FEATURED NEWS

• HDMA to Host Third Annual International Pharmaceutical Distribution Conference in London

  March 2, 2016

  The Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA), the U.S.-based trade association representing primary pharmaceutical distributors, announced today that it will convene its Third Annual International Pharmaceutical Distribution Conference (IPDC) in London, England, on September 12-13, 2016, at the Grosvenor House, A JW Marriott Hotel. This year’s conference will be co-hosted with the Healthcare Distribution Association UK (HDA UK), European Healthcare Distribution Association (GIRP) and the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers (IFPW). The IPDC was previously held in Beijing and Brussels.

• HDMA-Supported Legislation to Enhance Efforts to Mitigate Rx Drug Abuse Clears Senate Judiciary Committee

  February 11, 2016

  The Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2015 (S. 483), sponsored by Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) was approved today following a markup by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill is the companion to H.R. 471, sponsored by Reps. Tom Marino (R-Pa.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Judy Chu (D-Calif.), which was passed by the House of Representatives in April 2015.

• HDMA Op-Ed: Collaboration Vital to Further Progress on Key Supply Chain Issues

  February 8, 2016

  Collaboration will continue to be the key to a healthy supply chain in 2016, writes HDMA President and CEO John M. Gray in a new opinion piece published in the January/February issue of Pharmaceutical Commerce magazine. In particular, Gray writes that, “Collaboration has been most evident in the way the supply chain has tackled two of our industry’s toughest issues — traceability and prescription drug abuse.”

• HDMA Comments on Release of Medicaid AMP Final Rule

  January 28, 2016

  HDMA President and CEO John M. Gray issued the following statement on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) final rule implementing Affordable Care Act changes to Medicaid rebates, the Average Manufacturer Price (AMP) and Federal Upper Limits under the Medicaid Covered Outpatient Drug Program. The rule, referred to as the “AMP rule,” will go into effect on April 1, 2016, with state Medicaid agencies receiving an additional year to adapt their respective programs to the regulation.

• HDMA is One of the Best Places to Work in Virginia for Sixth Consecutive Year

  January 5, 2016

  For the sixth year in a row, the Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA) has been named one of 100 Best Places to Work in Virginia by Virginia Business magazine and Best Companies Group.