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Howard University and TNI BioTech sign drug development deal

Howard University College of Pharmacy and US-based immunotherapies developer TNI BioTech have signed a multi-year deal to develop new drugs in Africa.

Patient Home Monitoring (PHM) Announces An Update On Progress to Improve Gross Margin and Revenue Growth

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/24/13 -- Patient Home Monitoring (PHM) (TSX VENTURE: PHM), a profitable company focused on in-home management for patients with chronic disease, today announced a number of actions it plans to undertake to increase profitability, improve capital market liquidity and increase shareholder value. PHM has finalized the acquisition of LM Pharmacy Solut...

Peter Kopelman appointed as Faculty chairman

Peter Kopelman, a consultant physician, has been chosen to chair the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Faculty, which will lead on pharmacy professional development and recognition. Professor Kopelman is currently principal of St George’s, Unive...

Parata Wins 2013 Caregiver Friendly® Award From Today's Caregiver Magazine

DURHAM, N.C., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Parata Systems, a leader in pharmacy automation, announced today it has been recognized by Today's Caregiver magazine as a 2013 "Caregiver Friendly® Award" recipient. The awards recognize products, services, books and media created with the needs of caregivers in mind. Parata was recognized in the "Products" category for its Parata PASS™ (...

PCMA: Upgrading Medicaid Drug Benefits Could Save Florida $2.1 Billion

A new report estimates that upgrading management of drug benefits in Florida’s Medicaid program could save $2.1 billion without reducing access or the quality of benefits patients receive. The new report shows that Florida and other state Medicaid programs could make more use of the tools Medicare, unions, and employers rely on to curb wasteful pharmacy spending. Washington, DC (PRWEB) May 23, 2...

Aetna Announces Appearance at the Deutsche Bank 38th Annual Health Care Conference

Aetna (NYSE: AET) announced today that Shawn M. Guertin, senior vice president and CFO, is scheduled to make a presentation at the Deutsche Bank 38th Annual Health Care Conference on May 30, 2013, in Boston. Aetna’s presentation is scheduled to begin at 9:20 a.m. ET. Investors, analysts and the general public are invited to listen to this...

Blue Cross To Allow HIV/AIDS Patients to "Opt-Out" of Mandatory Mail-Order Rx Drug Program, Announces Consumer Watchdog

SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Anthem Blue Cross patients with HIV/AIDS may "opt-out" of a program that would have required them to obtain their medications by mail order under a settlement announced today by Consumer Watchdog and Whatley Kallas LLC.  The lawsuit, filed in January in San Diego Superior Court, alleged that Blue Cross's mandatory mail order prog...

PuraMed BioScience (PMBS) Issued Alert Based on Market Cap of $721,756

SCHOFIELD, Wis., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- PuraMed BioScience®, Inc., (OTCBB: PMBS) a researcher, developer, and marketer of over-the-counter (OTC) medicinal and healthcare products, announced that Ludlow Research re-issued its research opinion on the company based on low market capitalization valuation. Report Highlights Non-Prescription, All Natural Product to Treat Migraine Headaches...

Senate Immigration Bill Would Ease Restrictions On Foreign Health Workers; Measure Advances To Increase Scrutiny On Compounding Pharmacies

On Capitol Hill, several legislative efforts are moving forward on health issues. Among them is an effort by the Massachusetts delegation to keep bonus Medicare payments for the state's hospital, while House Republicans are looking for another way to deal with bill to fund high-risk insurance pools.  Modern Healthcare: Immigration Bill Seeks To Ease Rules For Foreign Health Workers After 30 h...

Senate Immigration Bill Would Ease Restrictions On Foreign Health Workers

On Capitol Hill, several legislative efforts are moving forward on health issues. Among them is an effort by the Massachusetts delegation to keep bonus Medicare payments for the state's hospitals, while House Republicans are looking for another way to deal with a bill to fund high-risk insurance pools. In addition, a Senate measure is advancing that would increase scrutiny On compounding phar...

U.S Specialty Drug Spending to Rise 67% by 2015

Précis:  US spending on specialty drugs – drugs aimed at chronic, complex diseases such as cancer, multiple sclerosis (MS) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) – will increase by 67% by the end of 2015,...

CVS Caremark Supporting Tornado Relief Efforts in Oklahoma and Texas

WOONSOCKET, R.I., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The CVS Caremark Charitable Trust, a private foundation created by CVS Caremark, today announced that it will donate $25,000 to the American Red Cross to support the organization's tornado relief efforts in Oklahoma and Texas.   In addition, the Charitable Trust will match tornado relief donations to the Red Cross from CVS Caremark's em...

