Health systems nationwide are making investments in specialty pharmacy and centralized pharmacy services to help enhance care for patients, streamline operations and improve medication access.  Here are some of the systems that plan to launch specialty pharmacies in late 2025…

The American Hospital Association is raising alarms over the potential fallout from a series of recently implemented tariffs, warning it could negatively impact patient care and worsen existing drug shortages.  AHA Chair Tina Freese Decker warned that tariffs on critical…

HHS is taking “immediate steps” to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order, Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients — a key initiative aimed at reducing healthcare costs. The department said it has established specific “pricing targets” that pharmaceutical…

The FDA has approved Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine, Nuvavoxid, for use in adults 65 and older and in individuals ages 12-64 who have at least one underlying health condition.  The approval is based on phase 3 clinical trial data that showed…

Rite Aid has entered into sale and pharmacy transition agreements involving more than 1,000 stores, including locations being sold to CVS Pharmacy, Walgreens, Albertsons, Kroger and Giant Eagle. CVS will also acquire and operate a number of Rite Aid and…

Novo Nordisk is moving forward with plans to develop oral obesity drugs through a new partnership, which comes as longtime CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen prepares to step down.  The drugmaker launched a partnership with U.S.-based Septerna to develop small-molecule treatments…

The White House has launched a new program focused on leveraging technology and private sector partnerships to find new ways to quickly produce key pharmaceutical ingredients and finished drugs at the point-of-care.  The initiative, called Equip-A-Pharma, involves collaborations with Mark…

Compared to early 2024, demand for hospital pharmacists grew in the first three months of 2025, according to data released May 14 from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, which publishes quarterly pharmacy demand reports.  In the first quarter…

As pharmacy deserts proliferate across the U.S., particularly in rural areas, Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health is utilizing the 340B program to help fill the gap.  Jennifer Bair, PharmD, chief pharmacy officer at Prisma Health, told Becker’s that the health system…

Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare has become the first mid-to-large integrated health system in the U.S. and the seventh health system overall, to receive the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ Certified Center of Excellence designation for medication-use safety and pharmacy practice. …