Author: Peter

...the race is on to develop an instant roadside breathalyzer for police to test drivers who may be taking the "high" road...Cannabix Technologies Inc,..expects to be first out of the gate with a "pot breathalyzer" - a handheld device similar to those used to detect alcohol.

…pharmacists made their warnings – that there had been a significant increase in re-exports of some medicines…"Abuses have been discovered by some players in the pharmaceuticals market,"…ministry would closely check exports and re-exports…file complaints at home and abroad where there is evidence of abuse..

MedAware…offers a big-data software platform that integrates with a hospital's electronic health-record system to detect prescription errors before they happen. It draws from patterns in millions of patient records to flag medication-order outliers.

Automated compounding technology can help curb... errors...the use of an automated intravenous preparation device could virtually eliminate compounding errors, reducing hospital costs related to adverse drug events such as emergency intervention, extended hospitalizations, patient injury and additional treatment…

Stephen F. Eckel, PharmD, MHA, associate professor at the Eshelman School of Pharmacy at UNC talks about the challenges that health-system pharmacists are currently facing. (video)

Following an FDA inspection..Catalent’s Center of Excellence for Analytical Services...was hit with Form 483 warning with six observations....following a routine inspection of...facility,..Catalent responded by immediately effecting measures to resolve the observations.

Mitali Nagrecha, counsel at Bergen Pharmacy, discusses tactics specialty pharmacies can use to maintain medication adherence.

pharma compensation landscape...Sales figures don't matter...The world's biggest drug companies by revenue don't all hand out pay packages of at least $18.6 million, which is the threshold for this year's top-paid CEOs list...Big pay packages don't reflect a company's size.

1. Len Schleifer, Regeneron - $41.97 mil
2. Jeffrey Leiden, Vertex Pharm. - $36.64 mil
3. Brent Saunders, Allergan - $36.61 mil
4. Martine Rothblatt, United Therap. - $33.21 mil
5. Lamberto Andreotti, BMS - $27.06 mil
6. Heather Bresch, Mylan - $25.82 mil
7. Kenneth Frazier, Merck - $25.03 mil
8. Alex Gorsky, J & J - $24.99 mil
9. Robert Hugin, Celgene - $24.24 mil
10. Ian Read, Pfizer - $23.28 mil
11. Richard Gonzalez, AbbVie - $22.01 mil
12. Leonard Bell, Alexion Pharm. - $20.57 mil
13. John Martin, Gilead Sciences - $18.96 mil
14. Joseph Papa, Perrigo - $18.95 mil
15. George Scangos, Biogen - $18.63 mil
16. David Pyott, Allergan - $17.79 mil
17. Robert Parkinson, Baxter Intern.- $15.30 mil
18. John Lechleiter, Eli Lilly - $14.48 mil
19. Flemming Ornskov, Shire - $14.22 mil
20. Robert Bradway, Amgen - $13.96 mil

Humana is the number six largest PBM with 6% of the market in 2014. That's only a quarter of CVS's 24% market share,...Aetna has a 12-year long-term contract agreement with CVS to operate as Aetna's pharmacy benefit management business,  which started in 2010...

Have you ever wondered what opportunities exist for pharmacy technicians..

1. Chain pharmacy (70% of the 350,000 pharmacy technicians)
2. Independent pharmacy
3. Hospital pharmacy (17%)
4. Managed care (Less than 10%)
5. Nuclear pharmacy (1%)
6. Industry
7. Government agency
8. Mail-order pharmacy
9. Home infusion
10. Poison control
11. Academia