The Biden administration and the Drug Enforcement Administration said physicians will no longer be able to prescribe some medications via telehealth without meeting the patient in person first, CBS News reported Feb. 27.

There's a nationwide shortage of diabetes management drug Ozempic, but some cities far outpace the rest when it comes to how many prescriptions of the drug are being written.

Moderna has paid the National Institutes of Health $400 million in licensing fees for a chemical technique developed by federal researchers that was used to create its COVID-19 vaccine, the company said in a Feb. 23 earnings report.

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Months into a shortage of Ozempic — a popular drug for its off-label weight-loss use — diabetes patients are rationing the product, The Wall Street Journal reported Feb. 22. 

Moderna and Life Edit Therapeutics are combining resources to develop new in vivo mRNA gene editing therapies in an effort to treat — and possibly cure — rare genetic diseases.

A Gurnee, Ill.-based drugmaker is shuttering all U.S. operations, the company told its hundreds of employees during a Feb. 22 Zoom meeting. 

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

CMS said Feb. 22 it "is not reconsidering" its coverage plan for Alzheimer's drugs that target amyloids — meaning its Aduhelm-era decision will stay true for Leqembi.

Prescription drug prices in Minnesota have risen nearly 42 percent since 2017, according to a new drug price transparency dashboard recently developed by the Minnesota Department of Health.

Several drugmakers are postponing their lidocaine resupply dates, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. 

The University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy in Minneapolis published a road map to guide the development of COVID-19 vaccines that offer broad protection against emerging variants and other coronaviruses that may pose a threat in the future. 

The FDA will decide whether to approve Pfizer's vaccine candidate for respiratory syncytial virus in August. The shot is administered to expectant mothers and protects infants from severe disease through their first six months of life, the drugmaker said in a Feb. 21 news release. 

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. is teaming up with Diathrive Health to improve healthcare access and lower associated costs for individuals living with diabetes, according to a Feb. 20 announcement.

The Mission Cancer Center Pharmacy in Asheville, N.C., is set to close March 3, and services will be consolidated into the main hospital's pharmacy.

As pharmacists step into more roles, pharmacy technicians are also widening their professional strides, experts told Becker's. 

In a viral tweet, an Idaho resident accused a Rite Aid pharmacist of canceling his COVID-19 vaccination appointment. 

The Cancer & Hematology Centers of Western Michigan launched an oral cancer drugs donation and reuse program to reduce medication waste and provide care to low-income patients, ABC affiliate WZZM reported Feb. 20.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center tapped Mark Sullivan, PharmD, as its chief pharmacy officer Feb. 17. 

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. announced that it is working on a new program to partner with independent pharmacists in an effort to increase access and affordability of prescription drugs.