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  • Discussing Solutions To Address Drug Shortages

    July 08, 2024

    HDA recently partnered with The Hill to facilitate an event, “Keeping Pharmacy Shelves Filled: Solutions to Address Drug Shortages,” which included speakers Rep. Larry Buschon, MD (R-Ind.); Heather Zenk, President of U.S. Supply Chain, Cencora; Dr. Mark McClellan, Director, Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy and Former FDA Commissioner; Michael Kleinrock, Lead Research Director, IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science; and Dr. Marta Wosińska, Senior Fellow, Center on Health Policy, The Brookings Institution. HDA President and CEO Chip Davis also sat down with Joe Ruffolo, SVP and General Manager at The Hill, to discuss how the healthcare distribution industry plays a vital role in mitigating the impact of drug shortages.

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  • Value Drug’s Modico Brothers Reflect on Nearly 50 Years in Healthcare Distribution

    June 24, 2024

    While many lead fulfilling, long-term careers in the healthcare distribution industry, the Modico brothers of HDA member Value Drug Company are part of a rare group of distribution experts who have done it for nearly 50 years.

    The latest installments of HDA’s Faces of the Supply Chain series feature the brothers — Dave Modico, Warehouse Manager, and Sam Modico, Innovation Manager — who have been along for about half of Value Drug’s 90 years in business. Filmed at the company’s distribution center in Altoona, Pa., the brothers recount their decades in distribution and discuss the meaning behind their work.

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  • Technological Innovations Reshaping the Healthcare Supply Chain

    June 20, 2024

    Almost every industry is exploring the groundbreaking potential of new technologies involving automation, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), and the healthcare supply chain is no exception. While rapid innovation always brings some degree of uncertainty, the healthcare distribution industry has already found exciting opportunities for automation, AI and ML to assist employees, while also creating efficiencies that ultimately benefit providers and their patients.

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  • Fostering Inclusion: A Spotlight on HDA’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Employee Network

    May 08, 2024

    In honor of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month, we recognize the volunteer leaders of HDA’s new industry-wide Asian American and Pacific Islander Employee Network (APEN) employee resource group (ERG). APEN ERG lead Vidhya Krishnamoorthy, Director of IT, Specialty Physician Services, for Cencora, and assistant lead Jason Chung, Director of Compliance for BluPax Pharma, discuss their aspirations for this group and reasons for participating.

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  • Member Spotlight: Pharmsource’s Formula for Success

    April 22, 2024

    One of HDA’s newest distributor members, Pharmsource, is celebrating a decade of healthcare distribution. HDA spoke with their team to learn more about Pharmsource’s history, goals in joining HDA’s membership and unique value within the sector.

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  • Five Ways Healthcare Distributors Are Working to Mitigate Drug Shortages

    April 08, 2024

    Healthcare distributors’ operational capabilities, expertise in inventory management and broader network are critical to lessening the impact of shortages. The industry works continuously to anticipate potential disruptions and, if they do occur, act swiftly to help facilitate consistent and reliable access to prescription medicines. 
     

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