PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
AvKARE | December 15, 2020
A conventional drugmaker with a Rolodex loaded with government customers is pulling an energizer and an erectile brokenness medications after the two were bundled together in similar containers.
Pulaski, Tennessee-based AvKARE reviewed one parcel of sildenafil 100-mg tablets and one parcel of trazodone 100-mg tablets after the items were stirred up by an outsider bundling provider, the organization said before the end of last week. The jugs had just been delivered to drug stores.
AvKARE markets its own private-name conventional medications to a record of government customers, including the branches of Defense, Veterans Affairs and the Health and Human Services. The organization additionally supplies the Indian Health Services, in addition to nongovernment clients around the world.
The customer level review influences parts sent to merchants and wholesalers and afterward delivered out from one side of the country to the other, the organization said. The sildenafil part has a March 2022 termination date, while the trazodone parcel lapses in June 2022.
AvKARE said it so far hasn't got any result reports from the reviewed parcels. Sildenafil—a nonexclusive rendition of Viagra—can blend inadequately with nitrate-containing drugs for diabetes, hypertension or coronary illness, conceivably bringing pulse down to perilous levels.
The upper trazodone hydrochloride, in the interim, can cause sluggishness, dazedness, stoppage and obscured vision, AvKARE cautioned. Those results represent a more serious danger of falls and impeded driving in more seasoned clients who may have bought the organization's erectile brokenness copycat.
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OBI Pharma | September 14, 2020
OBI Pharma, Inc, a leader in Glycosphingolipid Immuno-Oncology therapeutics targeting the Globo Series antigens (Globo H and SSEA-4) and chemotherapeutics targeting AKR1C3, today announced a scientific presentation will be held for OBI-999 (anti-Globo H targeted ADC) at the World ADC Digital Scientific meeting on Sept 16, 2020. The scientific presentation titled, "A Novel Globo H-targeting Antibody-drug Conjugate: OBI 999" with a follow-up live discussion and question session will be led by Ming-Tain Lai, PhD. Chief Scientific Officer at OBI Pharma. The presentation will highlight the results from pre-clinical studies of OBI Pharma's first-in-class anti-Globo H antibody drug conjugate (OBI-999), including animal efficacy and safety data, supporting the ongoing Phase 1/2 human study ongoing at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX (USA).
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PHARMA TECH
CareRx | January 18, 2021
CareRx Corporation ("CareRx" or the "Company") (TSX: CRRX), Canada's leading provider of specialty pharmacy services to seniors, is pleased that the Ontario Ministry of Health has announced that it will pause for one year previously scheduled changes to long-term care pharmacy funding, which were scheduled to go into effect on April 1, 2021.
Under certain amendments to the Ontario Drug Benefit Act that came into effect on January 1, 2020, the reimbursement model for long-term care pharmacies in Ontario was changed from a fee-for-service model to a fee-per-bed capitation model under which pharmacies receive a fixed professional fee for all pharmacy services provided to residents in long-term care homes. The fee for 2020, which was prescribed at $1,500, was scheduled to decline to $1,400 per bed serviced on April 1, 2021. The step-down in capitation has now been paused until April 1, 2022.
"Long-term care homes and their staff have faced unprecedented challenges during COVID-19," said David Murphy, President and Chief Executive Officer of CareRx. "This pause will ensure that pharmacies like CareRx can continue to deliver the same exceptional partnership and service offering to long-term care homes and help alleviate the burden COVID-19 has placed on home staff. We want to thank Minister Elliott, Minister Fullerton and the Ontario Government for their ongoing dialogue and commitment to protecting the wellbeing of residents in long-term care."
About CareRx Corporation
CareRx is Canada's leading provider of specialty pharmacy services to seniors. We serve approximately 50,000 residents in over 900 seniors and other communities (long-term care homes, retirement homes, assisted living facilities, and group homes). We are a national organization with a large network of pharmacy fulfillment centres strategically located across the country. This allows us to deliver medications in a timely and cost-effective manner and quickly respond to routine changes in medication management. We use best-in-class technology that automates the preparation and verification of multi-dose compliance packaging of medication, providing the highest levels of safety and adherence for individuals with complex medication regimes. We take an active role in working with our home operator partners to promote resident health, staff education, and medication system quality and efficiency.
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