Plus: Novo tests lower-dose Wegovy
August 24, 2026

1. Ascension hospital confirms pharmacy medication error harmed 4 patients Full story

2. Cost Plus Drugs partners to reduce cost of pediatric cancer trial meds Full story

3. Drug pricing pressure, 340B uncertainty, PBM dynamics and ultra-high-cost therapies on formulary – all on the CPO agenda Nov. 4-6 in Chicago at Becker’s Fall CPO Summit. Apply to attend as a reviewer here.

 

4. FDA pauses Regenxbio trial again after spine masses found in 5 patients Full story

5. Lilly, Novo Nordisk’s fight against GLP-1 copycats Full story

6. Best practices for evaluating nonopioid alternatives for acute pain — lessons from a USC clinical pharmacy leader. Register with one click.

 

7. 39K+ bottles of eye drops recalled over sterility concerns Full story

8. Novo Nordisk tests lower-dose Wegovy pill Full story

9. 10 hardest-working states in the US Full story

10. ‘BFFs’ and budgets: Inside health systems’ Epic relationships Full story

11. 12 healthcare bankruptcies in 2026 Full story

 

12. WVU Medicine’s CPO weighs in on expanding the health system role in the pharma ecosystem here.

Becker’s Learning Opportunities

13. The RFID playbook: how Sentara, OhioHealth and CaroMont rebuilt pharmacy inventory here.

14. Phoenix Children’s, Essentia Health + VCU Health on pharmacy’s next financial move here.

15. Ochsner, St. Luke’s, MetroHealth and Yale New Haven on what changed when they put AI behind their prior auth queue here.

16. Becker’s late-August webinar lineup: patient safety, referral intake, AI trust and supply chain data. See the sessions here.

 

 

Apply to attend complimentary as a guest reviewer here! Opportunity exclusive to those directly employed by a provider organization.

 
 

 

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