-process outsourcing?
Accenture, Cognizant and PwC more or less tie for their capabilities in life sciences sales & marketing consulting, says IDC
PDI chooses Veeva's Network Customer Master solution for MDM management
PDI had been struggling with a customer dataset of millions of physicians, nurse practitioners, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals (HCPs)
Zephyr Health introduces a new IT tool for product life-cycle management
Zephyr Illuminate pools disparate data for predictive analytics for commercial operations
Transparency-reporting trends in Europe
'European companies will not be able to follow the exact path to operational compliance as their US counterparts,' says IMS Health survey
