21st Century Cures Act reboot keeps controversial changes for FDA

With the fast-tracked reboot of the 21st Century Cures Act, drug and device manufacturers may be about to win long sought revisions to the way the Food and Drug Administration approves and regulates their products.  READ MORE

Cures Act would give pass to lowest-quality Medicare Advantage plans 

If Congress passes the 21st Century Cures Act, the federal government would be barred from axing the worst performers in Medicare Advantage through 2018.  READ MORE

Trump's CMS pick is viewed as both patient advocate and foe

Verma has supported charging premiums to individuals above and below the poverty line and freezing beneficiaries out of coverage if they don't pay. But she could prove to be a knowledgeable ally to states looking to better control their Medicaid dollars.  READ MORE

In A Stunning Development, Congress Drops A Billion Dollars On The Heroin Crisis

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/in-a-stunning-development-congress-drops-a-billion-dollars-on-the-heroin-crisis/ar-AAkRXDq?li=AA5a8k&ocid=spartandhp

Trump pledged to protect Medicare; his choice for health secretary has other ideas

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-pledged-to-protect-medicare-his-choice-for-health-secretary-has-other-ideas/ar-AAkVLCQ?li=AA5a8k&ocid=spartandhp

Save the date: Pharmacy Connect 2017

Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)-Nov 28, 2016

Following on from the success of the inaugural Pharmacy Connect in 2016, The Pharmacy Guild of Australia, NSW Branch has announced the 2017 event will ...

Form D Filing: Legacy Pharmacy $120000 Fundraising. Joshua ...

Frisco Fastball-6 hours ago

Legacy Pharmacy, Llc, Limited Liability Company just filed form D regarding $120,000 equity financing. The date of first sale was . Legacy Pharmacy was able to ...

New York pharmacy owner gets prison for massive opioid pill scheme

New York pharmacy owner gets prison for massive opioid pill scheme

Metro.us-4 hours ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The owner of two now-defunct New York City pharmacies was sentenced to four years in prison on Tuesday for engaging in what ...

Tricare patients' deadline to switch pharmacy is Dec. 1

Military Times-5 hours ago

Tricare patients who now use CVS should transfer their prescriptions to another pharmacy in the Tricare network, because if you have a prescription filled at a ...

For January execution of Ricky Gray, Virginia plans to use drug ...

Virginian-Pilot-7 hours ago

Furthermore, Virginia would become the first state in the country to use a version of Midazolam manufactured by a “compounding pharmacy” – one whose ...