Supply Chain

Here are four drugs and medical devices approved by the Food and Drug Administration this past week.

The Food and Drug Administration approved an expanded use of Boehringer Ingelheim's asthma drug tiotropium Respimat.

As director of JPS Supply Chain — a recruitment consultancy company specializing in logistics, procurement and supply chain — Jennifer Swain interviews many more men for logistics roles than women.

The House on Thursday introduced a bill that would allow the Food and Drug Administration to require drugmakers to stop marketing potentially dangerous products, reports Regulatory Focus.

Mumbai, India-based Lupin earned Food and Drug Administration approval for its generic cough syrup, according to Drug Store News.

Larry Merlo, president and CEO of CVS Health, believes pharmacies can play a role in lowering drug costs, according to The Courier.

Seema Verma, President Donald Trump's nominee to head CMS, on Thursday highlighted the need to reassess the way drugmakers classify treatments as branded or generic under drug rebate programs to help lower federal spending on prescription medications, reports Reuters.

Prime Therapeutics — an Eagan, Minn.-based pharmacy benefit manufacturer with nearly 20 million members — reported a 2.5 percent increase in overall drug spending for its members in 2016.

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Medtronic's Freezor Xtra Cryoablation Catheter to treat patients withatrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia, an abnormal heart rhythm.

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Valeant Pharmaceuticals International's psoriasis drug Siliq.