One cancer drug shortage has ended and at least 14 oncology drugs are in short supply, according to the FDA, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and physicians. 

The market for drugs like Eli Lilly's Mounjaro and Novo Nordisk's Ozempic and Wegovy is projected to reach $100 billion by 2035, Fortune reported Sept. 22.

VCU Health is doubling down on its pharmacy strategy and mail-order medication services, according to Michael Roussos, president of VCU Medical Center.

For the first time in Florida, physicians administered a recently approved gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy to a pediatric patient. 

As the supply of two staple cancer drugs rebounds after months of scarcity, two medications used in pediatric cancer patients have fallen into shortage, NBC News reported Sept. 25. 

Production has resumed at Pfizer's 1.4 million square foot manufacturing plant that was damaged in July by a tornado, the company announced Sept. 25.

A Florida-based drugmaker is pulling one lot of an ulcer drug because of a possible Bacillus cereus contamination. 

All individuals who are between 32 and 36 weeks pregnant should receive the respiratory syncytial virus vaccine this fall, the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended Sept. 22 by an 11-1 vote.

Rite Aid proposed closing nearly a fourth of its 2,100 pharmacies and declaring bankruptcy, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal in a Sept. 22 story. 

A Chicago hospital strengthened its product disposal rules in 2021 after its pharmacy director at the time sold empty COVID-19 vaccine vials on Craigslist, CBS News reported Sept. 20. 

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine has appointed Nishaminy Kasbekar, PharmD, as vice president and chief pharmacy officer, according to a Sept. 21 LinkedIn post. 

Baptist Health South Florida is partnering with EveryDose, a digital health company, to digitize medication adherence processes. 

An FDA panel voted 19-0 Sept. 21 to reject ITCA 650, an experimental Type 2 diabetes drug delivery product, after refusing approval twice. 

Kaiser Permanente pharmacy workers in Oregon and Washington plan to strike for three weeks in October, adding to the growing tally of what could be the largest healthcare strike in U.S. history. 

Before the FDA possibly approves the nation's first needle-free EpiPen product, the agency wants a San Diego-based drugmaker to conduct another study. 

Baptist Health, a nine-hospital system based in Louisville, Ky., is constructing a $40 million central fill pharmacy in La Grange, Ky. Here are five things to know about the project:

As we move closer to the end of this year, it is unfortunate to note that U.S. drug shortages are at an all-time high. Also unfortunate is that this is not a new issue. Drug shortages have been occurring in the United States for far too long.   

ADHD-related medication errors rose 299 percent between 2000 and 2021, according to new research published in Pediatrics on Sept. 18.

Numerous Humira biosimilars are on the market after AbbVie's 20-year exclusive on the rheumatoid arthritis biologic, but they aren't fostering much competition, KFF Health News reported Sept. 19. 

The FDA reduced its therapeutic equivalence rating in Accord Healthcare's tacrolimus oral capsules because of safety concerns, but the generic's approval remains, the agency said Sept. 19.