The annual Factbook from the Center for Healthcare Supply Chain Research of the Healthcare Distribution Management Assn. (Arlington, VA) provides a wealth of data on distribution operations, finances and business practices. Insights into manufacturer distribution-center operations are also presented, although […]
Read MoreToday’s pharmaceutical industry is challenged with an array of issues to achieve the goal of developing and delivering safe and efficacious drug products. Ultimately pharmaceutical companies want to bring products to patients that help them manage or cure their disease […]
Read MoreFor nearly 30 years, the US Drug Enforcement Administration has required documentation for transactions involved controlled substances, which are primarily pain or neurological products with narcotic effects. The process has added difficult administrative burdens to manufacturers and their trading partners, […]
Read MoreAmerisourceBergen Specialty Group’s ASD healthcare unit (Frisco, TX) chose the recent National Hemophilia Foundation annual meeting to begin showing its Cubixx unit to prospective clients, for possible use in either doctor’s offices or patients’ homes where cold-chain pharmaceuticals would be […]
Read MoreThemo Fisher Scientific (Wilmington, MA), having acquired Ahura, the originator of TruScan, has announced new language versions of the family of devices and expanded libraries of chemical compounds that can be identified by the portable units. These enhancements represent a […]
Read MoreJust as the Internet—with instant content publishing, blogging, online conferencing and now social media—is rocketing through entertainment, news and business communications, so it is through pharma marketing. New hardware platforms, notably smartphones and tablet readers, are accelerating the transformation of […]
Read MoreMedical leaders have been sounding the clarion call for over a decade: Something has to be done about the rising resistance of infectious agents to existing drugs, combined with the dearth of new anti-infectives to combat them. So far, however, […]
Read MoreAmong all pharmaceuticals, oral dosages are preferred, when pharmacokinetics permit them. And among oral dosages, oral solids—pills—are the most common form. But there have been, and will continue to be, a significant number of drugs that are administered as oral […]
Read MoreToday’s environment for healthcare delivery requires that we find new ways to innovate. We are asked to create therapies and medical devices that can offer measurably better outcomes for patients. However, the market’s demands for better and safer treatments and […]
Read MoreChronic conditions are on the rise, U.S. obesity numbers continue to grow, and health care costs are spiraling upward. Medications are prescribed, but over 50% are not filled or taken as instructed. Health goals and News Year’s resolutions often fall […]
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