- How to Balance Requirements from Payers and Manufacturers (specialtypharmacytimes.com)
Jon Hamrick, executive vice president, Biotech and Specialty Services at Therigy LLC, discusses how specialty pharmacies can best navigate complex reporting requirements from multiple entities.
- Quarantine All Sterile Drugs from Compounder Medistat (pharmacytimes.com)FDA Announces Medistat RX’s Nationwide Voluntary Recall of Sterile Drug Products (fda.gov)
All non-expired drugs produced for sterile use by Alabama-based compounder Medistat RX have been recalled due to potential contamination, the FDA is warning pharmacists… recalled products were distributed nationwide between Nov. 1, 2014, and Sept. 3, 2015… FDA investigators and Alabama inspectors observed significant deficiencies that raised concerns about the compounder’s ability to assure the sterility of the drugs it produced.
- Obama Nominates Duke Researcher Robert Califf to Lead FDA (bloomberg.com)
President Obama nominated Robert Califf as the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration,...Califf has been deputy FDA commissioner for medical products and tobacco. Before that, he was founding director of Duke’s Clinical Research Institute, the world’s largest academic research organization….
- Biopharma lobbying making this a big fight: Bass (video.cnbc.com)
Kyle Bass, Hayman Capital Management founder and... (video)
- Museum Exhibit Celebrates Oldest Operating Pharmacy in the US (pharmacytimes.com)Carl’s Drug Store (greencastlemuseum.org)
….oldest, continuously operating drugstore in the country…Allison-Antrim Museum in Greencastle, Pennsylvania, is commemorating the 190th anniversary of Carl’s Drug Store with a special exhibit from July through September 2015…Pharmacy founder Adam Carl arrived in Greencastle in April 1825 and opened the store in his home…
- New Technologies to Help Community Pharmacists Support Adherence (pharmacytimes.com)
Eric A Wright, PharmD, MPH, Geisinger Health Research and associate professor at Wilkes University, discusses how new technologies will enhance the ability of a community pharmacist to support medication adherence.
- JPMorgan Picks 7 Pharmaceutical Stocks to Buy (or Hold) in Wake of Interest Rates Hike (thestreet.com)
Are pharmaceuticals a good investment right now, during the wake of anticipated rising interest rates? JPMorgan Chase & Co. thinks so...The analyst especially favors the large-cap pharmaceuticals such as...
- Allergan plc,
- Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- Pfizer Inc.
- Endo International plc
- Akorn, Inc.
- Biggest Roadblocks to Managing COPD (pharmacytimes.com)
Kimberly Henderson, MD, JD, medical director for the Health Systems Alliance at CVS Health and regional medical director for MinuteClinic, discusses the biggest roadblocks to managing COPD and how pharmacists can help overcome those challenges.
- Concierge Pharmacy: Providing Medication Management at Physicians’ Offices (pharmacytimes.com)
Concierge pharmacists are working directly in physicians’ offices to personalize chronic care medication management for patients…. delivering chronic care medication services at the point of care… services can produce better patient outcomes, lower health care costs, and improve Medicare Star Ratings, according to RXVIP… pharmacists pay a visit to the physician’s office 1 day a week…review and evaluate drug interactions, dosing, adverse effects, and adherence. Patients will also be encouraged to make lifestyle changes if necessary…pharmacists employ the CeutiCare ICG Intelligent Clinical Guidance system, which monitors patients and provides medication therapy treatment plans for the physician to review...
- Opioid overdose prevention (japha.org)
Pharmacists have essential role in opioid overdose prevention…one-half of opioid painkiller users are unaware that these drugs are as addictive as heroin. Pharmacists hold many important roles in opioid overdose prevention…An increasing number of insurers pay pharmacists to perform annual comprehensive medication reviews, during which pharmacists can discuss naloxone with patients who have risk factors for overdose…pharmacists can reduce opioid overdose and death in their communities.