PHARMACY

AmerisourceBergen and Good Neighbor Pharmacy are using the annual ThoughtSpot tradeshow in Orlando, Fla. as a spot to debut program enhancements to help its pharmacists serve patients better.

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories has received the Food and Drug Administration’s nod for an over-the-counter generic version of AstraZeneca’s Nexium 24 hour capsules (esomeprazole magnesium delayed-release capsules) in a 20-mg dosage strength.

David Orgel highlights strategies that independent pharmacies and retailers are using to stay ahead of larger competitors, as well as their key asset — an independent spirit.

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has submitted comments to Health and Human Services secretary Alex Azar in response to the agency’s request for information on drug pricing public policy issues.

The Food and Drug Administration is exploring situations that might require short-term importation of drugs that could be hard to come by if the supply chain is disrupted or price hikes affect their accessibility.

In an effort to advance paths to competition for biologics from biosimilars and to reduce costs for patients and our health care system, the Food and Drug Administration announced its Biosimilars Action Plan, a part of the Trump administrations’ Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices.

While the checkout area at the front of the store is most often the focus for stimulating impulse sales for stores that have pharmacies, there is a secondary opportunity to grow incremental sales.

Novartis has received the Food and Drug Administration’s blessing for Kisqali (ribociclib) for women with hormone-receptor positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 negative (HR+/HER2-) advanced or metastatic breast cancer.