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Blockchain Hype May Finally Turn Into Reality in Pharmaceuticals

Blockchain believers have delivered little more than hype, mostly failing to get it deployed outside the cryptocurrency space where the technology was developed. But a little-noticed U.S. law could change that, bringing the ledger system to the pharmaceutical business.

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Companies Stockpile Drugs, Chocolate as They Brace for ‘Hard’ Brexit

Some of the world’s biggest companies are drawing up plans for the unplannable: a March divorce between Britain and the European Union, in which even some basic parameters have yet to be hammered out.

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When Your Prescription Drug Is Tainted With a Chemical 'Used to Make Rocket Fuel'

Wayne Pearl, like millions of people with high blood pressure, takes the widely prescribed generic drug valsartan.

Hospitals Are Fed Up With Drug Companies, So They're Starting Their Own

A group of major American hospitals, battered by price spikes on old drugs and long-lasting shortages of critical medicines, has launched a not-for-profit generic drug company, Civica Rx, to take some control over the drug supply.

Pfizer's Costly Divorce: Pharma Giant Says Brexit Will Cost It $100M

European companies aren’t alone in their Brexit pain. Pfizer, the U.S.-based drug behemoth, says its costs for dealing with the upcoming split will reach $100m.

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Supply Chain Delivers Healthcare Value in the Real World

As any supply chain professional knows, sourcing is a critical element of effective procurement.

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Cannabis Supply Chains Are Coming Out of the Shadows

Low-slung industrial developments are rising along Avenue 48 in Coachella, California, a dusty stretch at the edge of relentless desert 140 miles from the Pacific Coast that’s becoming a hub for cannabis producers.

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Five Emerging Tech Trends That Blur the Lines Between Human and Machine

The 35 must-watch technologies represented on the Gartner Inc. Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2018 revealed five distinct emerging technology trends that will blur the lines between humans and machines.

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Heat-Proofing Cold Chains With Blockchain

Blockchain technology has emerged as a solution to building stronger, safer and more resilient cold supply chains.

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Big Tech's New Alliance Is Good News for the Health of A.I.

Some of the biggest tech giants Monday agreed to build health care products that use a common set of standards in order to make it easier to share medical data across hospitals. What’s more, these are open standards and specifications aimed at encouraging “frictionless data exchange.”

Regeneron’s Billionaire Founder Battles the Drug Pricing System

Sipping a lemon-flavored VitaminWater at a sprawling complex of laboratories and offices in Tarrytown, New York, Leonard Schleifer, the 66-year-old cofounder of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, is, as usual, criticizing the pricing practices of other drug companies. (He once told the chief executive of Pfizer: "You're not entitled to a fraction of the GDP.")

Yes, Supply Chain Can Power Population Health

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” The opening line of Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities contrasts the cities of Paris and London during the French Revolution. In many ways, however, those words describe the state of the U.S. healthcare system today.

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