60 Minutes has consistently presented misleading, inaccurate accounts of pharmaceutical distributors’ role in the opioid abuse crisis. The latest episode perpetuates a number of myths around the opioid epidemic and does a disservice to any effort to truly understand and address its root causes — notably, the shift in medical practice to treat pain more aggressively and the role of illegal drugs in most overdose deaths.
The Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA) issued the following statement in response to the Rhode Island Legislature’s inclusion of a $5 million fee on prescription opioids in the state budget.
The Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA) honored pharmaceutical and consumer product manufacturers with the annual Distribution Industry Awards for Notable Achievements in Healthcare (DIANA). The honorees were formally recognized during the DIANA and Nexus Awards dinner at the HDA 2019 Business and Leadership Conference in Orlando, Fla.
Following the passage of legislation to reauthorize the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act, Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA) President and CEO John M. Gray released this statement.
John M. Gray, President and CEO of the Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA), today announced his retirement from the organization. Mr. Gray will remain in his position until May 2, 2020.
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