A former Novartis employee says she was fired for encouraging Novartis to correct false data about its eye drug, Beovu, STAT reported. 

The FDA approved Feb. 28 the first generic version of Daraprim, the lifesaving drug for which Martin Shkreli became infamous by raising the price by 4,000 percent overnight. 

Below are the five top pharmacy stories published by Becker's Hospital Review in February, beginning with the most popular:

With the coronavirus outbreak at a “decisive point,” many drugmakers have launched efforts to develop a vaccine or have donated drugs they believe can help treat patients with COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. 

The U.S. has its first case of a coronavirus-related drug shortage, the FDA said Feb. 27. 

Two pharmacy owners in Los Angeles were sentenced to 12 years each in prison for an $11.8 million Medicare fraud scheme, NBC Los Angeles reported.

An Oklahoma pharmacist who mistakenly gave patients and staff of a care facility shots of insulin instead of the flu vaccine had his license suspended indefinitely, KFOR, an NBC affiliate, reported. 

A CVS Pharmacy in Owasso, Okla., is being investigated by the state's pharmacy board after a compliance officer found repeated medication errors, according to the Owasso Reporter.

The CEO of Sandoz — the generic unit of Novartis — said in a Feb. 26 LinkedIn post that the drugmaker won't raise list prices of its drugs that can be used to help treat coronavirus patients.

Nearly 48 percent of high-risk drugs could not be traced through the entire drug supply chain, a report from the Office of the Inspector General found. 

Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., threatened to subpoena Express Scripts — one of the country's largest pharmacy benefit managers — if it doesn't provide documents showing how it sets insulin prices by March 10. 

GoodRx, an online platform that provides users with coupons for significant price cuts on prescription drugs, sends patient data, including the names of prescriptions, pharmacies and other personal details to more than 20 other internet-based companies, according to Consumer Reports. 

The FDA is tracking 20 drugs for potential shortages caused by the coronavirus, the agency told CNN Feb. 26. 

The former owner of a Union City, N.J., pharmacy pleaded guilty for his role in a scheme to pay bribes to physicians and evade taxes on $33.9 million in income, the U.S. Justice Department said Feb. 25. 

An FDA program intended to make sure all drugs on the market are safe and effective is unintentionally adding billions to U.S. healthcare spending, according to a new study cited by STAT. 

Many elements of President Donald Trump's plan to lower drug costs have been blocked by courts, dropped by the administration or delayed, which is causing frustration for the president, according to The Wall Street Journal.

St. Elizabeth Healthcare, based in Covington, Ky., opened a specialty pharmacy that will allow the health system to fill prescriptions for chronic conditions such as cancer and HIV, the Northern Kentucky Tribune reported. 

Five drugs and medical devices approved by the FDA since Jan. 21:

The pharmacy school at the University at Buffalo was placed on probationary status after the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education found that the program didn't provide students enough hours to practice in hospitals, Buffalo Business First reported. 

The FDA released Feb. 24 the first version of the Purple Book, a new online database of biological product information.