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Pharm Country

PBMI Recognizes Cigna with Excellence Award for Cost Containment

The Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute has recognized Cigna Pharmacy Management1 with an Excellence Award for Cost Containment for its multi-year effort demonstrating the value of integrated benefits for its customers and clients.

March 7, 2019
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4 min read
Business

SynCardia Announces Promotion of Don Webber to CEO

Don Webber brings more than 25 years of medical device management expertise

March 7, 2019
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2 min read
Policy

MedeAnalytics Quality Management Achieves 2019 Certification from NCQA for HEDIS Certified Measures (SM) for the Sixth Consecutive Year

MedeAnalytics announced that the administrative measure logic in its Quality Management product has achieved 2019 National Committee for Quality Assurance certification for the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set measures.

March 7, 2019
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3 min read
Business

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and Stella announce two leadership appointments

Shahid Alam joins as senior vice president, chief analytics and IT officer; A.R. Weiler named CEO of Livio Health Group, a Stella subsidiary

March 7, 2019
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3 min read
Business

USDA and FDA Announce a Formal Agreement to Regulate Cell-Cultured Food Products from Cell Lines of Livestock and Poultry

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Food and Drug Administration announced a formal agreement to jointly oversee the production of human food products derived from the cells of livestock and poultry.

March 7, 2019
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3 min read
Policy

PCMA Statement on Congressional Committee Hearings on Drug Prices

As several congressional committees today examine prescription drug pricing issues Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) President and CEO JC Scott released the following statement

March 7, 2019
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2 min read
Drug Development

ViiV Healthcare Presents Positive, 48-Week Data from Two Pivotal Phase III Studies Showing Long-Acting, Injectable Two-Drug Regimen of Cabotegravir and Rilpivirine Has Similar Efficacy to Daily

Comprehensive data from ATLAS and FLAIR studies presented at the 2019 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections show investigational long-acting injectable to be effective in maintaining viral suppression

March 7, 2019
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16 min read
Drug Development

Janssen Announces Results Of Two Phase 3 Studies Which Showed Long-Acting Injectable HIV Treatment Regimen Of Rilpivirine And Cabotegravir Demonstrated Comparable Safety And Efficacy To Daily Oral HIV Therapy

ATLAS and FLAIR studies presented at the 2019 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections met primary endpoints showing long-acting, injectable regimen to be effective in virally suppressed adults living with HIV

March 7, 2019
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12 min read
Biotech Beach

Captek Softgel International Attends 2019 Natural Products Expo West March 7-9 at the Anaheim Convention Center, Booth #4386

Captek Softgel International, Inc., announces its participation as an exhibitor at Natural Products Expo West, March 7-9, 2019, in Anaheim, California where it will introduce its latest products and services to conference attendees of the world’s largest natural products expo.

March 7, 2019
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2 min read
Business

AcelRx Pharmaceuticals Announces Commercial Launch of DSUVIA and Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2018 Financial Results

DSUVIA now available for use in certified medically supervised healthcare settings, with initial shipments to wholesalers completed in the second half of February 2019

March 7, 2019
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12 min read