NEW YORK Pharmacy benefits managers Medco Health Solutions Inc. and Express Scripts Inc., which have agreed to combine, trimmed their lobbying costs to $940,000 in the second quarter.The companies spent a total of $1 million a year ago. Medco’s lobbying spending decreased to $490,000 in the latest quarter from $600,000 a year ago, while spending […]
FALLS CHURCH, Va., Sept. 30 General Dynamics issued the following news release:General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) today completed its acquisition of Vangent Holding Corp., the parent company of Vangent, Inc., a leading provider of healthcare information technology and business systems to federal agencies. The cash transaction, valued at approximately $960 million, was announced on August 16 […]
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NEW YORK CVS Caremark Corp. spent $2.29 million lobbying the federal government in the second quarter, when the drugstore operator and pharmacy benefits manager discussed issues related to its business model and health care reform.The Woonsocket, R.I., company said its lobbying interests included antitrust laws relating to pharmacies, health care competition and its business model, […]
(HEALTH-Generic-Drugs-BC)The B-C government is threatening legislative changes if the B-C Pharmacy Association and drug stores don’t lower generic drug prices.The government has advised the two groups it wants to re-open negotiations on the costs of generic drugs.An earlier agreement with the pharmacy association and the Canadian Association of Chain Drug Stores had promised 170- (m) […]
ENP Newswire – 30 September 2011Release date- 29092011 – WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., Merck (NYSE:MRK), known outside the United States and Canada as MSD, today announced that the company has sold its 50 percent interest in the Johnson & Johnson’Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals Co. joint venture (JJMCP) to Johnson & Johnson (J&J) affiliates, McNEIL-PPC, Inc., McNEIL MMP, […]
Magellan members can now locate behavioral health providers using My Provider Locator? app on iPhone, iPod touch or iPad AVON, Conn.(BUSINESS WIRE) Today, Magellan Health Services (NASDAQ:MGLN) launched the My Provider Locator app, making it possible for individuals to identify a behavioral health care provider nearby from the convenience of their iPhone, iPod touch or […]
COUNTERFEITS CAMPAIGN: Drugmaker Pfizer and a national pharmacy standards group are warning about counterfeit prescription drugs and explaining how to find legitimate online pharmacies. They’re posting on a website, http://www.AWARERx.com.DANGEROUS DRUGS: Counterfeit drugs often contain rat poison or other toxic substances, or have too much or too little of the active ingredient, so they can […]
Drugmaker Pfizer and a pharmacy standards group are warning consumers about the risks of counterfeit prescription medicines.Pfizer Inc. and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy are starting an educational campaign to explain the dangers and help people find legitimate online pharmacies. The effort includes a website called AWARERx.com, a video series on a new […]
Los Angeles, California (PRWEB) September 29, 2011While supporting the importation of affordable prescription drugs from Canada and other countries, Senator Patrick Leahy also put forth a new bill called the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011 (PROTECT IP Act), which ironically will block Americans from doing […]