The board of directors for the Board of Pharmacy Specialties voted to not approve a proposed specialty certification for pharmacy administration and leadership, the organization said Nov. 21. An offshoot of the American Pharmacists Association, the Board of Pharmacy Specialties…
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Novo Nordisk’s GLP-1 drug semaglutide did not demonstrate a statistically significant effect in slowing progression of Alzheimer’s disease in two late-stage clinical trials. According to a Nov. 24 news release from the company, two double-blinded, placebo-controlled phase 3 trials enrolled…
Immunity from the measles vaccine declines significantly over time, with 18.1% of recipients lacking detectable antibodies 23 years after vaccination. A study published Nov. 3 in eClinicalMedicine, the open access journal of The Lancet, by researchers from the University of…
HHS has officially reinstated all 954 employees who received layoff notices during the federal government shutdown. In a Nov. 21 court filing, HHS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Resources Thomas Nagy Jr. wrote agency workers who received reduction-in-force notices during…
As maternity care capacity continues to contract, with Becker’s reporting 28 related maternity service closures across the U.S. for the year, Indianapolis-based IU Health is doubling down on its long-term investment to strengthen mother and infant care access and outcomes.…
The healthcare investment firm Patient Square Capital finalized its $2.6 billion acquisition of Charlotte, N.C.-based Premier on Nov. 25. Four notes: 1. The deal takes Premier private, making it a wholly owned subsidiary of Premium Parent, an affiliate of Patient…
Vohra Wound Physicians Management and its owner, Ameet Vohra, MD, have agreed to pay $45 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare.