Posts Tagged ‘cancer’

The Apothecary Shops and Biologics, Inc. recently signed agreements with Pfizer to start carrying and dispensing Inlyta.

The new network, Regional Cancer Care Associates, will allow the doctors to bargain as a group with insurance companies and drug companies, the oncologists said.

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…