
IC Optix wins a US patent for film overlay of labels

HHS will hold a webcasted meeting of stakeholders to address pricing issues

Likely Pfizer-Allergan friendly merger pairs with Walgreens-Rite Aid as concerns over concentration mount

Valeant severs ties and says the pharmacy is closing shop

FDA fiddles with legislated deadline schedule

Facility manages clinical trial supply, storage, packaging and distribution

Valeant-Philidor dispute causes a 'mischaracterization' of specialty pharmacy

Company claims its relationship with Philidor pharmacy violates no law

Leading samples-management provider expands westward

Trade association seeks to separate its members from the ongoing drug-pricing controversy

Model N/Highpoint survey points to better integration of pricing and contract data

Company has 18 products in its US pipeline

While temperature-controlled components advance, service providers are identifying innovative refinements to basic shipping services

A shift in how USP provides guidance for GDP is in the works

Packaging vendors are finding eager customers in sales operations

Quality control remains a problem among compounding pharmacies, but bigger players are entering the field

More cold chain capacity as well

Biennial survey finds growing awareness of information options by consumers

Xerox subsidiary expands its call-center operations to include specialty reimbursement services

Student entries will compete for an award in addition to the commercial contest

USDM Life Sciences, RS Partners are among vendors to manage the program

Meanwhile, acquires Zinc Ahead, a content-management company

Zephyr Illuminate pools disparate data for predictive analytics for commercial operations

Executives from Morris & Dickson, Louisiana Wholesale Drug Co., AmerisourceBergen and Anda have been elected

Topic begins edging into presidential campaign politics

Besides new traceability software, SAP floats the idea of a connected 'Pharma Network'

While mHealth apps have more than doubled in quantity, industry and healthcare providers are still figuring out what their value is

Despite the buffeting by industry critics, pharma advertising has snapped back from recent lows

Rollout in 12 countries begins in Vietnam