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More than 6.2 million New Yorkers are now enrolled, almost one-third of its 19 million people...The exchange, which was designed to connect uninsured New Yorkers with commercial policies, had the effect of bringing a larger number of low-income residents to the government-funded program.

Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency Board of Director Wes Chapman, RPh, joins the show to talk about the fight for transparency in pharmacy benefit management and to discuss the freedom patients deserve to use any pharmacy they wish without manipulating costs or co-pays in favor of a specific pharmacy or network. (audio presentation)

Dong-Pyou Han,…. sentenced to 57 months in prison for vaccine trial fraud,.. falsified data.. mixed human HIV antibodies with rabbit blood.. to falsely show…. immunity to HIV… two counts of making false statements in order to obtain NIH research grants…. fined $7.2 million on top of his prison sentence…

When a drone flies to a remote clinic in southwest Virginia...it will be delivering more than medical supplies....It will also be bringing hope to an impoverished coal mining region...delivering medicines to thousands of people seeking...medical care at the Remote Area Medical clinic in Wise County...first federally approved package delivery by a drone.“The application of drone delivery of medications is a no brainer,”..

active pharmaceutical ingredient firms that invest in waste management find it hard to compete with those that pollute according to DSM Sinochem, which wants environmental criteria included in good manufacturing practice standards...some third party API suppliers in India and China are furthering the spread of antibiotic resistant superbugs by failing to treat waste water...

"This is a crucial moment....in the ongoing battle to ensure access to safe, affordable medications for people worldwide. If the Trans-Pacific Partnership passes with the intellectual property provisions as currently written, it will have a draconian impact on hundreds of millions of people around the world, including the 800 million people in the TPP countries,"...

When it comes to innovation in the biopharma industry, the goal.. is to "break the possibility frontier."  ..."me-too" drugs do not expand the possibility frontier..."The era of ‘me-too’ drugs is on the downtrend."...

An $8.4 million settlement has been reached with..Blanding Health Mart Pharmacy following an investigation of knowingly billing the government for improper and medically unnecessary customizing of pain prescriptions,..

Sandoz,..the generics division of Novartis is closing an API plant in Mumbai… streamline operations in India,.. has two additional plants in Mahad,... facility in Kalwe....

CVS Health...shut down access to its online and related mobile photo services as the company investigates a potential data breach..."We have been made aware that customer credit card information collected by the independent vendor who manages and hosts CVSPhoto.com may have been compromised,"...