PR NewsWire: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced it has collaborated with Premier Inc. on the first and largest study of its kind to address an unmet medical need for hospitalized patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who are at risk for ischemic (more…)
By Blair Childs, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs, Premier Inc. Members of the Premier healthcare alliance commend House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OH), Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and members of the Health Subcommittee for its (more…)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (February 14, 2017) — Premier Inc., a leading healthcare improvement company, has tapped its Chief Health Information Officer, Mimi Huizinga, MD, to drive its life sciences strategy forward. A physician executive with more than ten years of quality (more…)
Modern Healthcare: Ebert, Hatcher and Premier COO Mike Alkire all said importation is only a short-term solution that ultimately could create shortages and disrupt access to medicines. Alkire said the drug industry needs more competitors in any given category in order (more…)
Health Affairs Blog: Susan DeVore: The new year is already underway and we expect both a new Republican-dominated Congress and President Donald Trump to bring ambitious policy changes to health care. With significant pent up energy among the Republicans and a (more…)
By Michael J. Alkire, COO of Premier Members of the Premier alliance commend the solicitor general for recommending the Supreme Court hear the case of Sandoz v. Amgen. This landmark case could overturn a lower court decision requiring biosimilar manufacturers (more…)
HealthcareDive: Over the past couple of years, Dr. Bimal Shah has seen dozens of value-based drug pricing contract negotiations falter. As vice president for the research division of Premier, a provider-owned healthcare improvement company, he oversees research to identify opportunities for (more…)
By Blair Childs, Premier Senior Vice President of Public Affairs The study released by the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Federation of American Hospitals (FAH) is consistent with the facts Premier has been sharing with the public over the (more…)
PharmExec: Bimal Shah: Real-world evidence (RWE) is the intersection between the structured rigor of the randomized clinical trial (RCT), and the clinical exposure a treatment receives once it enters medical practice. As explored in the following Roundtable discussion, drug manufacturers, (more…)
Heart failure is a complex, progressive disease that carries a significant risk of hospitalization and death. In addition, heart failure has a substantial and increasing impact on patients and the healthcare system. Join this live webinar at 11 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, August 23, for an introduction to Entresto, a novel new agent used to (more…)