Content about Pharmaceutical sciences

May 16, 2010
Rewriting health reform

Last issue I wrote about the 9-in.-by-12-in. box on my desk, in which I keep...

May 16, 2010
Track-and-trace tags to tackle counterfeiters

The brazenness of the burglary of some $75 million in drugs from an Eli Lilly...

May 16, 2010
Unleash drug therapy management, pharmacy leader urges

The newly installed president of the nation’s oldest national pharmacy organization is urging pharmacists to...

May 13, 2010
Report: Teva may benefit from health-reform law

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries could get a lot of business thanks to the health-reform law, according...

May 10, 2010
Cardinal Health installs more than 500 Pharmacy Health Network locations

A healthcare services company has installed its retail pharmacy digital advertising network in more than...

May 10, 2010
CVS Caremark's Pharmacy Advisor seeks to improve diabetes care for PBM clients

CVS Caremark has launched a new program, Pharmacy Advisor, which is aimed at strengthening pharmacy...

May 9, 2010
Genentech, Evotec to collaborate on drug development

U.S. biotechnology company Genentech and German drug maker Evotec hope to develop drugs using Evotec’s...

May 9, 2010
Merck: Expanding investigational drug pipeline caused by Schering-Plough merger

Merck has more than 20 investigational drugs in late-stage development, thanks to its merger with...

May 9, 2010
Watson Pharmaceuticals' Q1 revenues up 28%

Watson Pharmaceuticals had revenues of $856.5 million in the first quarter of this year, a...

May 6, 2010
NCPA endorses PBM transparency bill

A congressional bill that aims to reduce healthcare costs by requiring greater transparency of pharmacy...

May 6, 2010
Pfizer gets a boost from Wyeth, specialty drugs in Q1

Pfizer reported $16.8 billion in revenues for first quarter 2010, a 54% increase over first...

May 6, 2010
Pharmacy owns medication adherence issue

Of all the cells in the big organism known as health care, pharmacy is the...

May 4, 2010
Duquesne University’s pharmacy school to open off-campus pharmacy

The first off-campus community pharmacy designed and operated by a university school of pharmacy soon...

May 4, 2010
NACDS hails journal article's emphasis on pharmacy's role in medication adherence

The value of pharmacy in medication adherence was emphasized in the newest issue of Health...

May 3, 2010
APhA survey: Pharmacists recommend over-the-counter products to consumers

Pharmacists believe that 82% of consumers purchase over-the-counter products that actually were recommended to them...

May 3, 2010
Copaxone sales raise Teva's Q1 profit

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries had net sales of $3.7 billion in first quarter 2010, a 16%...

May 3, 2010
GPhA president, CEO resigns

Generic Pharmaceutical Association president and CEO Kathleen Jaeger will leave the organization effective June 30,...

April 28, 2010
Study finds larger-than-expected gap in medication nonadherence

A recent study by CVS Caremark and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield looked at e-prescribing...

April 22, 2010
CVS Caremark forges ahead with medication adherence initiatives

Underscoring the vital role that pharmacists play in the U.S. healthcare system are the findings...

April 15, 2010
Pharmacists can bridge medication adherence gap

Taking medications is like doing household chores or getting called for jury duty: Everybody would...

April 12, 2010
CVS Caremark: Medication adherence gets in way of social life, patients say

Some patients stop taking their prescribed medications because they think it interferes with personal priorities...

April 8, 2010
Government shortcuts spell disaster for health program beneficiaries

Once again, government seems to be mangling the delicate balance among pharmacies, generic drug suppliers...

April 8, 2010
Pharmacy-PBM model may aid patients' health in the long-run

The fact that CVS Caremark presented research highlighting the benefits that pharmacy benefit management tools...

April 6, 2010
CVS Caremark research highlights methods for improving medication adherence

Research from CVS Caremark demonstrated the positive impact of various tools available to pharmacy benefit...

April 1, 2010
Increased drug sales may yield overall economy's comeback

The uptick in prescription drug sales growth may or may not be yet another indicator...

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