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PBMs Will Save Missouri Consumers and Payers $40 Billion Over the Next Decade WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) has launched a new ad campaign in Missouri that highlights the core value proposition of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). The ad campaign - "That's What PBMs Do" - focuses on key themes including: PBMs lower costs for employers, unions, and consumers. PBM mail-service pharmacies improve safety,...

PBMs Will Save Pennsylvania Consumers and Payers $89 Billion Over the Next Decade WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) has launched a new ad campaign in Pennsylvania that highlights the core value proposition of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). The ad campaign - "That's What PBMs Do" - focuses on key themes including: PBMs lower costs for employers, unions, and consumers. PBM mail-service pharmacies improve...

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The 60 Plus Association (60 Plus) today sent a letter asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to block the proposed merger between Express Scripts, Inc. (ESI) and Medco Health Solutions, two pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) that administer prescription benefits for many health plans, including some Medicare Part D plans. 60 Plus is a non-partisan seniors advocacy group, with over 7.1 million supporters. In the letter, 60 Plus...

A new study published in the journal Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety reveals that internet sites selling prescription statins directly to consumers are widespread, and that most websites advertising statins for sale to the general public contain very poor levels of information relevant to safe use of the medicine and side effects. Researchers led by Professor David Brown, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, simulated a customer search and evaluation...

LONDON, February 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- From today, an innovative non-drug, non-invasive treatment for high blood pressure will be made available to all hypertensive patients on NHS prescription. RESPeRATE is an interactive respiratory modulation device clinically-proven to lower blood pressure. When used for just 15 minutes a day, at least four times a week, RESPeRATE has demonstrated a significant, all-day blood pressure reduction beyond that seen with concurrent...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new study, "The Value of OTC Medicine to the United States," released by the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) today, finds that for every dollar spent on over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, the U.S. healthcare system saves $6 to $7 - providing $102 billion in value each year. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120131/DC44855 ) Booz & Co. surveyed 3,200 consumers for the study, which is the first...

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New Jersey would lose over 2,400 jobs, local economies would suffer and patients may be denied their choice of pharmacy if the proposed mega-merger of two prescription drug middlemen goes through, the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) said today. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100106/DC33253LOGO) "Unless this merger is stopped, pharmacists fear that virtually everyone in the Garden State will...

Mandatory Prescriber Education for All Classes, All Schedules of Controlled Substances CHEVY CHASE, Md., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Prescription drug diversion and the health consequences of prescription drug misuse and abuse should be of primary concern to all physicians," states American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Acting President, Stuart Gitlow, MD. "Tens of thousands of Americans are overdosing on prescription pain medication and many of these...

Video verification is added to pharmacy security system to help combat crime at drugstores. World Wide provides live "look in" to client concerned for safety through onsite central station. Garden City, New York (PRWEB) January 20, 2012 Vision Monitoring, a UL-Listed central station monitoring facility and division of World Wide Security, has gone to live monitoring with Cottage Pharmacy, Woodbury, N.Y. The owners of Cottage Pharmacy, decided to have the extra layer of security...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Medicine Chest Challenge (AMCC), the nation's largest privately funded public health campaign preventing prescription drug abuse, announced today, the creation of a national online directory of permanent prescription drug collection boxes for the collection of unused, unwanted, and expired medicine. The directory created in cooperation with local, county and state law enforcement is available on...