October 2, 2018 by Chain Drug Review
Greg Drew, Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA), John Gray, Robert Mauch
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ARLINGTON, Va. — The Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA) announced today the election of Greg Drew, president of Value Drug Company, as chairman of HDA’s board of directors. Robert Mauch, executive vice president and group president at AmerisourceBergen Corporation, was elected vice chairman. The new leadership was announced at the HDA Annual Board and Membership Meeting. Drew,
September 19, 2018 by Chain Drug Review
Allied Against Opioid Abuse (AAOA), B. Douglas Hoey, Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA), John Gray, Marsha Millonig, National Alliance for State Pharmacy Associations (NASPA), National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), opiod epidemic
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ARLINGTON, Va. — Allied Against Opioid Abuse (AAOA), a national initiative to help prevent prescription opioid abuse and misuse through education, has created a pharmacy toolkit to equip pharmacists with resources to engage and educate patients about the safe use, storage and disposal of pain medicines. AAOA, along with its founding member, the Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA),
July 20, 2018 by Chain Drug Review
Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA)., Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA), John Gray
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ARLINGTON, Va. —Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA) president and chief executive officer John Gray released the following statement on the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) recent directive to establish a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) work group to examine prescription drug importation policies: “HDA and the nation’s primary pharmaceutical distributors appreciate the Trump administration’s efforts
June 12, 2018 by Chain Drug Review
HDA Research Foundation, Healthcare Distribution Alliance, John Gray, Michael Conley, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., Perry Fri
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The HDA Research Foundation, the non-profit organization of the Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA), recognized Michael Conley of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. with the 2018 Nexus Award for Lifetime Achievement at the HDA Business and Leadership Conference in Colorado Springs. The award is made possible through the support of Genentech, A Member of the
June 12, 2018 by Chain Drug Review
DIANA awards, Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA), John Gray
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA) honored pharmaceutical and consumer product manufacturers with the annual Distribution Industry Awards for Notable Achievements in Healthcare (DIANA). The awards were distributed at the HDA 2018 Business and Leadership Conference here. The DIANA Awards have been a symbol of excellence in the pharmaceutical supply chain since 1959.
June 11, 2018 by Chain Drug Review
Americares, Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA), Heather Bresch, John Gray, Michael Nyenhuis, mylan
Pharmacy, Supplier News

STAMFORD, Conn. – Americares, in partnership with the Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA), has presented its annual Power of Partnership Award to Mylan, in recognition of its outstanding commitment to increasing access to health care around the world. Mylan is among Americares most dedicated and longstanding supporters, providing pharmaceutical products for the organization’s health programs for people affected
April 18, 2018 by gwalden
DEA, drug distributors, HDA, John Gray, Opioid, prescription drug abuse
Pharmacy

ARLINGTON, Va. — Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA) president and CEO John Gray welcomed Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ announcement yesterday of a prescription drug information-sharing agreement between the Drug Enforcement Administration and the attorneys general of 46 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Through this agreement, the DEA will share information from its Automation
November 2, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
B. Douglas Hoey, Chris Christie, Healthcare Distribution Alliance, John Gray, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, National Community Pharmacists Association, opioid abuse, opioid crisis, President Donald Trump, President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, Steve Anderson, video
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WASHINGTON — The President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis has issued its final report, which includes 56 recommendations to the Trump administration to help fight opioid abuse. President Donald Trump formed the presidential commission, chaired by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R.), in a March 29 executive order as a way
October 26, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Epidemic, CVS Health, Healthcare Distribution Alliance, John Gray, John Hammergren, Larry Merlo, McKesson, Melania Trump, opioid abuse crisis, opioid abuse epidemic, President Donald Trump, President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, Stefano Pessina, video, Walgreens Boots Alliance
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WASHINGTON — Following through on pledge made this summer, President Donald Trump has formally declared the nation’s growing opioid abuse epidemic as a public health emergency. In a press conference at the White House on Thursday, the president and First Lady Melania Trump announced the action, which has drawn plaudits from public officials and pharmacy
September 26, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
2017 HDA Annual Board and Membership Meeting, Cardinal Health, H.D. Smith Holding Co., Healthcare Distribution Alliance, Henry Dale Smith Jr., John Gray, Jon Giacomin
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ARLINGTON, Va. — Cardinal Health executive Jon Giacomin has been elected to a second term as chairman of the Healthcare Distribution Alliance board of directors. HDA announced the re-election of Giacomin, chief executive officer of Cardinal Health’s pharmaceutical segment, at the 2017 HDA Annual Board and Membership Meeting, held Sept. 24 to 27 in Laguna
July 12, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
2017 International Pharmaceutical Distribution Conference, European Healthcare Distribution Association, GIRP, global pharmaceutical supply chain, HDA, Healthcare Distribution Alliance, IFPW, International Federation of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers, John Gray, Mark Parrish, pharmaceutical distribution, Swiss Pharma Logistics Association
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ARLINGTON, Va. — The Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA) plans to hold the 2017 International Pharmaceutical Distribution Conference (IPDC) this fall in Geneva, Switzerland. HDA said the fourth annual event, scheduled for Oct. 16 and 17 at the Grand Hotel Kempinski Geneva, will be held in partnership with the Swiss Pharma Logistics Association (Pharmalog.ch), European Healthcare
June 14, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
2017 DIANA award, 2017 Nexus Award for Lifetime Achievement, Distribution Industry Awards for Notable Achievements in Healthcare, Endo, HDA 2017 Business and Leadership Conference, HDA Research Foundation, Healthcare Distribution Alliance, John Gray, Michael McBride, Par Pharmaceutical, Paul Campanelli, Power of Partnership Award, Rusty Field, Upsher-Smith Laboratories
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PHOENIX — The Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA) this week presented its annual Distribution Industry Awards for Notable Achievements in Healthcare (DIANA) to pharmaceutical manufacturers for supply chain innovation and collaboration. Given at the HDA 2017 Business and Leadership Conference in Phoenix, the DIANA awards honor HDA member manufacturers that develop innovative new products and promotions
May 8, 2017 by CDR Blog and Chain Drug Review
Drug Supply Chain Security Act, DSCSA, Healthcare Distribution Alliance, importation of prescription drugs, John Gray, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, PDUFA, Prescription Drug User Fee Act, Steve Anderson, The Hill, U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain
CDR Blog

Efforts to promote the importation of prescription drugs — seen by some as one way to mitigate the escalating cost of medications — could compromise the safety of the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain, according to HDA’s John Gray and NACDS’ Steve Anderson. In a blog post on Monday for the policy journal The Hill, Gray,
February 23, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Apotex, Cardinal Health, Craig Cowman, Genentech, Greg Drew, HDA, HDA Executive Committee, HDA Research Foundation, Healthcare Distribution Alliance, James Reilly, Jeffrey Hampton, John Gray, Morris & Dickson, Paul Dickson, Value Drug
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ARLINGTON, Va. — The Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA) has made new appointments to its executive committee and HDA Research Foundation board of directors. HDA said Thursday that Paul Dickson, president of Morris & Dickson Co., has been elected as a member of the HDA Executive Committee. He currently serves as a member of the HDA