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FDA has approved aripiprazole lauroxil (Aristada, Alkermes) extended-release injectable suspension for the treatment of adults with schizophrenia.

There is new hope for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) after positive data on Gilenya and the investigational drug ocrelizumab was presented at the Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS) in Barcelona, Spain.

Soon after the FDA granted accelerated approval for Keytruda (pembrolizumab) to treat patients with advanced (metastatic) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), it approved Opdivo (nivolumab) for an expanded use – to treat patients with advanced (metastatic) non-small cell lung cancer whose disease progressed during or after platinum-based chemotherapy.

A new study by National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) finds that generic drugs are the best bargain in the healthcare system-but that may change if recent price hikes continue.

On the heels of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services release of the Medicare accountable care organizations (ACO) 2014 quality and financial performance results, tracking the ACO industry for market shifts might be a wise move, according to one industry expert.

The National Health Council recently released a state progress report of health insurance exchanges. View the key findings.

First 2-drug therapy approved for advanced melanoma and four other recent approvals by FDA relating to new drugs and treatments.

It is important not to write off EHR systems as a sunk investment or simply as a cost of doing business in healthcare.

Quality, financial performance provides glimpse at long-term effects

Several new drugs hold promise, but cost is a top concern.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health, unveiled the first CMS plan to address health equity in Medicare.There are six key priorities of the CMS Equity Plan for Medicare.

The first biosimilar product was approved this spring. Pharmacists will want to familiarize themselves with this new class of therapies. Below are the five top things that a pharmacist should know about biosimilars.

CMS recently released a proposed draft of its Medicare Reporting Requirements document for 2016 and, for the first time, the guidance includes reporting requirements for Medicare rewards and incentive programs. The new reporting requirement is slated to begin January 1. Are you ready?

Barriers persist though adoption continues to grow

Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) organizations and healthcare providers are lauding the update of the Official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT Clinical Practice Guideline: Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, which was last updated in 2011.

Coming to a decision to outsource business processes is one thing. Deciding which services to outsource is another.

More plans look to outsourcing to increase productivity, lower costs

Managed care executives involved with Medicare Advantage products should consider the impact of product design and cost sharing on elderly consumers, according to the findings of a recent poll.

FDA granted accelerated approval for Keytruda (pembrolizumab) to treat patients with advanced (metastatic) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose disease has progressed after other treatments and with tumors that express a protein called PD-L1.

Biopharmaceutical manufacturers’ at-risk day is coming. Here’s how to prepare.

Telemedicine is gaining broader acceptance, yet legal restrictions and reimbursement barriers continue to slow its momentum.

The reasons for recent jumps in generic drug prices are varied, but some common themes have emerged in a new study by National Center for Policy Analysis Senior Fellow Devon Herrick.

While expansion means better health, it is creating logistical and operational concerns that health plans must rapidly address.

Purchasers, manufacturers explore new pricing models

Further research may determine whether changing sedentary behavior will reduce long-term outcomes.

A novel influenza drug will advance in development, thanks to funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR).

Pharmaceutical companies are charging up to 600 times what certain cancer drugs cost to make, and Americans are paying more than double the price charged in Europe for the tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs).

The FDA’s accelerated drug reviews skip some important research methods – they typically do not use trials with active comparators or clinical outcome measures, according to two new studies.

As hospitals prepare for the mandated management of episodes of care, they will threaten the value proposition of most managed care plans.

Health policy experts generally agree that properly tailored transparency tools can help to hold down prices. What is not settled at this point is what transparency should look like.