Author: Peter

..Health and Human Services agency plays a supporting role in the emergency services network, ….HHS isn’t a primary care giver, it does provide Carson City residents a safety net to help meet some of their health and social services needs.....programs are providing the needy with medication, workforce development and training along with periodic job fairs, nutritional services for women, infants and children,…

Injectable vial misuse,… led to vial..contamination and an increased risk of bloodborne illness transmission...Inappropriate excess volume and labeled vial fill sizes are two factors that may contribute to.. unsafe handling and injection practices by consumers and health care providers. FDA ..is publishing this guidance to clarify its regulatory 49 requirements and recommendations.

Rite Aid...has completed its ..acquisition of Envision Pharmaceutical Services.. The transaction is valued at approximately $2 billion, including approximately $1.8 billion in cash and approximately 27.9 million Rite Aid shares.

Imitation is the highest form of flattery.. new project is aiming to identify the kinds of treatments and models of care that lead to the best results for so-called high-need patients, and then try to replicate those results on a broad scale…

The Human Organs-On-Chip project…could prove to be a breakthrough in trialing medicines and ending animal testing…the device is no bigger than a thumb drive and the first product to come out of the project is called lung-on-a-chip.

California agency that governs the state’s Affordable Care Act marketplace issued landmark rules recently that will limit the amount anyone enrolled in one of those plans can be charged each month for high-end medicine…agency said its rules,..“strike a balance …ensuring consumers can afford the medication they need to treat chronic and life-threatening conditions while keeping premiums affordable for all.”

1) greater competition, 2) reduce cost - restricted access programs costs the healthcare system $5.4 billion annually, including $1.8 billion to the federal government, 3) reduce cost of biosimilars,..could result in approximately $140 million in lost savings, 4) closes the existing loophole around current REMS prohibitions.

Julie Shlensky, pharmacy student at Purdue University College of Pharmacy, talks about a challenge she faces in pharmacy school.

In an effort to increase its research presence, the University of Cincinnati’s pharmacy school is welcoming…more faculty members…the goal is for the college to be ranked in the top 20 pharmacy schools,…increasing the amount it receives in research grants could help it move up from the 32nd spot.

…second time …lawmakers...introduced a bill designed to end a practice that generic drug makers complain is used by brand-name counterparts to thwart competition…the Fair Access for Safe and Timely Generics Act,…follows accusations that brand-name drug makers exploit an FDA program known as Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies,…