For pharmacists, from Drug Topics: Business tips and trends for health-system pharmacists
November 3, 2009
By:Bruce T. Roberts, RPh
In the prescription drug market, discriminatory pricing is common for independent community pharmacies and their patients. This fall, a Federal District Court in New York will consider a critical case: Drug Mart Pharmacy Corp. et a. v. American Home Products Corp. et al. The outcome of the case may determine whether discriminatory pricing techniques are illegal.
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October 9, 2009
By:Alaina Scott, Senior Editor
A second round of revised quality standards for heparin became effective recently, the U.S. Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention has announced.
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October 8, 2009
By:Martin Sipkoff
When manufacture of biogenerics is a legal reality, brand manufacturers will still retain a strong market share for several years.
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October 8, 2009
By:Amanda Brower, Senior Editor, Centralized Content Group
Pharmacy should be part of any team evaluating an outpatient center. Effective communication between physicians, hospital administrators, pharmacists, and nursing staff is crucial to whether the infusion center will succeed.
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October 8, 2009
By:Fred Gebhart, Contributing Editor
Hospitals and health systems have taken the lead in expanding the role of pharmacy technicians. "The better educated techs are, the more they can support pharmacists," says Mary Mohr, RPh, MS, of Clarian Health.
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September 25, 2009
By:Alaina Scott, Senior Editor
Cardinal Health is hoping that its newly expanded services offered to hospital pharmacies helps customers to make improvements to their work flow.
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September 18, 2009
By:Fred Gebhart, Contributing Editor
The Joint Commission is targeting patient safety failures with a new program that will directly affect pharmacy operations.
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September 4, 2009
By:Jennifer Johnston
With the settlement of the class-action lawsuit brought against First DataBank and McKesson by third-party payors accusing the companies of conspiring to inflate average wholesale prices (AWP) of hundreds of drugs, AWP values will roll back from 1.25 to 1.20 times the drugs' wholesale acquisition cost (WAC).
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September 4, 2009
By:Fred Gebhart, Contributing Editor
Hospital drug costs will increase by up to 3 percent this year, but spending on anti-infective agents is nearly triple the overall increase. Hospitals with high infection rates should prepare for higher drug budgets.
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