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New Kakegawa, Japan, facility will handle storage and packaging

Interpol, FDA and others coordinate an annual cleanup of fake drugs and illicit dispensing

Internationalization of drug wholesaling is a factor in the name change

New passive pallet designs offer economical alternatives for cold chain shipping

rfXcel’s Traceability Platform becomes part of Verizon’s ThingSpace

Vault QMS builds on existing Vault and QualityDocs offerings

New physician’s form is supposed to reduce the complexity of obtaining investigational drugs

Branded products are 92% US market in dollar value, says IMS Institute

Prestigious competition for budding scientists takes a biotech vibe

Trend toward outcomes-based pharma contracts could be accelerated

Bloomberg BusinessWeek rakes over charitable copay programs

Looming EU IDMP mandates are only part of the potential applications

The growing compliance requirements for distribution call for a streamlined approach

PhRMA-sponsored study outlines the economic effects of US-based operations

Practice Fusion taps into a 38-million-patient database

Few new treatments are available while antibiotic resistance is growing, says Pew Charitable Trust

Company pursues ‘bench to bedside’ commercialization services

Deals with Amgen and Sanofi/Regeneron enhance new pricing policies for specialty drugs

Dispense As Written

Demand for cryogenic logistics propels business growth

Program seeks to improve care while reducing costs

Site opens up a Facebook-like “Pages” to vendors and medical organizations

Managed care organizations are adjusting rapidly to onslaught of specialty products

A raft of new therapies is generating renewed optimism for cancer care, but even as lower-cost biosimilars enter the market, cost is a crippling factor

Packaging designers continue the uphill battle for converting the US pharma industry to unit-dose, compliance-improving packaging