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Naloxone expanded-access provisions that recently took effect in Colorado practically push pharmacists to provide the opioid overdose antidote to anyone requesting it, but many pharmacists in the state still have concerns about dispensing it...fear for some pharmacists...misconception that providing naloxone is encouraging drug abuse and facilitating dependence...

latest edition of EvaluatePharma’s World Preview 2015, Outlook to 2020. This annual report projects for prescription drug sales and R&D activity in the U.S. and abroad…THINGS ARE GOING GREAT……AND THEY'RE ONLY GETTING BETTER..

Pfizer….reported better-than-expected second-quarter profit and revenue, helped by strong demand for its pneumonia vaccine (Prevnar ) and new breast cancer drug (Ibrance), sending its shares up 1 percent…. global vaccines unit rose 44 percent to $1.58 billion… breast cancer drug ...generated $140 million in sales in its first full quarter on the market..

e-prescribing…full potential for improving the safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of prescription drug delivery, important work remains...ultimate goal…a clear, complete, and unambiguous e-prescription order that can be seamlessly received, processed, and fulfilled…without the need for additional clarification… new e-prescription transaction …NCPDP SCRIPT Standard…. move the industry closer to achieving this vision...

Gilead Sciences, maker of the hepatitis C drugs Sovaldi and Harvoni, posted second-quarter profit that topped analysts’ estimates as revenue surged. Gilead raised its sales forecast for the year.

lack of effective communications between the Drug Enforcement Agency and both pharmaceutical distributors and chain pharmacy headquarters has impacted legitimate access to pain medicines, according to a report released by…Government Accountability Office…Both distributors and retail pharmacies still request improved guidance and a greater degree of interaction with the DEA, though the agency does not concur,…

Most employers have been using multi-tier prescription drug plans for many years, but new data…significant increase in the use of 4-tier plans, which typically cover the highest cost drugs, as well as major increases in corresponding median copays a trend that is expected to continue,..general competitive pressure will demand that employees contribute more for the highest tiers...

Spending on health care will take up an increasing proportion of the U.S. economy over the next decade as the population ages and more people gain insurance coverage under Obamacare,…Payments for hospitals, doctors, drugs and insurance will rise by about 5.8 percent a year through 2024, 1.1 percentage points faster than overall economic growth,...

Teva… linked to the 2008 hepatitis C outbreak in Las Vegas, has agreed to buy Allergan … generic drugs business… will turn (Teva ) into one of the world's largest pharmaceutical firms… In..2012, Teva… agreed to pay $285 million to settle…lawsuits arising from the hepatitis C outbreak tied to the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada.. Teva and Baxter Healthcare…were found liable..

Moses Lake Professional Pharmacy is voluntarily recalling human and veterinary sterile compounded drugs which are unexpired to the consumer level due to lack of sterility assurance….has not received any reports of product contamination or adverse events to date, and is issuing this voluntary recall out of an abundance of caution..