- India’s Lupin gets Russian production site in deal for Biocom (fiercepharmamanufacturing.com)
Lupin...buying Russia's ZAO Biocom, which has a manufacturing facility that does contract manufacturing as well as making its own generic meds...
- Doctor Pay Eclipses $240,000 As Value-Based Model Boosts Primary Care (forbes.com)
Compensation of primary care physicians continues to outpace that of their specialist counterparts rising nearly 3.6% last year to $241,273,..
- Oregon opts to dramatically expand women’s birth control access (newsdaily.com)
Oregon is poised to dramatically expand access to birth control after Governor ...signed laws that will allow women to get a yearlong supply of oral contraceptives directly from pharmacists without a trip to the doctor,.
- Tragic Pharmacy Technician Error Sparks Pursuit of Strengthened Regulations (pharmacytimes.com)
"No technician wants to do anything to compromise patient safety and health, as it goes against their training, compassion, and empathy,"..."But when pharmacies get overwhelmed, it can be easy to lose sight of that, so it’s important for pharmacies to implement ways to minimize potentially dangerous mistakes."
- Europe says Israel and Brazil can ship APIs without having to certify them (fiercepharmamanufacturing.com)
Two more countries have been deemed by the European Commission to have high enough manufacturing standards to receive waivers from certain rules for their API imports...Israel and Brazil to the list of countries whose APIs are considered equivalent and don't have to have each API batch inspected...
- The Future of Mobile Health Programs (specialtypharmacytimes.com)
Fiona Smythe, vice president of Strategy at mscripts, discusses developing trends in mobile health care applications.
- Should You Be Concerned About The ‘Weekend Effect?’ (forbes.com)
Increased Death Risk Internationally–If Admitted To A Hospital Over The Weekend...Emergencies happen 24/7–so why is it when we are admitted to a hospital on a weekend, the care we receive might not be exactly the same as the care we are given during a standard work week?..
- Actavis yanks more than half a million boxes of birth control pills for packaging faux pas (fiercepharmamanufacturing.com)
Actavis,...voluntarily recalling more than half a million boxes of contraceptives...the inserts were missing...
- CVS Health resigning from U.S. Chamber over position on tobacco products (drugstorenews.com)
CVS Health is reportedly withdrawing its membership from the United States Chamber of Commerce over the chamber’s stance on smoking,..
- University Pioneers Pharmacy Business Master’s Program (pharmacytimes.com)
University of Pittsburgh will offer a unique Master of Science in Pharmacy Business Administration program through its pharmacy and graduate business schools...program promises to improve pharmacy professionals’ business acumen and marketability...designed for those who desire executive positions and a greater understanding of the business of medicine,..
