Four more members of Congress – the entire delegation from South Dakota, both Republicans and Democrats – have added their voices to the $21 billion proposed Express Scripts/Medco Health Solutions merger bringing the total number of congressmen and women who have objections to 33, but it looks like the merger may still go through. Shareholders from both companies have approved the deal. [click to continue…]
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Recently, the FDA approved a new drug with a unique function. It’s designed to treat a very specific type of insomnia, where the sufferer wakes in the middle of the night and can’t get back to sleep. Intermezzo (zolpidem tartrate sublingual tablets), a drug manufactured by made by Transcept Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Port Richmond, California, is basically a fast-acting lower dose of Ambien. It is only recommended if there are four or more hours of possible sleep time. Taking the sleep aid with less time remaining for sleep could result in extreme grogginess during the day. [click to continue…]
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Last month, the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, otherwise known as the super committee, failed to find ways to avoid across-the-board cuts in the federal budget, which could affect the Medicare Part D program…and your bottom line. [click to continue…]
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According to Dutch researchers, very few women actually benefit from taking low-dose aspirin to help prevent strokes. Most doctors agree that aspirin is beneficial for patients with a history of heart issues, but there has always been controversy over aspirin’s efficacy as a preventative measure, and the findings of the Dutch study bear out these concerns. [click to continue…]
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As we close the doors on Lung Cancer Awareness Month, do you wonder why it went by completely unpublicized? Why the NFL players didn’t sport incongruous ribbons and accessories in the color designated for the illness? IS there a color designated for lung cancer, a disease that kills more than 156,000 people per year? That’s more than 443 every day…and yet it remains a dirty little secret in a world of highly publicized causes. [click to continue…]
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Pharmacists across the U.S. came together to form a coalition to advocate transparency in drug pricing. So far, 600 pharmacists in 40 states have joined Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency to expose the tactics that pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) use to drive up drug prices. [click to continue…]
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