The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists has chosen David Chen, a former hospital pharmacy director in Maryland, as vice president for pharmacy leadership and planning.
A few weeks after Baxter temporarily shuttered its manufacturing plant in Marion, N.C., which was the nation's main supplier of intravenous solutions, 84% of hospital pharmacy workers reported a moderate or critical fluid shortage.
Novo Nordisk's CEO told CNN he is "alarmed" by the risks compounded versions of semaglutide — the active ingredient in the company's diabetes drug Ozempic and weight loss drug Wegovy — are posing to users.
Compared to the previous year, the third quarter of 2024 saw a 144% increase in demand for pharmacy technicians and a 14% demand increase for pharmacy directors, according to data from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.
The FDA has updated the labels for all GLP-1 receptor agonists, including popular medications Ozempic, Wegovy, Saxenda and Mounjaro, to include a new warning about the risk of pulmonary aspiration during general anesthesia or deep sedation, Medscape reported Nov. 6.
GoodRx and pharmacy benefit managers CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, MedImpact and Navitus Health Solutions are facing class-action lawsuits accusing them of colluding to super press reimbursements to independent pharmacies for generic drug prescriptions.
Beam Therapeutics, based in Cambridge, Mass., released early clinical data from its first trial for patients with sickle cell disease that employed a gene editing tool, known as CRISPR. All four patients showed positive results, but one died four months…
