Pharmaceutical Commerce - March/April 2015

Politics and drugs

March 12, 2015

Medical marijuana and biosimilars are two topics where 'the will of the people' push decisions

Partnering to diversify yields rapid growth

March 11, 2015

A family-owned pharmaceutical manufacturer plots a 21st-century growth plan

Campbell Alliance updates, expands its commercial launch consulting services

March 11, 2015

More executional capabilities derive from affiliation with parent, inVentiv Health

HealthPrize touts its success with 'gamification' in adherence programs

March 11, 2015

Company uses online media to promote fill rates by more than 50%

Exostar grows its network of collaborative tools in life sciences

March 11, 2015

Identity Hub expedites access to regulated content in prescribing and other commercial applications

Symphony Health Solutions builds a 5-million-patient, longitudinal cardiovascular registry

March 11, 2015

Collaboration with American College of Cardiology could result in new health-outcomes results

Rite Aid to buy EnvisionRx, continuing a reshaping of US drug distribution

March 11, 2015

$2-billion acquisition brings a $5-billion/yr PBM to Rite Aid's 4,600 retail stores

Independent physicians and their clinics remain a dominant channel for specialty distribution, says HDMA

March 11, 2015

Association's annual specialty-distribution study focuses trend in oncology, chronic diseases

Preventing and Managing Drug Shortages--PDA Technical Report 68

March 11, 2015

The Parenteral Drug Association offers risk management guidance*

'Capacity crunch' is the theme of HPCLC meeting

March 11, 2015

2015 spring meeting focuses on meeting transportation bottlenecks

Alliance Life Sciences partners with Revitas to better manage pharma revenue practices

March 11, 2015

1.5-10% improvement in 'revenue capture' is possible

Next agg-spend deadline looms with little buzz from industry

March 11, 2015

Reporting by pharma companies on spending on physicians is becoming a non-event

The biosimilars payoff in the US might be small and fleeting

March 11, 2015

Analysis from Prime Therapeutics points to severe cost hurdles for biosimilars developed and marketed in the US

Bayer upgrades temperature-controlled packaging and saves money while doing so

March 10, 2015

New design from Emball'Iso triples payload capacity

Medical marijuana looks for a place in conventional drug distribution

March 10, 2015

It's still early days in making medical marijuana--and cannabis-based pharmaceuticals--part of normal dispensing

Cloud-based services manage regulated content better

March 10, 2015

Unifying the management of clinical research documentation and marketing content saves time and accelerates speed-to-therapy

2015 Hub Services Report

March 10, 2015

Comprehensive patient care becomes the unifying theme of pharma hubs

Advances in cold chain packaging

March 09, 2015

GDP standards drive higher performance standards for packaging

ACOs raise the stakes for evidence-based medicine

March 09, 2015

Manufacturers will need to refine their interactions with healthcare providers and produce better outcomes research and adherence programs to compete

Pharmaceutical cold chain logistics is a $10-billion global industry

March 09, 2015

Pharmaceutical Commerce's annual Cold Chain Sourcebook projects 44% growth over the 2013-2019 span