Specialty Pharmacy

04/26/2013 - 12:58pm
NASP appoints Thomas Blissenbach to board of directors

Fairview Pharmacy Services director of business development Thomas Blissenbach has been appointed to the National Association of Specialty Pharmacy's board of directors, the NASP said.

04/26/2013 - 11:47am
Mallinckrodt collects unused medications in St. Louis

Medical products manufacturer Covidien's pharmaceutical division is expanding an initiative to collect unused and unwanted medications.

04/26/2013 - 11:34am
PhRMA report lists 241 drugs under development for blood cancer

More than 200 drugs for blood cancers are under development, according to a new report by a drug industry trade group.

04/26/2013 - 10:55am
Obama administration hopes to tackle prescription drug abuse

More than 1.3 million emergency room visits in 2010 were related to abuse of prescription drugs, and the problem has become widespread enough that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention classifies it as an epidemic. In response, curbing abuse of prescription drugs has become a cornerstone of the Obama administration's drug policy.

04/25/2013 - 2:04pm
Avella provided more than $7 million in financial assistance to patients last year

Avella Specialty Pharmacy provided more than $7.2 million in financial assistance to patients last year, the company said Thursday.

04/25/2013 - 11:13am
Strengthening of drug supply chain's effects on independent pharmacies raises concerns

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health heard testimony on Thursday morning from representatives of the Food and Drug Administration and several industry trade groups following the introduction of draft legislation that sponsors said would strengthen the country's pharmaceutical supply chain.

04/24/2013 - 1:50pm
Parents often complicit in teens' prescription drug abuse, study finds

A dramatic jump in the rates of misuse of prescription stimulants over the past four years is linked to lax attitudes on the part of parents, according to a new study, though misuse and abuse of prescription opioids has remained flat.

04/24/2013 - 12:05pm
Hospira looks to U.S. as it marks European biosimilar milestone

Generic drug maker Hospira marked its fifth year marketing knock-off versions of biotech drugs in Europe Wednesday as it presented at the 2013 Biotechnology Industry Organization International Convention this week.

04/24/2013 - 11:37am
FDA approves drug for opioid-induced constipation

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug for constipation related to use of opioid painkillers made by Sucampo Pharmaceuticals and Takeda Pharmaceuticals, the drug makers said.

04/19/2013 - 1:54pm
Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy CEO joins Flint, Mich., job-creation effort

Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy is among several Flint, Mich.-area companies that have signed on to a council to support a local business that makes scrubs and is interested in expanding beyond traditional markets.

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