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March 20, 2013
Hy-Vee to merge Iowa drug store, supermarket

The Hy-Vee Drugstore in Cherokee, Iowa, will merge with the company's supermarket in the town next month, the supermarket pharmacy chain said Wednesday.

March 20, 2013
Sagent appoints James Hussey as president

Generic drug maker Sagent Pharmaceuticals has appointed James Hussey as its president, the company said.

March 20, 2013
Sandoz launches generic contraceptives

The Food and Drug Administration has approved and launched two generic contraceptives made by Sandoz, the drug maker said.

March 20, 2013
Study finds rebates may spur healthy food purchases

Rebates on healthy foods may lead patients to purchase them more frequently, according to a new study by researchers in South Africa.

March 20, 2013
Teva appoints former Dyax executive

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has appointed a former executive from Dyax to its executive team, the Israeli generic drug maker said.

March 19, 2013
FDA picks acting director for Office of Generic Drugs

The Food and Drug Administration has picked Kathleen Uhl to serve as acting director of the Office of Generic Drugs, the agency said.

March 19, 2013
Support for comparative effectiveness research grows

A survey of 114 researchers, government officials, insurers, employers, business leaders and trade groups found nearly one-third say comparative effectiveness research will have a "moderate improvement" on healthcare decision making over the next 12 months.

March 19, 2013
Supreme Court to hear generic drug liability case

The question of whether a generic drug company can be held liable for harmful side effects from its medicines goes before the Supreme Court Tuesday in a case involving a New Hampshire woman who sustained several injuries after taking a generic pain drug.

March 18, 2013
FDA approves Mylan bronchospasm drug

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a generic treatment for bronchospasm made by Mylan, the drug maker said Monday.

March 18, 2013
Galena buys rights to cancer-pain drug from Orexo

Galena Biopharma has purchased rights to a treatment for breakthrough cancer pain from a Swedish drug maker, Galena said Monday.

March 18, 2013
GSK donates $500,000 to Philadelphia Children's Hospital Cancer Center

Drug maker GlaxoSmithKline's philanthropic arm has donated $500,000 to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia as part of a fund that provides assistance to families for travel and living expenses they may incur while their children are enrolled in experimental or novel treatments offered at the hospital's Cancer Center.

March 15, 2013
FDA approves new packet version of AbbVie testosterone gel

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new pocket-sized packet option for a testosterone-replacement therapy made by AbbVie, the drug maker said Friday.

March 15, 2013
Medbox buys stake in drug-vending company, forms jointly controlled corporation

Pharmaceutical vending machine maker Medbox has bought a 50% stake in a Michigan-based company that has developed an automated medicine dispensing machine, Medbox said Friday.

March 15, 2013
National Colon Cancer Screening Day motivates more than 2,000 to seek screenings

A record number of people were motivated to seek colon cancer screenings for a day last week, according to an organization focused on the disease.

March 15, 2013
PharmaSmart kiosks validated in two independent studies, new clinical integration announced

PharmaSmart International’s comprehensive blood pressure program has recently been validated in two new, independent scientific studies, the company announced today. The company also announced a partnership with Rx-30 Pharmacy System that offers an automated clinical integration of validated PharmaSmart biometrics within the patient record.

March 14, 2013
Alberta pharmacist group 'shocked' at planned generic drug price reductions

A plan to significantly reduce generic drug prices in Alberta has drawn criticism from pharmacists in the Canadian province.

March 14, 2013
FDA approves Par generic obsessive compulsive disorder drug

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a drug for obsessive compulsive disorder made by Par Pharmaceutical Cos., the drug maker said Thursday.

March 14, 2013
FDA to review experimental opioid drug

The Food and Drug Administration will decide in late August whether to approve an experimental opioid painkiller made by QRxPharma, the drug maker said Thursday.

March 14, 2013
Increasing use of generics would save money amid sequester, GPhA tells members of Congress

Amid a tide of automatic spending cuts resulting from the failure of Congress and the White House to agree on a budget, the generic drug lobby has offered some suggestions to generate savings.

March 14, 2013
Mylan can launch generic diabetes drug in August

Mylan has settled a patent-infringement lawsuit filed by Shionogi over its generic version of a drug for diabetes, Mylan said.

March 14, 2013
Reports: FDA generic drug chief resigns

The director of the Food and Drug Administration's Office of Generic Drugs is stepping down, according to published reports.

March 13, 2013
Hy-Vee joins LDM Group network

Hy-Vee has joined a network of pharmacies operated by a provider of behavior-based prescription management programs.

March 13, 2013
Meryl Streep appears in colorectal cancer-screening campaign

Actress Meryl Streep will encourage people to get screened for colorectal cancer in a new series of public service announcements from the Entertainment Industry Foundation's National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the groups said Wednesday.

March 13, 2013
NCPA supports Ore. reimbursement, audit, pharmacy choice legislation

Bills introduced in Oregon's state legislature would allow employers and other health plan sponsors to have greater knowledge about how pharmacy benefit managers determine the rates at which they pay pharmacies for dispensing generic drugs; establish new standards for pharmacy audits while requiring PBMs to register in the state and be licensed by the state board of pharmacy; and prevent health plans from requiring residents of the state to use mail-order pharmacies.

March 13, 2013
PDX, CoverMyMeds partner on prior authorizations

Pharmacy-automation system maker PDX has made a deal with CoverMyMeds to help pharmacies using PDX's system to expedite the submission of prior-authorization forms to health insurance plans, PDX said.

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