ConAgra Foods Improves Its Innovative Benefits Program With Health Care Transparency From Castlight Health

Health Care Management Suite Helps Employees Reduce Costs, Increase Engagement and Improve Outcomes ConAgra Foods, one of North America’s leading packaged food companies, has selected Castlight Health to enable its employees to make informed, value-based decisions about their health care. With Castlight’s health care management suite,...

Pharmagen To Present At The Second Annual Marcum LLP MicroCap Conference

SILVER SPRING, Md., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pharmagen, Inc. (OTCBB: PHRX) (the "Company" or "Pharmagen") announced today that Mackie A. Barch, CEO, will present at the Second Annual Marcum LLP MicroCap Conference on Thursday, May 30, 2013 in New York City at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. The Company's presentation is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. EDT and will be available via a live webcast. F...

Antares Pharma Welcomes Marvin Samson to Board of Directors

Antares Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATRS) today announced the election of Marvin Samson to the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Samson is an expert in injectable manufacturing and delivery systems. He was formerly Group Vice President – Worldwide Injectables of Teva, previously having served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of D...

Ameritox Joins with Progressive Medical in Urine Drug Monitoring Network to Help Improve Care of Injured Workers

BALTIMORE, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ameritox, the nation's leader in pain medication monitoring, has been selected by Progressive Medical, Inc. to become part of its Urine Drug Monitoring (UDM) network to help clients manage pharmacy costs and improve the clinical outcomes for injured workers. Progressive Medical, a leading pharmacy benefit manager in the workers' compensation industry,...

MedVantx Achieves Significant Milestone of Managing $1.5B in Prescription Medications and Completes Facilities Expansion While Upgrading To Offer Current Good Manufacturer Practices (cGMP)-level Quality Systems in their Home Delivery Pharmacy

SAN DIEGO, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MedVantx, Inc., the company that has pioneered a unique direct to consumer pharmaceutical distribution channel announced today the Company has completed a major expansion of its home delivery platform to manage $1.5B in pharmaceutical products and the upgrade of its systems to offer a level of quality akin to cGMP facilities in its specialty home delive...

College of Pharmacy Partners With TNI BioTech to Develop New Drugs for Africa

WASHINGTON, DC -- (Marketwired) -- 05/23/13 -- Howard University College of Pharmacy has signed a multi-year agreement with TNI BioTech, Inc. (OTCQB: TNIB), a Bethesda, Md., biotech firm that develops immunotherapy drugs to treat patients with chronic diseases, to assist in TNI BioTech's efforts to provide affordable health care and the development of pharmaceutical skills in Africa. The College...

Focus on pharmacy research with a doctorate degree

  Pharmacists who wish to improve their research skills and who have a particular area of practice they wish to research may like to consider undertaking the DPharm qualification at the University of Strathclyde. The DPharm is an alternati...

How to keep proper pharmacy records — a downloadable good practice guide

Storage of large volumes of paper records received and produced by pharmacies and pharmacy departments can be difficult, costly and space consuming. Retrieval of records can also be difficult if they have not been archived adequately. Increasi...

The benefits of medicines outweigh the risks of treatment — says who?

Theo Raynor writes that pharmacists need to find ways of expressing risk-benefit ratios to patients in a way that they can understand so that they can make informed decisions I am going to start somewhere unexpected — in a high street pharmacy i...

Found wanting . . . again

Will the profession ever learn? Similar surveys were carried out by Which? in 2004 and in 2008, with similar disappointing results. After the 2004 survey, The Journal wrote (PJ 2004;272:142): “While the profession should not be complacent about th...

Could complexity theory turn out to be a pristine prism for pharmacy?

My eyeballs bulged but I hoped that no one would notice. I had not observed hospital pharmacists at work for years. Hello short sleeves and open neck. Goodbye white coat (fully buttoned) and, for men, ties. Enormous pressure exists for individuals...

Do not use paracetamol just to reduce fever, says NICE

Advice on the use of paracetamol and ibuprofen to treat feverish illness in children less than five years of age has been overhauled and the relationship between heart rate and fever in predicting serious illness highlighted, in an updated clinical...

Workforce update — joiners, leavers and pharmacists on the 2011 Register

This is the first analysis of the Register to be published since the General Pharmaceutical Council took over regulatory functions from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and formally became the independent statutory regulator for the...