Tag Archives: Pharmacy

Congress, FDA Should Consider Tech Solutions for Safer Compounding

By Guest Blogger | Published: March 14, 2013
By Niels Erik Hansen Last fall’s deadly meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated steroid injections is a tragic reminder of the risk of errors inherent in manual pharmacy medication compounding. Unsanitary conditions at the Massachusetts compounding pharmacy that made the injections resulted in fungal contamination of the drugs. The resulting outbreak sickened nearly 700 people in [...]
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Pharmacists: The Other White Coats

By Ben Comer | Published: November 7, 2012
Patients in search of face time with a healthcare provider are stopping into their local drugstores, where consultations are free and the wait time is shorter. Pharmacists are in a unique position, too, to move the needle on drug adherence.
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Medco CEO Champions Robots Over Pharmacists

By Ben Comer | Published: October 11, 2011
The role of the pharmacist in positive health outcomes – and drug company profits – is often cited in discussions around adherence to medication regimens, holistic prescribing practices and the navigation of insurance payment structures. In an attempt to demystify that role, Medco CEO David Snow told attendees at the Cleveland Clinic’s Medical Innovation Summit last [...]
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AstraZeneca Signs Exclusive Distribution Deal for Vandetanib

By Ben Comer | Published: April 27, 2011
As the number of drugs targeting small populations increases, managing numerous drug distribution channels and educating the relevant parties – specialty pharmacists, payers, physicians, and patients – becomes a daunting task. Specialty pharmacies that handle seven to 10 major disease states, after all, might only see three or four patients with a given rare disease, [...]
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Patient Adherence Awards Winners Revealed

By George Koroneos | Published: April 28, 2010
Image via Wikipedia The Center for Business Intelligence, on Monday, revealed winners of its annual Strategic Patient Adherence Awards as part of its two-day conference about patient compliance with their drug regiments. This year’s award winners are: Best Integrated Program—Shire Pharmaceuticals: FOSRENOL ON TRACK Direct To Patient Support Program Best Disease State Program—BMS/Sanofi-Aventis Canada & Rx Canada: My Plavix [...]
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