Industry Advocacy

Pharmacists still are waiting for the handcuffs to come off. That’s the consensus of industry leaders who are frustrated with the challenges of getting reimbursements for a wider range of services these professionals can perform. It’s a topic at the center of enabling patient care in community-based pharmacy.

“We talk about pharmacists being able to practice at the top of their license,” said CVS Health executive vice president of retail pharmacy and supply chain Kevin Hourican.

A staunch legislative advocate of the dietary supplement and over-the-counter medicine industries earlier this week announced his retirement from the Senate. On Tuesday, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, announced on Twitter that he will not be defending his Senate seat in 2018.

Lip care products from ChopSaver, created by trumpeter Dan Gosling, are on their way to firefighters in Southern California. The Indianapolis-based company announced that over 7,000 tubes will be shipped straight to the first responders battling the ongoing fires in that region.

Over the course of his career, DSN 2017 Pharmacy Innovator of the Year Dennis Wiesner worked with colleagues both in and outside of H-E-B. Here’s what they had to say about him. 

Healthcare distributor AmerisourceBergen has reaffirmed its commitment to ongoing supply chain safeguards and announced plans to build partnerships in an effort fight opioid abuse and diversion.

It’s been an interesting year for the generics industry. While the volume of dispensed prescriptions rose, the Food and Drug Administration, under a new commissioner, has taken several steps that certainly will impact the industry in the short and long terms. Drug Store News sat down with Chester “Chip” Davis, president and CEO of the Association for Accessible Medicines, to discuss how the generics industry is adapting to a changing market, and new opportunities manufacturers may be looking to pursue.

WASHINGTON — The dietary supplement industry’s leading trade associations and the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency on Wednesday joined in support of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recent actions to protect consumers from body-building products containing Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators (SARMs) illegally marketed as dietary supplements.

WASHINGTON — The Association for Accessible Medicines is filling out the ranks of its state government affairs team with experienced hands. The organization has brought on Brett Michelin as the team’s director and Ashlie Van Meter as senior director.

“We are excited to welcome Ashlie and Brett to the AAM team,” AAM vice president of state government affairs Carrie Hartgen said. “The depth and breadth of their experience in government affairs will be an asset to AAM's state affairs department.”