Pharmaceutical Commerce - May/June 2014

How secure are your laboratory refrigeration systems?

April 30, 2014

There is new evidence that cold storage systems used for clinical products and samples is at risk from poorly designed, installed or maintained refrigeration systems. Here's what to do about it.

Vetter offers standardized "clinical syringe" packages

April 30, 2014

Products could cut time-to-market in injectables R&D

World Courier doubles down in Sweden, rebrands its clinical trials business

April 30, 2014

Clinical Trials Supply Chain Solutions (CTSCS) becomes Clinical Supply Solutions (CSS)

DPx, the combination of Patheon and DSM Pharma, will catch the countercurrents in contract manufacturing

April 30, 2014

Newly branded company is one of the largest contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs) in the world

HCPC awards 2013 Compliance Package of the Year to Noven Therapeutics

April 30, 2014

Innovation award goes to Mem-O-Ring, a pill-bottle attachment

Three new facilities are announced for UPS in Latin America

April 30, 2014

Mexico, Brazil and Chile will see new or expanded healthcare logistics capability

Cegedim survey updates industry response to aggregate-spending rules

April 30, 2014

Pharma companies assess their ongoing reporting capabilities

Limits to Big Data in healthcare analytics

April 30, 2014

Researchers suggest that the surge in analysis of large data sets may have limitations for understanding healthcare patterns

Cold-chain packager combines tracking with asset management

April 30, 2014

Enhanced reuse could be possible with ProEnvision system

EHR market begins to sort itself out

April 30, 2014

Pharma industry is invited into some EHRs, excluded from others

Managing quality risks across the pharmaceutical supply chain

April 30, 2014

Well designed quality systems follow the product life cycle and foster a culture of quality

US prescription sales were up 3.2% in 2013, totaling $329.2 billion

April 30, 2014

Annual IMS Institute survey finds generics level at 86%

Newly approved Evzio auto-injector will treat opioid overdoses

April 30, 2014

Fast-tracked product is acclaimed by FDA as well as its developer, Kaléo

Health plans continue cost-control measures, but have mixed reactions to specialty pharmacy services

April 30, 2014

2014 EMD Serono Specialty Digest: managing adherence programs are a sought-after service

Veeva expands physician-contact tools with Engage, a multichannel communications link

April 30, 2014

Company also announces a 10-year agreement with Salesforce.com

McKesson and Physicians Interactive expand their e-coupon partnership

April 30, 2014

Service connects McKesson industry clients to PI's network of e-prescribing and EHRs

HDMA survey of specialty distribution: sales to physicians' offices have dropped by 11%

April 29, 2014

Annual survey tracks rapid evolution in a critical pharma market

Express Scripts charts 'pharmaceutical waste' in 2013 Drug Trend Report

April 29, 2014

Better adherence could save $337 billion in healthcare costs

IMS Institute charts the future course of commercial-operations automation

April 29, 2014

Cost-cutting will continue while marketplace demands a higher level of data quality from pharma

FDA's first DQSA track-and-trace workshop will be held May 8-9

April 29, 2014

First of many meetings to come that are required by the Drug Supply Chain Security Act

2014 Biopharma cold-chain forecast

April 29, 2014

Global industry will spend $8.36 billion on cold chain logistics this year

Bending the cost curve in oncology

April 28, 2014

A rising flow of new, expensive therapies is transforming relationships among payers and providers. Manufacturers will have to react nimbly to the changes

Modified release formulations give new life to drugs

April 28, 2014

Both pharmacological and economic factors drive the decision to use these technologies

2014 Product Security Report

April 28, 2014

A new federal law sets the US industry's agenda for years to come; efforts globally are moving ahead

Improving health outcomes through customized adherence messages

April 28, 2014

Optimized multichannel communications will prevent illness and save lives