IMS 2015 Use of Medicines report: US sales reach $424.8 billion
Double-digit growth (12.2%) for the second year running
Cryoguard extends chemical temperature indicators into deep frozen
Stem cell, biotech demands call for colder storage and shipping conditions
Capacity, capability expansions at CSafe, QuickSTAT
CSafe expands in Atlanta and Newark; QuickSTAT in Latin America
Cryoport adds a consulting arm to its clinical trials support
Risk assessment of trade lanes, commercial scaleup are concerns
Another approach to specialty patient support: independent pharmacies
KloudScript seeks to backstop local pharmacies with specialty services
Pfizer cancels merger with Allergan; hey, what about Inflectra biosimilar?
US tax rules scuttle merger, while the US' second biosimilar wins FDA approval
More injectables capacity in the US, Germany
Novo Nordisk and Vetter Pharma announce groundbreakings
FDA proposes guidance for biosimilar product labels
Labels will have a combination of reference-product and biosimilar-specific information
Biosimilars represent a $56-110-billion savings potential in 2016-2020, says IMS Institute
Experience--mostly in Europe--indicates a heavy educational burden for patients and physicians
Imprimis Pharmaceuticals pushes the definition of pharmaceutical manufacturing
An all-compounding "manufacturer" has big plans for growth
ZS Associates sharpens focus on pharma-physician interaction
'Customer Experience Tracker' measures success in oncologist interactions
Reltio captures IT analysts' attention for master data management
Announces a new version of its "platform as a service," with connectivity to Apache Spark
Walgreens and OptumRx partnership: more consolidation in retail pharmacy
Partnership combines mail-order PBM with brick-and-mortar drugstores
Express Scripts 2015 Drug Trend: not so bad in drug price escalation
Annual report highlights company's cost-control measures
New ProPublica analysis correlates physician payments with higher brand prescribing
Ophthamology tops the breakout by physician specialty
QPharma revamps its commercialization/compliance IT suite as Titanium
Sample distribution management, payments reporting and sales-rep training
Spectra Selling Solutions: a new player in contract sales organizations
New subsidiary of The Medical Affairs Co. hopes to fill gaps in CSO offerings
Immunoglobulin (IG) drives the blood-plasma therapeutics market
Even though recombinant-DNA biologics are displacing traditional blood-sourced therapeutics, maintaining stable supplies is still a problem
Agenda set for 2016 HPCLC Conference
Future tech, serialization and South America
J. Knipper heads CBI conference on sampling management
The anatomy of an optimized sampling supply chain
3C! Packaging wins certification for private-label print packaging
Company is now a certified supplier for Walgreens
Pharmaceutical cold chain logistics is a $12.6-billion global industry
Pharmaceutical Commerce's annual Cold Chain Sourcebook projects 52% growth between 2014 and 2020
Schreiner introduced a double-capping feature to vials
Flexi-Cap Protect prevents breakage at both the tops and bottoms of vials
Specialty pharma becomes 'hub enabled'
Call it the United Nations of Veeva OpenData
Database now covers 35 countries and 19 million HCPs
Clinical trial managers: take a survey of issues in clinical trial supplies
Logistics and service provider performance are among the topics
Use data analytics to monitor 340B discount drug pricing
Discerning how and where products are discounted is an expensive headache for manufacturers
Axway and Navitas partner for DSCSA and traceability implementations
Axway's track-and-trace platform is paired with Navitas' regulatory compliance expertise
HDMA honors Mutual Drug, AmerisourceBergen
Awards at annual Distribution Management Conference
A Conversation with Matt Wallach, Veeva Systems
