The FDA accepted Pfizer for a priority review of a supplemental Biologics License Application for its pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for children.

Moderna and CytomX Therapeutics, a cancer drug company, will collaborate to develop investigational mRNA-based therapies, the companies said Jan. 5. 

The FDA accepted AstraZeneca and Sanofi's application for their pediatric respiratory syncytial virus drug Jan. 5, and if approved, it would be the first single-dose preventive option for a virus that infects nearly all children before the age of 2. 

Millions of Paxlovid packets haven't been used, which could be tied to COVID-19 rebound risks, less federal funds and diminishing public concern about the pandemic, according to an article published Jan. 3 in Nature. 

After the FDA said it would allow some retail pharmacies to dispense prescribed abortion pills, Walgreens and CVS told Becker's they plan to distribute the drug mifepristone. 

As retail pharmacy chains ration sales of children's pain medications amid a national shortage, some physicians are delaying operations as families scramble for medicine cabinet staples. 

The following 10 hospitals, health systems and hospital operators have posted job listings seeking pharmacy leaders in the last week.

Three drugmakers each have four blood pressure drugs in short supply after some were recalled in 2022 because of the presence of nitrosamine, which the FDA has labeled as a "probable human carcinogen."

Moderna is set to acquire OriCiro for $85 million.

Rite Aid is opening mini-locations in rural areas to help underserved communities and fight "pharmacy deserts," Retail Wire reported Jan. 3.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC and HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College, are teaming up to bolster the community college's pharmacy technician training program.

Prescribed abortion pills can now be dispensed at retail pharmacies, according to an FDA decision published Jan. 3. 

Corewell Health, a system with dual headquarters in Grand Rapids and Southfield, Mich., moved a retail pharmacy into one of its hospitals Jan. 3. 

Eli Lilly's experimental diabetes and weight-loss drug, tirzepatide, is projected to net between $25 billion and $48 billion in sales once it's approved, NBC News reported Jan. 1. 

Arizona's attorney general filed a lawsuit against RLC Labs, which makes prescription thyroid drug tablets, for consumer fraud with allegations of false or misleading statements. 

As researchers study how well the omicron-targeting boosters work against the now-dominant subvariant XBB.1.5, here's what five recent studies found:

The FDA recently approved an immunotherapy drug called Tecentriq (atezolizumab) for patients ages 2 and up who have advanced alveolar soft part sarcoma that has spread to other parts of the body or cannot be removed by surgery, U.S. News & World Report reported Jan. 2.

In 2022, the FDA approved 96 first-time generic drugs. 

Baptist Health Floyd named Evan Hampton, PharmD, its pharmacy director, effective Jan. 1. 

Murky documentation of meetings between Biogen and the FDA, plus an "unjustifiably high price" for a drug that lacked clinical data, are at fault for the Adulelm controversy, two House committees said Dec. 29 in a report.