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  • Good Neighbor Pharmacy launches DIR fee estimator tool

    VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — Good Neighbor Pharmacy on Friday announced a new tool for independent pharmacists designed to help them plan around direct and indirect remuneration, or DIR, fees and hidden cash flow issues surrounding them.

  • OTC hearing aid bill poised for House approval, CTA says

    ARLINGTON, Va. — The House of Representatives is poised to pass the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017, which includes the Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act, the Consumer Technology Association noted in a release on Tuesday. The act would create a new class of over-the-counter hearing aids and allows non-prescription hearing devices to be marketed to treat mild to moderate hearing loss.
     

  • AAM adds deputy general counsel

    WASHINGTON — The Association for Accessible Medicines has named a new deputy general counsel. Rachel Sher joins the advocacy organization from her role as a senior policy analyst in the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Policy.

  • CRN explores addition of medical food to its lobbying repertoire

    WASHINGTON — The Council for Responsible Nutrition on Tuesday announced it is exploring adding representation for companies in the medical food industry to its mission, following a unanimous vote by the CRN board of directors at its June board meeting to launch an examination of this burgeoning sector of the nutrition category.

  • NACDS shares comments with White House opioid abuse commission

    ARLINGTON, Va. — Steve Anderson, president and CEO of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, has submitted comments to the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, the organization announced Monday.

  • Senators urge Mattis to implement TRICARE pharmacy pilot

    WASHINGTON — Twenty-one senators recently sent a letter to Defense Sec. James Mattis, encouraging him to implement the TRICARE Acqisition Cost Parity Pilot Program for Retail Pharmacy.

  • NACDS board members spotlight pharmacy with Capitol Hill fly-in

    WASHINGTON — This week, the board of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores was pounding the pavement on Capitol Hill to share with lawmakers the role that pharmacy plays in the nation’s healthcare system.

  • FDA takes first steps in Drug Competition Action Plan for generics

    SILVER SPRING, Md. — The Food and Drug Administration has taken the first step in its recently announced effort to bring more generics to market to increase competition. The agency has posted a list of branded drugs that have no listed patents or exclusivities that currently have no approved generics and has instituted a new policy to speed up review of applications for generics of products with limited competition.

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