PHARMACY

Independent Pharmacy Cooperative has named Family Pharmacy of Long Beach, Calif., as the recipient of the Dan Moudry Most Valuable Pharmacy award for 2018.

CVS Health highlighted the steps it has taken to hold down drug costs and bring innovative solutions to market to help consumers, in a letter to HHS Secretary Alex Azar, in response to the Request for Information (RFI) on the Trump Administration's Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices.

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has received the OK from the Food and Drug Administration for the generic version of Daiichi Sankyo’s Welchol (colesevelam hydrocholoride) for oral suspension in two dosage strengths.

Upsher-Smith Laboratories has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for vigadrone, a generic version of Lundbeck’s Sabril (vigabatrin) powder for oral solution in a 500-mg dosage strength.

Clonidine extended-release tablets had a market value of approximately $60 million for the 12 months ending April 30, 2018, according to IQVIA data.

The important role of community pharmacy practice and of NACDS members’ philanthropic initiatives in helping to prevent and manage diabetes are highlighted in a National Association of Chain Drug Stores op-ed published by Morning Consult.

Almost three quarters (72%) of voters age 50 and over in Arizona support allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, according to a new AARP poll conducted in partnership with Politico.

The Food and Drug Administration has given the green light for Siga Technologies’ Tpoxx (tecovirimat), the first drug with an indication for the treatment of smallpox.