Pharmacy
WBA’s Alex Cosimano joining Learn Look Locate program
Alex Cosimano, a specialty pharmacy manager at Walgreen Co., is joining the team of medical advisors at Learn Look Locate, a website that provides access to information and advice from health care professionals for breast cancer patients.
NCPA praises Senate committees’ advancement of PBM legislation
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – In a statement released Thursday, National Community Pharmacists Association CEO B. Douglas Hoey says the organization is pleased that two pieces of legislation reintroduced in the Senate in January are advancing through committees of jurisdiction.
NACDS Foundation Dinner moving to NACDS TSE
ARLINGTON, Va. – The always-inspiring NACDS Foundation Dinner is making a major move to the NACDS Total Store Expo – a venue that will expand its reach and its ability to support public health initiatives.
RxLive and Cardinal Health’s Outcomes collaborate to enhance connectivity between providers
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – RxLive, today announced a collaboration with Outcomes, a Cardinal Health company, to improve data sharing and reduce communication gaps between hospitals, physicians and pharmacies. Hospital readmissions cost the U.S.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar joins No Time to Wait Campaign
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is teaming up with Bristol Myers Squibb and Pfizer to raise awareness of atrial fibrillation (AFib) and its symptoms as part of the No Time to Wait campaign.
NACDS defines “PBM Reform” for senate hearing
ARLINGTON, Va. – With increasing bipartisan focus on pharmacy benefit managers’ (PBM) tactics that harm patients and the pharmacies that serve them, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) is defining the solutions for comprehensive reform.
AAM unveils new social media campaign
WASHINGTON – The members of the Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM), today announced the start of an industry-wide effort to remind everyone across the nation not to take the generic medicines they rely on daily – and the savings they enjoy – for granted.
NACDS to CMS: Finish the job of DIR fee reform
ARLINGTON, Va. – The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) is reminding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that the 107,400% growth in “DIR fees” over one decade’s time continues to jeopardize seniors and the pharmacies that serve them.
The independent pharmacy marketplace remains stable
In the past few years, some have been pushing the narrative that pharmacy benefit companies are driving independent pharmacies out of business. Their argument seems compelling, but is it true? As we do every year, PCMA consulted the numbers from several sources.
Christine Baeder named chair of the AAM board of directors
The Board of Directors of the Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM) has named as its new Chairperson, Christine Baeder, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Chief Operating Officer for U.S. Generics and Biosimilars. Baeder succeeds Chirag Patel, Amneal Pharmaceuticals Inc.
PQA diversity in quality scholarship supports pharmacy students’ professional development
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) is providing scholarships for minority health care professional students to attend the 2023 PQA Annual Meeting, May 10-12, in Nashville, Tenn., and participate in the pre-meeting Medication Use Quality (MUQ) Live workshop on May 10.
Dr. Reddy’s recognized for gender equity and sustainability
HYDERABAD, India – Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. has been recognized for gender equality and sustainability in multiple rankings. The drugmaker has been included in the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI) 2023 for a sixth consecutive year.
NACDS urges clarity that Americans maintain “PREP Act” pharmacy access beyond PHE
ARLINGTON, Va. – National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) President and CEO Steven Anderson issued the following statement, upon the release of a U.S.
PCMA applauds the Senate Judiciary Committee’s approval of prescription drug pricing legislation
Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) Chief Policy and External Affairs Officer Kristin Bass released the following statement on the legislative markup on prescription drug pricing legislation by the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Walgreens acquires Medly Health
Walgreens confirmed Wednesday it has purchased Medly Health, a digital pharmacy business, which could lead to the closure of all 22 Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacies.