CareZone sues Express Scripts over pharmacy contract

Axios-4 hours ago

CareZone Pharmacy, an online pharmacy that delivers prescriptions to people's homes, is suing Express Scripts for allegedly engaging in anticompetitiv

From FDA Law Blog::

Like Ma Bell, I’ve Got the Ill Communications: Final Guidances Issued Posted: 19 Jun 2018 06:54 PM PDT By Dara Katcher Levy & Sara W. Koblitz & Jeffrey N. Wasserstein — Announced as another effort to improve patient access and address drug pricing, FDA recently finalized two guidance documents intended to facilitate better communication and negotiation with payors, formulary committees, and others: Medical Product Communications That Are Consistent With the FDA-Required Labeling – Questions and Answers: Guidance for Industry, hereinafter “Promotional Communication Guidance”; and Drug and Device Manufacturer Communications with Payors, Formulary Committees, and Similar Entities—Questions and Answers, hereinafter “Payor Communication Guidance” continue reading here

Statement from Douglas Throckmorton, M.D., deputy center director for regulatory programs in FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, on the agency’s response to ongoing drug shortages for critical products
		Among the biggest challenges health care providers and patients face are shortages of medically necessary medications. These shortages greatly impact patient treatment options and require practitioners to make difficult decisions that can compromise care, such as rationing supplies or using less desirable, but more readily available, alternative therapies. The FDA also understands the impact and concern these shortages may have on patients and we want to reassure them that their care will continue to be our priority. Ensuring access to the drugs patients need means finding creative responses to shortages while also addressing the root causes of the shortage issue. The FDA’s role is focused on working with manufacturers, using all of our authorities to help prevent and mitigate drug shortages of medically necessary products used to prevent or treat a serious or life-threatening disease or medical condition. Continue reading...

Letter: OptumRx helps curb Rx misuse

The Columbus Dispatch-10 hours ago

OptumRx, a pharmacy-care-services company, identified in 2015 that some doctors and compoundingpharmacies were prescribing and filling what appeared to .

The Advantages to 503A Compounding - Pharmacy Practice News

https://www.pharmacypracticenews.com/Multimedia/Article/...Compounding/50006

23 hours ago - A new trend in pharmacy is re-insourcing—bringing back in house certain pharmacy functions, such as 503A compounding.