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Upcoming Events featuring
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Health and Welfare Plan Management for Midsize Employers Conference
June 7-10
Chicago, IL
Stakeholders receive $200 off registration with code CL-NCR!
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Indiana Chapter College & University Professional Association for Human Resources Annual Conference
June 8, 2011
Indianapolis, IN
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National CooperativeRx is a not-for-profit coalition founded and owned by plan sponsors to achieve higher value prescription benefits through volume purchasing, clinical solutions, actionable data and unparalleled customer service. For your sales and marketing needs, please contact us at 866-679-9479, extension 223. |
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National CooperativeRx. In recognition of National Safety Month, the coalition would like to remind stakeholders about medication safety resources at their disposal. Improper use of medicines accounts for an estimated 1.5 million injuries, 700,000 emergency room visits and more than 100,000 deaths according to the CDC.
· National CooperativeRx Medication Safety Page - contains fact sheets on medication safety and a personal medication record to help patients and their doctors keep track of the medicines they are taking.
· Food and Drug Administration Drug Safety Page - contains medication guides, drug alerts and other important safety information.
· Institute for Safe Medication Practices - is one of the most comprehensive lists of drug safety resources available on the web.
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Christian Science Monitor. The war on drugs has shifted its focus to the new epidemic: abuse of prescription painkillers. (Jonsson, 6/1) Full story
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MyHealthNewsDaily. Scientists say they are one step closer to establishing a way to double the U.S. supply of flu vaccine, which could ward off the possibility of shortages. (Brownstein, 6/1) Full story
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Chicago Tribune. Biotech drugs are some of the worlds most expensive medications, and they are also big money makers for drugmakers, who are bracing for the day when the FDA clears a pathway for generic competition. (Japsen, 5/24) Full story
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FDA. Issues a drug safety alert about birth control pills containing drospirenone and a possible link to blood clots. (5/31) Alert
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Associated Press. The FDA has approved a new antibiotic to treat an intestinal infection that afflicts more than 700,000 U.S. patients each year and can sometimes prove fatal. (5/28) Full story
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Congressional Budget Office. Issues a report on the potential effects of a ban on direct-to-consumer advertising of new prescription drugs. (5/26) Report
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Pharmalot. Proposed legislation would create a "prize fund" to buy up drug patents and then make them available in the public domain, but will it gain any traction? (Silverman, 6/2) Full story
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Customer Service
Unparalleled customer service is one of the six core values adopted by our Board. Put another way, it's a mandate handed down from our owners. Because we're a not-for-profit cooperative, we can look beyond the need for profitability to make investments that improve the quality of services we deliver. Our philosophy is to bring the best of two worlds to our members: deep discounts and superior deliverables that come from working with one of the nation's largest PBMs, plus the individualized attention, responsiveness and value derived from working with a not-for-profit, "niche" team of experts. For more information about our customer service philosophy, please visit our website.
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