Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

6 Pharmacy Owners, Marketers Charged in $14M Healthcare Fraud Case

by Samantha McGrail

The Department of Justice announced that six Dallas, Texas-area pharmacy owners and marketers were charged for their role in a $14 million healthcare fraud scheme involving illegal kickbacks and...

Demand for Cardiovascular Drugs Increases as COVID-19 Cases Soar

by Samantha McGrail

Premier Inc recently found that drug shortages to treat cardiovascular conditions have increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a press release.  For more coronavirus updates, visit...

Gilead, Kite Ink Deal with oNKo-innate for Cancer Immunotherapies

by Samantha McGrail

Three pharmaceutical companies recently formed a partnership to support the discovery and development of next-generation cancer immunotherapies.  For more coronavirus updates, visit...

Johnson & Johnson Expands Manufacturing of Lead COVID-19 Vaccine

by Samantha McGrail

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) recently announced a collaboration between Janssen Pharmaceuticals and Emergent BioSolutions to support the manufacturing of its lead investigational COVID-19 vaccine...

Pfizer, BioNTech Team Up to Advance COVID-19 Vaccine Development

by Samantha McGrail

Pfizer and BioNTech recently disclosed additional details on their COVID-19 vaccine development plans through BioNTech’s and mRNA vaccine program. For more coronavirus updates, visit...

Novartis Donates 130M Doses of Hydroxychloroquine to Combat COVID-19

by Samantha McGrail

Novartis recently announced its commitment to donate up to 130 million doses of generic hydroxychloroquine, a potential COVID-19 treatment.  For more coronavirus updates, visit our resource...

ASHP Demands More Manufacturing of Ventilator Drugs for COVID-19

by Samantha McGrail

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) recently called on the Trump Administration to address shortages of supportive ventilator drugs as COVID-19 continues to infect more...

FDA Orders Removal of Prescription, OTC Ranitidine Drugs

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently announced it has requested that manufacturers withdraw all prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) ranitidine drugs from the market immediately. Last year, FDA became aware of independent...

New Study Finds Significant Cost Savings from Biosimilars Use

by Samantha McGrail

When matched for all characteristics, two biosimilars showed significant cost savings for large US employers, according to researchers from the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins...

Bristol Myers Scores FDA Approval for Celgene’s MS Drug Ozanimod

by Samantha McGrail

The FDA finally approved Zeposia (ozanimod), a multiple sclerosis (MS) drug developed by Celgene, according to a recent announcement from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. Bristol-Myers acquired...

CVS Caremark Implements Measures to Protect COVID-19 Supply Chain

by Samantha McGrail

CVS Caremark, the pharmacy benefit manager business of CVS Health, recently announced that it is working with clients to implement new measures to protect and strengthen the COVID-19 supply chain,...

Lopinavir- Ritonavir Not Effective in Adults with Severe COVID-19

by Samantha McGrail

Hospitalized adult patients with confirmed COVID-19, experienced no benefits in lopinavir- ritonavir treatment compared to standard care, according to a recent clinical trial, LOTUS China...

Pharmacy Benefit Managers Prepared to Tackle COVID-19

by Samantha McGrail

Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) president and CEO JC Scott issued a letter to the Trump Administration’s COVID-19 Task Force affirming pharmacy benefit managers’ (PBMs)...

FDA Provides Coronavirus Supply Chain Update

by Samantha McGrail

As the FDA closely monitors the coronavirus supply chain, it has uncovered a drug shortage related to a site affected by the coronavirus, or COVID-19, according to a recent statement from Stephen M....

ICER: New Migraine Drugs Not as Expensive as Previously Thought

by Samantha McGrail

The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review’s (ICER) final evidence report assessing the clinical effectiveness and economic value of three acute treatments for migraines had more favorable...

Pharma Company Earns $311M for Cannabinoid Medicines

by Samantha McGrail

GW Pharmaceuticals announced last week that its cannabinoid (CBD) prescription medicines brought in total revenue of $109.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2019, and $311.3 million for the full...

What the New Coronavirus Means for the Pharmaceutical Industry

by Emily Sokol, MPH

A novel strain of the coronavirus has the world scrambling to avoid a global pandemic. In December 2019, the new virus emerged in Wuhan, China. Similar to the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)...

FDA Develops Web-Based Resource to Support Pharmacogenetics

by Samantha McGrail

The FDA recently announced a collaboration with Radiological Health and Center for Drug Evaluation and Research to develop a web-based resource intended to support the current science in...

FDA, FTC Join Forces on Biologics Competition

by Ana Mulero

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday issued a set of four joint goals to support a competitive US marketplace for approved biological products,...

Eli Lilly Snags $470M for NC Drug Manufacturing Plant

by Ana Mulero

Eli Lilly will open its first “state-of-the-art” manufacturing facility in North Carolina for the manufacturing of injectable products and delivery devices, the Indianapolis firm said...