Madison, Wis.-based UW Health has expanded its prescription delivery service, offering free next-day home delivery for patients in Dane County, Wis. The health system has provided home prescription delivery since 2012, but deliveries previously took several days through carriers such…
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At a time when healthcare executives are being asked to stretch scarce federal resources as far as possible, the 340B Drug Pricing Program is a much-appreciated lifeline. Despite the program being around for over three decades, the need for its…
Eli Lilly has given some 340B hospitals five business days to begin submitting claims-level data or risk losing access to discounted drug pricing, escalating a growing dispute over transparency requirements in the federal drug discount program. In a June 1…
About $300 billion in revenue generated by rated pharmaceutical companies is expected to face generic and biosimilar competition through 2031 — a shift with direct implications for how hospitals and health systems manage their drug budgets over the next several…
An experimental oral cancer drug has shown signs of effectiveness across six types of solid tumors in patients whose cancers had stopped responding to immunotherapy. The therapy, GRWD5769, was evaluated in combination with cemiplimab in patients with secondary anti-PD-1 resistance…
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The FDA has approved Xocova (ensitrelvir) for post-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 in adults and adolescents age 12 and older following contact with an individual who has COVID-19. The approval makes Xocova the first and only oral option to help prevent…
Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines has opened the Methodist Atrium Pharmacy,, according to a May 29 report from CBS affiliate KCCI. The pharmacy is located at the hospital and is open to the public. Patients do not need…
The FDA has approved Afrezza (insulin human) inhalation powder for use in children and adolescents aged 6 and older living with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. Afrezza, created by MannKind Corp, is an ultra-rapid-acting inhaled insulin administered at mealtime…
Rochester (N.Y.) Institute of Technology and the University at Buffalo (N.Y.) School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences have formed an academic pathway that will allow qualified RIT students to pursue a PharmD degree or a master’s in pharmaceutical sciences. Under…
Health systems across the U.S. have experienced an uptake in patient demand for the pancreatic cancer drug daraxonrasib in the weeks since the FDA granted expanded access to the drug through a May 1 “safe to proceed” letter. Demand heightened…