NEW: 2015-16 Economic Report on Pharmaceutical Wholesalers and Specialty Distributors – Drug Channels

“This year’s report—our sixth edition—has been updated, revised, reorganized, and expanded. It contains the latest industry and financial data, along with detailed information about the strategies and market positions of the largest public companies: AmerisourceBergen, McKesson, and Cardinal Health. It also includes many new elements.” Read the full article: Source: Drug Channels: NEW: 2015-16 Economic […]

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FDA’s Patient Preference Initiative: … | FDA Voice

This should interest HME professionals: “Last week we announced FDA’s first-ever Patient Engagement Advisory Committee, which will provide advice to the FDA Commissioner on complex issues relating to medical devices, the regulation of devices, and their use by patients. We thought it would be good to step back and fill you in about our Patient […]

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New California Licenses Required For Third-Party Logistics Providers (3PLs)

This announcement was just sent by the California Board of Pharmacy: “Companies that do not own, but receive, store and ship prescription drugs and prescription devices into or within California need to obtain a third-party logistics provider (3PL) license immediately with the California State Board of Pharmacy. Formerly, these entities were licensed as wholesalers or nonresident wholesalers by […]

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California HMDR Exemptee – Minimum Qualifications

California HMDR Exemptee Training Certification Course for home medical device retailers (accepted by the California Department of Public Health – Food and Drug Branch) Updated February 19, 2021: Many California Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee applicants have questions about the minimum qualifications for Exemptee eligibility. If you navigate to, and open up the HMDR Exemptee Application (PDF), […]

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Full-line distributor sales reached $305 billion in 2013, representing 90% of pharma sales – Pharmaceutical Commerce

“HDMA’s 2014-15 Factbook updates member financial, operational performance. The just-published 2014-15 Factbook, a compilation of HDMA member data as well as relevant industry statistics, gives evidence that full-line wholesalers are running faster—shipping more products each day, while handling a higher daily average of orders. The report also provides a snapshot of what the industry was […]

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It’s Holiday Season. Complete Designated Rep & Exemptee Training Before Year End!

The holidays are coming! Don’t let your Exemptee training or Designated Representative training hang over your head going into November and December. Just get it done now, before: the kids get out of school you find yourself cooking in the kitchen shopping for the holidays Go to DREprof.com: The Designated Representative and Exemptee Training Website CA […]

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