Category: Prescription Drugs

Comptroller releases $4.7 million to rural pharmacies

by Ryan Voyles | Jul 8, 2019 | Prescription Drugs, Top Stories | 0

The Illinois Comptroller’s office released $4.7 million last week to more than 70 independent pharmacies under a program aimed to help those operating in underserved parts of the state.

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Audit finds state owes feds $4 million for drug rebates

by Ryan Voyles | Jul 2, 2019 | Federal Government, Prescription Drugs, Top Stories | 0

Illinois owes the federal government over $4 million after it failed to collect rebates for drugs prescribed to Medicaid patients by physicians, according to a federal audit.

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Raoul, attorneys general release unredacted complaint against drugmakers

by Ryan Voyles | Jun 26, 2019 | Prescription Drugs, Top Stories | 0

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and a coalition of 41 of his colleagues across the nation this week released a full, unredacted complaint against 20 national generic drugmakers named in a price-fixing lawsuit.

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Pharmacy benefit manager regulations head to governor

by Ryan Voyles | May 30, 2019 | Prescription Drugs, Top Stories | 0

A plan to regulate pharmacy benefit managers in Illinois is heading to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk after it was unanimously approved Wednesday by the Senate.

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Civica Rx announces first two drugs

by Ryan Voyles | May 15, 2019 | Prescription Drugs, Top Stories | 0

Civica Rx, a not-for-profit pharmaceutical company targeting generic drug shortages facing U.S. hospitals, has signed an agreement to produce two antibiotics, according to a Wednesday statement.

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