After a daylong meeting, an FDA panel voted 22-0 June 14 recommending the Moderna vaccine for children as young as 6, according to Politico. 

As the potential fourth vaccine for COVID-19 passes benchmarks after months of delays and halted funding at the end of 2021, The Hill summarized three facts about Novavax June 14:

An observational study of nearly half a million inoculated people found the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines had similar side effects, but the risk was lower in Moderna's. 

Colchester, Va.-based pharmacy Edge Pharm agreed to ensure its products comply with the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act after allegations that it supplied misbranded and unadulterated drugs, the Justice Department said June 13.

Early research hints at the possibility of a vaccine for cancerous tumors, but the science is years away from regulators' approval, The Washington Post reported June 14. 

Less than 1 percent of the 483 high-risk patients who took Paxlovid experienced side effects, according to research published in Clinical Infectious Diseases on June 14.

The FDA approved the nation's first drug fighting severe hair loss with the approval of Eli Lilly and Incyte's systemic, daily pill June 13. 

As some pharmacists hesitate to fill prescriptions for abortion pills as multiple states pass restrictive abortion laws, a 4-year-old online startup is "one of the nation's leading distributors of abortion pills," Time reported June 13. 

U.S. News & World Report, in partnership with the Pharmacy Times, issued its annual list of pharmacists' top recommended over-the-counter treatments and devices. 

In a phase 2/3 study, Sanofi-GSK's next-generation COVID-19 vaccine booster resulted in 76.1 percent of participants seeing at least a tenfold increase in neutralizing antibody titers. Pfizer's booster and Sanofi-GSK's first-generation vaccine trailed behind at 63.2 percent and 55.3 percent, respectively, according to the June 13 press release. 

The FDA unveiled promising data for two COVID-19 vaccine candidates for children under 6 years.

The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. has added 87 generic drugs to its product list, the company said in a June 2 Facebook post.

London-based pharmaceutical company GSK revealed clinically meaningful phase 3 results from its respiratory syncytial virus vaccine candidate intended for adults 60 and older. 

With a 392-28 vote, the House of Representatives passed a bill June 8 intended to alter the FDA's accelerated-approval process after some "costly, ineffective drugs" hit pharmacy shelves, The Wall Street Journal reported. 

Four days before an FDA panel endorsed the Novavax vaccine 21-0, the biotech company informed the FDA of changes to its manufacturing process, according to CNBC. 

A Kentucky federal court has sentenced Florida pharmacy owner Nitesh Patel to 12 months' probation and 12 months of home confinement and ordered him to pay more than $865,000 in restitution following his November guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. 

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

Houston-based health system Memorial Hermann is the latest health system to invest in Leiters, a provider of sterile pharmacy services, June 9.

National pharmaceutical groups congratulated the Federal Trade Commission's decision to investigate the business practices of the six largest pharmacy benefit managers about prescription drug access and affordability.

Brigham and Women's Hospital uncovered a stark finding in a study published June 7: Prices for new drugs at launch rose 20 percent each year between 2008 and 2021.