TrumpRx expansion, new drug shortages and Wegovy approval top today’s news

March 19, 2026

1. 8 drugs in shortage Full story

2. Mark Cuban supports TrumpRx as platform scales to 50+ drugs Full story

3. Find case studies in pharmacies financial power from Stanford & Novant — here.

 

4. FDA approves higher-dose Wegovy Full story

5. ASHP match fills 3,872 pharmacy residency positions Full story

6. 340B complexity is rising while staffing stays tight. Align procurement decisions with connected insights here.

 

7. FDA recalls over 89,000 children's ibuprofen bottles Full story

8. Kentucky pharmacy, pharmacist sanctioned after errors hospitalize 3 children Full story

9. 'We are not robots': A CEO's take on overtreatment Full story

10. HHS probes 13 states over abortion coverage Full story

11. National Academy of Medicine taps 26 systems for well-being initiative Full story

 

12. Up to 9 systems for 1 therapy start. Fix the friction here.

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13. Where pharmacy margin and control slip away inside health systems — and how leaders can respond, here.

14. The true cost of pharmacy vacancies goes far beyond wages. Learn why here.

15. How Dartmouth Health links pharmacy performance to financial outcomes here.

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