Latest Pharmaceuticals policy Stories
Clear Majority Opposes Prescription-Only PSE Requirements WASHINGTON, March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) released the following statement today on a recent poll of South Carolina voters conducted by Basswood Research and supported by CHPA. The poll, which surveyed 600 South Carolina voters March 13-14 , found that a 69-percent-majority of South Carolinians oppose a proposed law that would require all consumers to obtain a...
National Center for Policy Analysis Warns Policymakers of Costly, Unintended Consequences WASHINGTON, March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Federal and state policymakers should avoid enacting laws that undermine payers' ability to use mail-service pharmacies, preferred pharmacy networks, and other innovative pharmacy benefit management (PBM) tools, the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) asserts in a new report, "Unnecessary Regulations that Increase Prescription Drug...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bill Stamats, Vice President of Business Development for Stamats Healthcare Marketing, announced significant team additions this week. Two client development representatives have been hired to support Stamats' strong business growth. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130320/CG80061LOGO) New hire, Theresa Lemek, has been involved with new business development and consulting in the healthcare industry for over 10 years. Prior...
NEW YORK, March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research (http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com) "Pharmacy Automation Systems Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2012 - 2018," the pharmacy automation systems market was valued at USD 4.7 billion in 2011 globally and is expected to grow to USD 7.8 billion by 2018, at a CAGR of 7.3% from 2012 to 2018. Automated technologies in...
WASHINGTON, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- RetireSafe, representing 400,000 senior supporters across America, today joined more than 330 organizations in a letter urging Washington to reject changes to the popular Medicare prescription drug plan. In the common sense language of RetireSafe's supporters, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." "Nearly 40 million seniors rely on Part D for access to prescription drugs. Ninety percent of beneficiaries are pleased with the way the...
WASHINGTON, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Even when supported by patient-centered prescription information and services, a substantial proportion of patients who say that they fill their prescription medicines do not, according to a study published online last Friday in Annals of Emergency Medicine ("The Validity of Self-Reported Primary Adherence Among Medicaid Patients Discharged from the Emergency Department with a Prescription Medication"). (Logo:...
WASHINGTON, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Minority Quality Forum (The Forum) announces today its support for government noninterference in drug price negotiations for Medicare Part D. A provision of the Social Security Act prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from interfering in the negotiations between drug manufacturers, pharmacies, and sponsors of prescription drug plans (PDPs) involved in Part D of Medicare, or from requiring a particular...
WASHINGTON, March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the third time in a matter of minutes, Karen Bartlett puts drops in her eyes to substitute for the tears she no longer produces. Legally blind, Karen's eyes are a noticeable injury from her Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS), a lifetime condition resulting from taking sulindac, a generic drug prescribed for shoulder pain. Tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Karen's case about the legal responsibility generic drug...
Senate HELP Committee Neglects its Public Health Mission WASHINGTON, March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today released the Animal Drug User Fee Act for committee vote on Wednesday, which did not include provisions that would improve the Food and Drug Administration's annual reporting of antibiotic sales for use on industrial farms. The following statement should be attributed to Laura Rogers, project director, The Pew...
Helping make prescription medicines affordable to all people NEW YORK, March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Watertree Health, a privately held company founded in 2010, is announcing the national launch of its free Prescription Discount Card program. The card has been introduced across the country over the last year, through the company's unique community-based initiative, using a network of local representatives. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130318/NY78695LOGO ) For more...
