Pharmacy benefit manager CVS urges rewrite for U.S. heart guidelines
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CVS Health Research Institute Encourages Reconsideration of Current Cholesterol Management Guidelines as New Class of High-cost Drugs Hit the Market
August 10, 2015 11:05 AM EDTWOONSOCKET, R.I., Aug. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- In a commentary published online first today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) Research Institute experts encouraged the cardiology community to review and reconsider current treatment guidelines for the management of high cholesterol. As a new class of high-cost cholesterol lowering drugs, known as PCSK9 inhibitors, comes to market, current American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines, could complicate treatment choices and inhibit utilization management tools to manage... More
Boston Medical Center Teams Up with Rhode Island Hospital, CVS Health to Address Use of Pharmacy-Based Naloxone to Combat Opioid Addiction and Overdoses
August 6, 2015 10:30 AM EDTBOSTON, Aug. 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --Â Boston Medical Center (BMC) has received a $1.3 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to support a demonstration project of pharmacy-based naloxone rescue kits to help reduce opioid addiction and overdose death in two New England States: Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The study will be conducted in partnership with Rhode Island... More
