Category: Medicine

Image Credit: Adobe Stock Images/NoeySmiley.com Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare market had to adjust accordingly to accommodate the shift in use of health services and medications, along with therapeutics and vaccines. Now, with the United States officially ending the public health emergency on May 11, 2023, new trends have come to light for […]

Image Credit: Adobe Stock Images/DeemerwhaStudio.com Veeva, a provider of customer relationship-management (CRM) software to the life sciences industry, updated its customers on the unusual transition it is undergoing as an enterprise software provider. Because it wanted to leave its platform technology originally licensed from Salesforce.com, it announced at last year’s event that it would undertake […]

Image Credit: Adobe Stock Images/JozefMicic.com Myonex, a clinical trial supply company,has now finalized the purchase of Creapharm’s pharmaceutical services business.1 The deal is expected to be beneficial for both pharma and biotech companies in the clinical and commercial stages; this also includes companies in the advanced therapies sector. Moving forward, Creapharm’s clinical packaging and distribution services, commercial […]

Geodis, a transport and logistics company, is continuing to increase its temperature-controlled pharmaceutical shipment capabilities in Europe by being awarded the International Air Transport Association (IATA)’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma) certification for its Copenhagen location. Including this award, Geodis now has a total of 28 CEIV Pharma certified […]

As a pharmacist, I am privileged to work every day on behalf of clinicians in acute care settings such as hospitals by ensuring medication solutions we provide streamline patient care while easing the demands on doctors, nurses, and other caregivers. One important tool is radio frequency identification (RFID), which can enable hospitals to improve medication […]

Hey Pharma–Do You Know What Your Customers Really Want? Running a healthcare practice is hard, filled with critical daily activities that aren’t covered in medical school. Patients need help with their insurance companies, staff needs help following up with patients—and everyone needs help navigating electronic health records. These pain points offer a prime opportunity for […]

Image Credit: Adobe Stock Images/Ahmad.com Teva Pharmaceuticals and Alvotech, a biotech company that specializes in the development and manufacture of biosimilars, have reached a US strategic partnership agreement.1 Per the deal, Alvotech is set to produce its high-concentration, interchangeable biosimilar to Humira—also known as adalimumab—for Quallent Pharmaceuticals, a private label pharma distributor. In other words, […]

Image Credit: Adobe Stock Images/Catalin.com Xyphos Biosciences, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Astellas Pharma, and Poseida Therapeutics, Inc, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, have inked a research collaboration and license agreement that entails the development of novel convertibleCAR (convertible chimeric antigen receptor) programs.1 This will involve a combination of both parties’ cell therapy platforms. Poseida’s goal is […]

Image Credit: Adobe Stock Images/Kentoh.com Kenco, a provider of third-party logistics (3PL)—which happens to be a major area of coverage for Pharma Commerce—has partnered with QPharma, a cloud-based software company, to add pharmaceutical sample fulfillment to the 3PL’s life sciences division.1 Being heavily involved with commercial pharmaceutical fulfillment, the addition of this sample distribution capability […]

Image Credit: Adobe Stock Images/FormatOriginal.com One of the main purposes of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)—which passed in August 2022—is to lower prescription drug prices for Medicare enrollees and taxpayers. However, manufacturers are also incentivized to invest in post-approval activities for both oncology and cardiovascular drugs. In fact, the Medicare Drug Pricing Negotiation Program (DPNP) […]