Category: Pharmacy

Amgen settlement heads to legislative review

by Sean Kirkby | Sep 6, 2023 | Opioids, Pharmacy, Prescription Drugs, Top Stories | 0 |

The Wisconsin Department of Justice is asking the legislature’s budget-writing committee to act quickly to approve a proposed settlement that would allow pharmaceutical giant Amgen to move forward on its $28 billion deal to purchase Horizon Therapeutics.

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Baldwin praises Medicare’s choice of drugs for price negotiation

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 30, 2023 | Medicaid/Medicare, Pharmacy, Prescription Drugs, Top Stories | 0 |

Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., supports the list of 10 drugs selected by President Joe Biden’s administration for Medicare price negotiations.

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Chaperone, CME rules approved by doctors’ board

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 21, 2023 | Education, Opioids, Pharmacy, Top Stories | 0 |

New rules governing the use of chaperones for patient exams and how doctors can meet their continuing medical education requirements around controlled substances are likely to take effect Oct. 1, following action by the Medical Examining Board last week.

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Evers signs epinephrine, EMS bills

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 7, 2023 | Pharmacy, Prescription Drugs, Top Stories | 0 |

Gov. Tony Evers signed into law bills Friday that expand the types of medications that can be administered to counteract severe allergic reactions and support a program boosting the amount of federal dollars available to support emergency medical services providers.

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Evers asks FDA for more info on response to chemotherapy drug shortages

by Sean Kirkby | Jul 25, 2023 | Federal Government, Legislature, Pharmacy, Population Health, Prescription Drugs, Public Health, Top Stories | 0 |

Gov. Tony Evers is asking the Food and Drug Administration for more information on how it's responding to a national shortage of chemotherapy medications.

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Senate committee takes testimony on bill allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control

by Sean Kirkby | Jul 13, 2023 | Legislature, Pharmacy, Population Health, Prescription Drugs, Public Health, Reproductive Health, Top Stories | 0 |

Legislation allowing pharmacists to prescribe and dispense some forms of birth control received a public hearing before a Senate committee Wednesday.

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DHS awards most of first year of opioid settlement dollars

by Sean Kirkby | Jul 10, 2023 | DHS, Opioids, Pharmacy, Population Health, Prescription Drugs, Public Health, Top Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services has awarded or is in the process of awarding most of the first year of dollars it received under a national, multi-year opioid settlement with a drugmaker and three drug distributors.

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Wisconsin joins lawsuit challenging Amgen’s plan to acquire drug company

by Sean Kirkby | Jun 27, 2023 | Pharmacy, Prescription Drugs, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin and five other states last week joined the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit to stop Amgen, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, from buying another drug company in a $28 billion deal.

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SHINE facility to produce ingredient in targeted cancer treatments

by Sean Kirkby | Jun 26, 2023 | Medical Research, Pharmacy, Prescription Drugs, Top Stories | 0 |

Janesville-based SHINE Technologies said last week that it’s opening the largest facility in North America dedicated to producing an ingredient for targeted cancer therapies.

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Bill allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control passes Assembly

by Sean Kirkby | Jun 22, 2023 | DHS, Pharmacy, Prescription Drugs, Reproductive Health, Top Stories, Workforce | 0 |

Pharmacists would be able to prescribe some forms of birth control under a plan approved by the Assembly Wednesday on a bipartisan 82-11 vote.

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Baldwin introduces bill to support out-of-state OB-GYN residency abortion training

by Sean Kirkby | Jun 20, 2023 | Federal Government, Pharmacy, Population Health, Prescription Drugs, Top Stories | 0 |

A $25 million program proposed by Sen. Tammy Baldwin would provide to healthcare education programs offering abortion care training, placing a priority on supporting training for students, residents and advanced practice clinicians from places where abortion care is limited.

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Wisconsin to see $276.8 million through finalized opioid agreements

by Sean Kirkby | Jun 12, 2023 | Opioids, Pharmacy, Prescription Drugs, Public Health, State budget, Top Stories, Workforce | 0 |

Wisconsin is set to receive nearly $276.8 million over 15 years from opioid agreements with two drugmakers and two national pharmacy chains.

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