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Blue Shield of California drops CVS Caremark in pharmacy benefit overhaul

Bio Pharma Dive

BSCA has kicked CVS Caremark, the largest pharmacy benefit manager in the country, to the curb and is electing to carve out various pharmacy functions with companies like Amazon instead.

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Are digital pharmacies the answer?

World of DTC Marketing

Digital pharmacies seem to be springing up everywhere. It’s convenient for most but having a CVS pharmacy on almost every street corner allows patients to use drive-throughs to pick up their medications. CVS is competing against several start-up pharmacies that have no physical locations.

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Pharmacy First: Why technology is necessary for safeguarding pharmacies

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Pharmacy First: Why technology is necessary for safeguarding pharmacies Mike.Hammerton Wed, 22/11/2023 - 10:07 Bookmark this

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e-pharmacies informed CDSCO they are only providing online platform connecting users & pharmacies: Minister

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

The Union ministry of health and family welfare has said that most of the e-pharmacies in the country have informed the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) that they are only providing an online platform connecting the users and the licensed pharmacies, in response to the show-cause notice from the drug regulator sent early this […] (..)

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National Pharmacy Commission Bill, 2023 : A Critical Review

Pharma Tutor

National Pharmacy Commission Bill, 2023 : A Critical Review admin Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:22 ABOUT AUTHOR Dr. R. Thakur Former Secretary, Pharmacy Council of India. Email : drramsthakur@gmail.com

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Dispensing Pharmacy Packaging Machines: COVID-19 Impact

Pharma Mirror

The ability to repackage and bar code drugs to the unit of usage is becoming increasingly necessary in health-system pharmacies. Benefits for pharmacies that invest in a high-throughput unit dose packing machine include improved productivity and management of bar-coded medicine stock.

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Illegal online pharmacies gain traction as regulators lag behind

Pharmaceutical Technology

The FDA has flagged this issue as pharmacies selling prescription drugs illegally have proliferated over the years. However, a growing number of illegitimate online pharmacies are avoiding established pathways that require prescriptions to provide medicines.

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