Thursday, May 28, 2015

CVS pays $22 million to settle painkiller prescription allegations

  1. CVS pays $22 million to settle painkiller prescription allegations

    McKnight's Long Term Care News-9 hours ago
    The latest high-profile case recently ended with national pharmacy behemoth CVS agreeing to pay a $22 million fine to settle allegations that two of its Florida ...

Podiatrist gets house arrest for prescription drug offenses/The discovery was made during a routine inspection at NeighborCare Pharmacy in Mentor by an Ohio State Board of Pharmacy agent

  1. Podiatrist gets house arrest for prescription drug offenses

    News-Herald.com-18 hours ago
    The discovery was made during a routine inspection at NeighborCare Pharmacy in Mentor by an Ohio State Board of Pharmacy agent. Further investigation ...

PharMerica shares peak amid acquisition rumors


PharMerica shares peak amid acquisition rumors

Louisville Business First-18 hours ago
Shares of Louisville-based institutional pharmacy firm PharMerica Corp. (NYSE: PMC) have been trending continually upward during the last week or so.

FTC: Pet-medications market could be more competitive

FTC: Pet-medications market could be more competitive

VIN News Service-12 hours ago
That is why the AVMA is supportive of giving clients the flexibility to fill prescriptions at a pharmacy of their choice,” Dr. Ashley Morgan, assistant director of the ...

Linking cancer drug prices to their performance

Linking cancer drug prices to their performance

CNBC-18 hours ago
The pharmacy benefits manager negotiated a discount to offer an AbbVie regimen exclusively, at the expense of those from Gilead and others. The news rocked ...
Express Scripts wants cancer drugs to prove value
Medical Marketing and Media-16 hours ago
PBM Seeks to Tie Drug Price With Outcomes
AJMC.com Managed Markets Network-16 hours ago

Fred's Reports First Quarter 2015 Results

  1. Fred's Reports First Quarter 2015 Results

    Business Wire (press release)-58 minutes ago
    "The pharmacy department is a vital element in our long-term strategy and business focus, and we were pleased to complete the acquisition of Reeves-Sain and ...

Few health care facilities in Oregon voluntarily report mistakes Bend Bulletin-5 hours ago Less than 1 percent of pharmacies — seven out of 726 eligible statewide, none of them in Central Oregon — submitted reports last year, according to the ...


  1. Few health care facilities in Oregon voluntarily report mistakes

    Bend Bulletin-5 hours ago
    Less than 1 percent of pharmacies — seven out of 726 eligible statewide, none of them in Central Oregon — submitted reports last year, according to the ...

Drug Program for Poor Dropped From 'Cures' Bill

Drug Program for Poor Dropped From 'Cures' Bill

MedPage Today-15 hours ago
The rise in the number of "contract pharmacies" using the 340B discount program is another issue cited by PhRMA. Under the program, hospitals and clinics that ...

Exclusive: Greece owes drugmakers $1.2 billion - and counting

Exclusive: Greece owes drugmakers $1.2 billion - and counting
Yahoo News UK-19 hours ago
... duty during a strike in Athens . View photo. People line up outside a pharmacy during a strike by pharmacists in Athens, March 28, 2014. REUTERS/Yorgos …

Legislative hurdles could stall agreement

Legislative hurdles could stall agreement

Pharmacy News-6 hours ago
The Federal Government says 6CPA kick-off depends upon parliamentary approval of its entire PBS reform package. The Pharmacy Guild of Australia says the ...