Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) president and chief executive officer Mark Merritt released the following statement on the Medicare Part D final rule released this week by the Department of Health and Human Services: “Two years ago drugmakers launched a campaign to deflect blame fo
Global pharmaceutical company Mylan N.V. recently announced that it will introduce in the U.S. a third cost-saving HIV combination. The U.S.
Express Scripts Holding Company announced that Mike Cirillo has been named president of myMatrixx, an Express Scripts company. He will replace Artemis Emslie, who will stay with myMatrixx until the end of May to assist with the transition.
Online retail giant Amazon will enter the broader health care market — it’s just a question of how, according to global management consulting firm L.E.K. Consulting. In a new report released yesterday, L.E.K.
GlaxoSmithKline plc plans to buy Novartis’ 36.5% stake in their consumer health care joint venture for $13 billion. Under the agreement announced Tuesday, Novartis’ shares in the joint venture will be canceled, and the joint venture will pay the buyout price to Novartis.
Canadian pharmacy organizations lauded the Ontario government’s expansion of its OHIP+ free prescriptions plan to seniors in the province. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne yesterday announced that, starting Aug.
CVS Health has taken its efforts to fight the abuse of opioids to New Hampshire.
CVS Health has named former Eli Lilly and Co. chief financial officer Derica Rice as president of its CVS Caremark pharmacy benefit management unit. Plans call for Rice to take the helm at CVS Caremark on March 30, CVS said late Tuesday.
Walgreens is bringing its #ItEndsWithUs campaign to Dallas to educate local teens about opioid abuse.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores applauded President Donald Trump’s new program to combat the drug abuse epidemic, dubbed “Stop Opioids Abuse and Reduce Drug Supply and Demand.
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories has launched levocetirizine dihydrochloride tablets 5 mg, an over-the-counter allergy medication, in the U.S. market. Dr. Reddy’s said its levocetirizine dihydrochloride tablets are a generic version of Xyzal Allergy 24HR Tablets from Chattem-Sanofi. The 5-mg Dr.
As part of its “Be The First” multiyear smoking cessation campaign, CVS Health plans to award $10 million this year to support youth smoking prevention and education programs and strategies nationwide.
Total health care spending in the U.S. climbed to $3.4 trillion in 2016 and is expected to reach $5.5 trillion by 2020, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
A group of senators are sponsoring legislation to bring more prescription drug pricing transparency to the pharmacy counter. Sens. Susan Collins (R., Maine), Claire McCaskill (D., Mo.) and Debbie Stabenow (D., Mich.) yesterday introduced the Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act (S.
Behavioral health pharmacy operator Genoa Healthcare has opened its 400th location in its home state. Tukwila, Wash.-based Genoa on Thursday held the grand opening of its newest pharmacy at Comprehensive Life Resources, a nonprofit behavioral health center in Renton.
Amneal Pharmaceuticals has launched two generic drugs, including first-to-market erythromycin tablets.
