Pneumonia patients who took an antibiotic that's typically reserved as an alternative were less likely to develop Clostridioides difficile infections compared to those taking the recommended drug, according to a study from Veterans Affairs Hospitals. 

The U.S. healthcare industry could save more than $1.1 trillion and prevent about 15 million heart attacks over the next 30 years if pharmacists were more involved in hypertension care, according to research conducted by Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. 

Organizations representing thousands of hospital pharmacies are criticizing CMS' plan to not provide further reimbursement to 340B hospitals after paying a $9 billion lump sum. 

Nurix Therapeutics, a drugmaker based in San Francisco, said the FDA has placed a partial clinical hold on its phase 1 trial for an experimental drug for lymphoma and leukemia. 

Sixteen years after pharmacists from the University of Florida College of Pharmacy in Gainesville petitioned the FDA to require new efficacy studies of an ingredient in decongestants, their efforts came to fruition. In September, an FDA panel unanimously declared the ingredient ineffective. 

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health is one of the latest health systems to enter the emerging world of prescription delivery via drone. 

A global study of zoliflodacin, a drug candidate for gonorrhea, found "unprecedented" phase 3 results, its drugmaker said Nov. 1. 

In August, CVS said it would cut about 5,000 jobs, and a few weeks later, its workforce was notified of layoffs in at least nine states. Before Halloween, the retail chain filed more WARN notices. 

The FDA is advising healthcare workers who administer Moderna's COVID-19 pediatric vaccine to only administer 0.25 milliliters instead of the entire vial. 

As the three-day walkouts among CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid pharmacy employees come to a close, hospital pharmacy leaders shared with Becker's their workforce concerns. 

There's been no way to confirm how many pharmacists and pharmacy technicians have participated at planned walkouts at CVS, Rite Aid and Walgreens locations nationwide, though estimates and reports suggest a quiet turnout. 

Compared to 2022, there is a 15% higher demand for hospital pharmacists so far in 2023, according to a recent report from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. 

Pfizer is shuttering its location in Gladstone, N.J., and the company is offering to relocate the current employees.

Cleveland Clinic is the latest health system to invest in drones that deliver prescription medications to patients' homes. 

Organizers estimate as many as 4,500 pharmacists and pharmacy technicians at CVS, Rite Aid and Walgreens are participating in a three-day walkout that began Oct. 30.

Michael Hogue, PharmD, CEO and executive vice president of the American Pharmacists Association, has issued a statement of support for the planned walkouts by Walgreens and CVS pharmacy employees that began Oct. 30. 

The FDA label for Ozempic does not mention muscle pain, but some patients taking the popular Type 2 diabetes drug for weight loss are experiencing the side effect, according to an Oct. 27 report in women's magazine First for Women.

A panel of FDA advisers concluded after hours of discussion Oct. 31 that the first CRISPR gene therapy candidate is safe enough for clinical use, The New York Times reported. 

'Pharmageddon' is the nickname for a planned walkout by pharmacists at U.S. drugstore chains set to begin Oct. 30, although there is no count for how many workers will participate.

Drugmaker Eli Lilly announced Oct. 26 that Omvoh, its ulcerative colitis medication, has received approval from the FDA.