BREAKING: Aetna-Humana merger blocked on antitrust grounds

A U.S. District Court Judge ruled against the $37 billion merger between national insurers Aetna and Humana on Monday, effectively blocking the controversial tie-up that would have altered the Medicare Advantage landscape.  READ MORE

NWT pharmacist gave man pills 10 times the correct dosage

CBC.ca-1 hour ago

A Lutselk'e, N.W.T., man is demanding compensation from Shoppers Drug Mart after a pharmacist at its Yellowknife store gave him pills that were 10-times the ...

PBMI releases second pharmacy trends in ACOs report

Pharmacy Today, American Pharmacists Association, pharmacist.com-1 hour ago

The Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute (PBMI) released the second edition of its <i>Pharmacy Trends in Accountable Care Organizations Report</i>, ...

Editorial: Dr. Price's conflicts of interest

Democratic senators, several of whom are themselves avid traders in healthcare stocks, were right to roast HHS secretary designee Dr. Tom Price for his unseemly plunges into individual healthcare equities.  READ MORE

Trump's ACA executive order heightens insurance market jitters

President Donald Trump's executive order Friday instructing federal agencies to go as far as they can legally to roll back the Affordable Care Act buys time for Congress to come up with a replacement plan but it could disrupt the insurance markets.  READ MORE

FDA Law Blog - Update on the DeCosters’ Case: Here Comes the U.S. Supreme Court (Maybe) Update on the DeCosters’ Case: Here Comes the U.S. Supreme Court (Maybe) Posted: 22 Jan 2017 11:39 AM PST By Jennifer M. Thomas –

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AG: hike fines for corporate manslaughter

Boston Herald-22 hours ago

Healey's office mentioned the New England Compounding Center meningitis outbreak in 2012 and last year's trench collapse in the South End that killed two .

Cadden boasted of control over federal regulators

Cadden boasted of control over federal regulators

The Tennessean-14 hours ago

BOSTON - The head of a now-defunct Framingham, Mass. drug compounding firm boasted to his sales staff that state and federal regulators didn't know what ...

Former compounding center technician details outdated drug use in Framingham Wicked Local Framingham · 5 hours ago

Former compounding center technician details outdated drug use in Framingham

Wicked Local Framingham · 5 hours ago

President Trump's healthcare plate is full, and it won't go down easy

• President Trump's healthcare plate is full, and it won't go down easy