Eireen Luna Bajaria

Axium Healthcare Pharmacy Receives 2011 SMART Awards Recognition

Axium Healthcare Pharmacy, one of the nation’s largest independent specialty pharmacy providers, announced today that it has been selected as the 2011 SMART Awards recipient in the Healthcare & Life Sciences category by the Orlando Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG Orlando).

Axium Healthcare Pharmacy Adds New Hepatitis C Drugs to Their HEPVisionsSM Therapy Management Program

The announcement comes on the heels of the FDA’s approval of Merck’s VictrelisTM and Vertex’s IncivekTM. Both drugs are approved for use in combination with peg interferon and ribavirin, creating a triple therapy regimen. Clinical trials have shown that using one of the two new drugs along with peg interferon and ribavirin drugs is more effective at producing a sustained virological response (SVR).