The FDA sent a letter to Eli Lilly scolding the drugmaker for Instagram ads it posted for its Type 2 diabetes drug Trulicity.

Here are six recent findings about the effectiveness of vaccines and therapeutics in protecting against the omicron variant.

Pfizer and BioNTech said Jan. 25 they have launched a clinical study evaluating the safety and efficacy of an omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccine candidate.

The CDC recommends immunocompromised people who initially received Pfizer or Moderna's mRNA COVID-19 vaccine get a fourth dose. Still, some pharmacies are turning away eligible people seeking a fourth shot, Kaiser Health News reported Jan. 25. 

Some pharmacies in the U.S. have started receiving their first shipments of N95 masks to distribute for free to the public. 

Mark Cuban's generic drug company, Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co., launched an online pharmacy Jan. 19 that produces low-cost versions of high-cost generic drugs. Here is a list of the 27 medications for which MCCPDC offers a savings of $100 or more.

The FDA removed two monoclonal antibody therapies from the list of COVID-19 treatments due to their ineffectiveness against the omicron variant, the agency said Jan. 24.

Ten hospitals and health systems have posted job listings seeking pharmacy leaders in the last week.

The FDA on Jan. 21 expanded its emergency use authorization for remdesivir to include the drug's use in nonhospitalized patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 who have a high risk of their case becoming severe. 

The Medicines Patent Pool on Jan. 20 said it had signed agreements with 27 generic drugmakers to manufacture molnupiravir — Merck's COVID-19 antiviral — to advance accessibility in 105 developing countries. 

Since July 2020, 12 drugmakers have said they will restrict or stop providing 340B discounts to safety net hospitals for drugs dispensed at community-based pharmacies. 

LG televisions now offer a prescription savings card in their telehealth hubs.

After discovering that about 3,900 people who received Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations at the Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek (Calif.) Medical Center in late 2021 may have received a slightly less than recommended dose, Kaiser announced it will offer repeat vaccinations to those potentially affected, the health system said in a statement shared with Becker's.

Walgreens and VillageMD said Jan. 20 they will open eight Village Medical at Walgreens locations this year in the metro area of Tucson, Ariz.

The Pharmacy Quality Alliance has published a resource guide to aid pharmacists in implementing services that target social determinants of health. 

About 3.5 million Americans ages 65 and older and 1.8 million Medicare beneficiaries younger than 65 had difficulty affording their medications in 2019, according to a report released Jan. 19 by the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation's Office of Health Policy.

Pfizer's COVID-19 antiviral pill Paxlovid appears effective against the omicron variant, the drugmaker said Jan. 18. 

Thirteen pharmacies nationwide had at least a thousand courses of COVID-19 therapeutics available for clinical care at the start of this week, according to HHS data. 

Mark Cuban's generic drug company launched an online pharmacy Jan. 19.

A network of distributors and drug suppliers allegedly sold more than $250 million in illicit and fake versions of Gilead's HIV medicines over the last two years, according to the drugmaker.