PCAB assesses pharmacies that compound medications by combining, mixing or altering drug ingredients to create a medication as prescribed for an individual patient.
The specialty pharmacy’s earnings report caps a full year for Diplomat, during which its rejiggered business strategy was accompanied by the retirement of longtime CEO and co-founder Phil Hagerman.
The Flint, Mich.-based specialty pharmacy said that throughout 2018, it would be implementing such measures as advancing generics, biosimilars and more affordable branded drugs.
ValoremRx Specialty Solutions will source specialty pharmaceuticals to simplify the global supply chain and lower costs for patients using Express Scripts’ specialty pharmacy Accredo and Walgreens specialty pharmacy.
Gilead Sciences’ new HIV treatment Biktarvy has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration — but its novel component is also the subject of patent infringement litigation from GSK.
The Association for Accessible Medicines and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores are lobbying Congress and the White House for a change in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ policy on reimbursement for biosimilar medicines
