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Chicago health care is an example of a market currently in fluctuation.

The Medicare program saved $2.1 billion on prescription drugs for 3.6 million people

BioScrip plans to leverage its recent acquisition of Critical Homecare Solutions

Express Scripts seems to have won the year-long battle with Catalyst Rx

Randy Vogenberg, PhD, RPh, a nationally recognized expert and benefits author, covers the landscape of biologic and specialty pharmacy product coverage as well as benefit design issues.

Drug sales handled by drug wholesalers increased to 87% in 2010 from 82% in 2007

Veterans Affairs $32 billion drug contract remains undecided

Industry experts have mixed views on the long-term viability of outcomes-based programs

Because supplies make up the second-highest expense in most hospitals, materials management has moved to the forefront of health care strategy.

Shortages of critical drugs used to treat cancer, infections, cardiovascular disease, and pain have become a nationwide issue, but the shortages are particularly acute in Massachusetts. According to a new report by IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics, the supply of 64 injectable drugs in the state over three months this summer declined by a third, compared to last year. The drug shortage, which mostly affects generic drugs, has affected local…