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Pharmacy Report

CHS pharmacy director: 'We are training kids for jobs that won't exist' | M&A update: 6 drugmaker deals | Big Pharma, labor unions team up to stop drug pricing bills | Another rural NY hospital to close campus

  Pharmacy E-Newsletter December 4, 2019 1. Big Pharma, labor unions partner to fight bills to lower drug prices Full story 2. Pelosi drug pricing bill would cost $1 trillion annually for a decade, White House says Full story 3. 'We're training our kids for…

Walgreens, other pharmacies sue drugmakers over diabetes pill price | 340B hospitals balk at giving drug pricing info to CMS | CVS to buy Ill. health plan | Trump may reduce drugmaker protections in trade deal

  Pharmacy E-Newsletter December 3, 2019 1. Walgreens, 2 other pharmacies sue drugmakers, allege $2.8B in overcharges for diabetes med Full story 2. Trump may reduce market exclusivity period for brand-name drugmakers in new trade deal Full story 3. 340B hospitals balk at giving pricing, payment…

Bladder cancer drug shortage has caused deaths, UPMC urologist says | 7 drug, device approvals | Juno Therapeutics co-founder to launch new drug company | NY hospital closes campus

  Pharmacy E-Newsletter December 2, 2019 1. Bladder cancer drug shortage has caused deaths, UPMC urologist says Full story 2. Juno Therapeutics co-founder starting new drug company Full story 3. Woman suing Philadelphia pharmacy accused of exposing her HIV status Full story 4. Fix your organization's 7 blind…

How Amazon is tackling medication adherence | Costly claims against pharmacists are rising: 8 notes | Texas system closes hospital, lays off 975 | Feds launch criminal probe into opioid makers, distributors

  Pharmacy E-Newsletter November 27, 2019 1. Amazon Alexa will now remind Giant Eagle pharmacy patients to take medication Full story 2. Teva, generic drugmakers may soon resolve price-fixing probe Full story 3. Costly claims against pharmacists are rising: 8 things to know Full story 4. Best…

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10 countries with the most expensive drugs | Faculty vote 'no confidence' in Hawaii pharmacy school dean | M Health Fairview to cut 500 jobs | Sanofi eyes $30B sale of its consumer health unit

  Pharmacy E-Newsletter November 25, 2019 1. 10 countries with the most expensive medicines Full story 2. Hawaii pharmacy school faculty vote 'no confidence' in dean Full story 3. Dropped by CareSource, Walgreens joins Ohio's second-largest Medicaid provider Full story 4. Best practices for the safe handling…

Ky. hospital pays $10M to settle false claims allegations over prescriptions | Walgreens opens 1st VillageMD site | FDA approves $575K rare disease drug | Kaiser plans $13B Baltimore-area expansion

  Pharmacy E-Newsletter November 21, 2019 1. Kentucky hospital to pay $10.1M to settle pharmacy fraud claims Full story 2. FDA approves $575K drug to treat rare disease Full story 3. Duke University Hospital's associate chief pharmacy officer: I never imagined the cost of a…

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