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USP Postpones Effective Dates of Compounding Standards

Sep 25, 2019

The United States Pharmacopeia(USP) today notified stakeholders that it is postponing the official effective dates of several new and revised standards pertaining to pharmaceutical handling until further notice while it reviews appeals to the standards.
HHS Announces New Action Plan to Lay Foundation for Safe Importation of Certain Prescription Drugs

Jul 31, 2019

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that HHS and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are publishing a Safe Importation Action Plan - PDF that outlines two potential pathways that would lay the foundation for the safe importation of certain drugs originally intended for foreign markets.
Contact Your Senators TODAY: Urge them to ADD DIR Fix to the Bill! Senate Finance Committee Markup of Drug Pricing Bill Scheduled for July 25

Jul 24, 2019

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) have unveiled their prescription drug pricing reform draft bill, "The Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019", with a Committee markup planned for Thursday, July 25.

IPC Illinois Members: Success Achieved - IL Prescription Drug Affordability & Accessibility ACT (HB 465) Signed into Law by Gov. Pritzker!

Aug 27, 2019

After working closely with the Illinois Pharmacists Association and other Illinois pharmacy groups, IPC has seen success in Illinois with Governor JP. Pritzker signing into state law the "Prescription Drug Affordability & Accessibility Act" (HB 465).
IL Legislature Unanimously Passes Prescription Drug Affordability & Accessibility Act (HB 465)

Jul 09, 2019

HB465, the Illinois Prescription Drug Affordability and Accessibility Act (summary) has UNANIMOUSLY passed the Illinois State Senate.
Attention IPC Ohio Members - Contact BOTH Your Senators on the Senate Finance Committee! Encourage them to Fix DIR in the Senate Finance Committee Drug Pricing Bill!

Jul 05, 2019

With no change in the Part D DIR process in the recently adopted HHS Part D rule, pharmacy is shifting all its focus to Congress for a fix to DIR fees that have increased over 45,000 percent since 2010.