Healthy Competition
Why healthcare needs a competitive generic drug marketplace By Curtis Rooney Recent and ongoing critical prescription drug shortages and price spikes in the generic market…
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Enter the Biosimilars
By Curtis Rooney Pharmaceutical ‘clones’ have the potential to increase patient access to life-saving medications and reduce costs for the entire healthcare system March 6,…
Annual Pharmacy Forum focuses on the future
After only a few presentations at the 2014 National Pharmacy Forum – an annual event co-hosted by the Healthcare Supply Chain Association (HSCA) and the…
What’s Ahead for the Supply Chain in 2014?
Look at what happened in 2013 for some clues In terms of influential activity and policy decisions affecting the healthcare supply chain, it’s doubtful that…
Drug shortages: GPOs are part of the solution
Critical prescription drug shortages continue to plague the nation and jeopardize patient access to many essential medicines. Between 2005 and 2011, the number of new…
Content is king – networking, too – at the Healthcare Supply Chain Expo
The annual Healthcare Supply Chain Expo, taking place Oct. 21-23 at the JW Marriott in Washington, DC, will bring together healthcare stakeholders to explore the…
340B: A Small Program with Big Problems
A humble prediction: Policymaker awareness of the 340B drug program and all its complexities will grow exponentially in the next six to 12 months. Although…
Vote of Confidence for GPO Safe Harbor
Law’s provisions for disclosure, reporting and transparency outweigh any potential harm, say former fed officials Two former federal officials intimately involved with the GPO safe…
Keeping Watch on the Medical Device Tax
Tax protests are as old as the Republic. In the 1790s, for example, a group of wheat farmers and whiskey-makers refused to pay an excise…
Criticism of GPOs has jumped the shark
When does criticism become parody? The classic television show Happy Days provides some guidance on this question. The phrase “jump the shark” has come to…