BioSpace News Archive

Compliance Reflects Commitment to Quality Management

It’s no secret that the teen brain is unique, and recent research from Daphna Shohamy, a neuroscientist at Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute, has confirmed striking differences in the brains of adolescents as compared to adults.

Vizient announces that Steven Lucio, PharmD, BCPS, associate vice president, pharmacy services, will present on behalf of the company and its member hospitals at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) public hearing “Facilitating Price Competition and Innovation in the Biological Products Marketplace,” being held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.

As the injectable opioid shortage continues, Ohio’s Hospice adopts innovative way to keep patients comfortable

Qosina is pleased to release its new interactive catalog of 3D CAD models.

Triple-S Management Corporation (NYSE: GTS), today announced that its managed care subsidiary, Triple-S Salud, Inc., on its behalf and on behalf of its Medicare Advantage subsidiary, Triple-S Advantage, Inc. (“Triple-S” or the “Company”), has entered into a three-year agreement with Abarca Health, LLC, a leading pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) in Puerto Rico, to consolidate the management of its prescription drug benefit programs for its Commercial and Medicare business lines.

She developed the CIRCULAR BANDAGE FOR ALL MEDICAL TUBING to remain securely in place around the site of a tube-insertion point. The bandage stops leakage to keep skin and clothing clean.

Today, officials at FirstCare Health Plans announced that their commercial members are now able to save money on the healthy activities that leave them feeling fit, happy, and fulfilled.

“My daughter got cut and kept losing her bandage,” said an inventor from Pontiac, Mich. “Plus, I work, and my hands are dirty all the time, and I cannot keep a bandage on. Also, nurses cannot wear bandages because they wash their hands all the time and wear gloves. For all these reasons, I came up with an alternative way to keep wounds protected while healing that does not involve bandages.”

To increase utilization of biosimilars, the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) is urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue final guidance on interchangeability standards and develop educational materials that underscore the ability of pharmacists to automatically substitute an interchangeable biologic for its reference product.