Pharmacy
Amazon continues to grow its partnerships with health care technology companies as it expands its access points with consumers. The latest move: a deal with drug and medical database company First Databank (FDB) that will allow Amazon鈥檚 Alexa voice-assistant users to ask for information on the 1,鈥
The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) in June 2019 released several new and revised pharmacy compounding standards. Specifically, USP published the final revised version of general chapter <797> (Pharmaceutical Compounding of Sterile Preparations) to accompany the previous released general鈥
A list of items to consider in preparing to comply with new standards for the handling of hazardous drugs set forth in USP general Chapter 800.
With rising prices for insulin and the costs of many other diabetes-related drugs taking their toll on patients, CVS Health recently announced that its pharmacy benefits management unit CVS Caremark is launching a program to enable employers and payers to offer these medications at no out-of-pocket鈥
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With all of Amazon鈥檚 health care moves, it鈥檚 been tough to get a precise read on exactly where the company is headed. But when it comes to the pharmaceutical supply chain, look for Amazon to become an end-to-end player.
The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) recently finalized revisions to general chapter <797> (Pharmaceutical Compounding and Sterile Preparations). In addition, USP in 2016 finalized a new general chapter, <800> (Hazardous Drugs Handling in Healthcare Settings). Both general chapters have鈥
It鈥檚 getting tougher to find a retail pharmacy chain that isn鈥檛 expanding deeper into providing web-driven digital health care services. Rite Aid became the latest, saying it will launch telehealth kiosks with InTouch Health鈥檚 virtual care platform at 25 of Rite Aid鈥檚 East Coast RediClinic Express鈥
To understand what鈥檚 really driving Amazon's moves in pharmacy, it鈥檚 important to know the back story of Amazon鈥檚 $750 million-plus acquisition of PillPack, an online pharmacy for most medications that consumers can get from their local drugstores. PillPack sorts all of a customer鈥檚 medications by鈥