- Vital Signs: Pharmacy-Based Naloxone Dispensing — United States, 2012–2018 (cdc.gov)
Naloxone dispensing from retail pharmacies increased from 2012 to 2018, with substantial increases in recent years. Despite increases, in 2018, only one naloxone prescription was dispensed for every 69 high-dose opioid prescriptions. The lowest rates of naloxone dispensing were observed in the most rural counties...What are the implications for public health practice?...READ MORE
- Optimizing IV Robotics in Hospital Pharmacy (pharmacytimes.com)
Dennis Killian, PharmD, PhD, Director of Pharmacy Services, Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, MD, discusses techniques to optimize the use of IV robotics in a hospital pharmacy setting. (video)
- CVS targets millennials with Amazon-like membership (cnbc.com)
CVS has a plan to win over millennials and it looks a lot like Amazon Prime: free home delivery of products...CVS announced...its CarePass program will expand nationwide...Pharmacy chains like CVS and Walgreens are fighting to stay relevant as consumers...shop online more and in physical stores less. Their business models rely on people buying toothpaste, vitamins and other convenience items in addition to filling their prescriptions...READ MORE
- This Week in Managed Care: July 26, 2019 (ajmc.com)
Jaime Rosenberg, welcome to This Week in Managed Care from the Managed Markets News Network
- Drug shortages forcing hospitals to ration treatments (marketwatch.com)The Immunoglobulin Shortage: A Plea to Hospital-Based Prescribers and Pharmacists (primaryimmune.org)
A shortage of a versatile medicine used to treat immune disorders and other diseases has forced U.S. hospitals and infusion clinics to suspend treatment for many patients... many hospitals and infusion clinics have received less immune globulin, or IG, than they need. Some have started to ration it, prioritizing it for patients who need it to stay alive and canceling infusions for patients deemed to have non-life-threatening conditions. The shortage has gotten to an acute status...READ MORE
- August 9 Pharmacy Week in Review: Researchers Discover Cancer Cell Growth Mechanism, USPSTF Reaffirms HBV Screening Recommendation for Pregnant Women (pharmacytimes.com)
Nicole Grassano, PTNN, Pharmacy Week in Review, this weekly video program provides our readers with an in-depth review of the latest news, product approvals, FDA rulings and more.
- This Week in Managed Care: August 2, 2019 (ajmc.com)
Laura Joszt, Managing Editor at The American Journal of Managed Care. Welcome to This Week in Managed Care from the Managed Markets News Network
- This Week in Managed Care: August 9, 2019 (ajmc.com)
Laura Joszt, Managing Editor at The American Journal of Managed Care. Welcome to This Week in Managed Care from the Managed Markets News Network
- Drug industry urges Canada to act early on U.S. import plan (reuters.com)
Canada’s main pharmaceutical (IMC) lobby group has urged the government not to wait for drug shortages before responding to U.S. plans to import Canadian drugs…the Trump administration announced on Wednesday that it would allow U.S. states and other groups to start pilot programs importing cheap drugs from Canada in an effort to lower drug costs...“Wholesalers should not be permitted to export drugs in bulk from Canada, and there should be strict and significant penalties for exporting drugs where their export is prohibited by law,”...“reliance on reactive measures after shortages occur may pose a risk to Canadian patients.”...READ MORE
- Week in Review: Investigational HIV drug May Extend Protection Against the Infection for 1 Year; Top Motivators for PharmD Candidates Revealed (pharmacytimes.com)
Nicole Grassano, PTNN, Pharmacy Week in Review, this weekly video program provides our readers with an in-depth review of the latest news, product approvals, FDA rulings and more.