Pharmacy

As Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. continues to make waves in the pharmaceutical market, it will soon begin to offer Clomid, a common fertility drug, to its customers.

Takeda Pharmaceuticals, a Japan-based drugmaker, is voluntarily withdrawing Exkivity (mobocertinib) in the U.S. after a phase 3 trial failed to confirm the lung cancer drug's efficacy.

The drugmakers behind the first 10 medications selected by CMS for Medicare price negotiations have all agreed to participate in the program, the agency said Oct. 3.

There's one healthcare professional that serves as the connection between patients, physicians, and prescriptions: Your local pharmacist. Encouraging patients to review medications with a pharmacist yearly is pivotal to bettering health outcomes for patients.

The Biden administration is aiming to expand insurance coverage for certain over-the-counter medications, including contraception, The Hill reported Oct. 2.

More than 9 in 10 pharmacy technicians are experiencing workflow challenges and about 45 percent said they're unable to administer prescriptions because of drug shortages, according to a recent survey. 

Hundreds of pharmacy technicians, pharmacy clerks and pharmacy warehouse employees at Kaiser Permanente began picketing Oct. 1 in a strike planned to last through Oct. 21. 

CVS pharmacists protesting challenging working conditions in Kansas City returned to work Sept. 28 after CVS leaders vowed to make numerous improvements, USA Today reported. 

Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD, opened an investigation Sept. 28 into how Cleveland Clinic and a Bon Secours hospital is involved in the 340B drug pricing program.

Compared to COOs and CFOs, the pathway from pharmacy leader to a hospital C-suite is less established. Here's how four hospital C-suite executives with pharmacy backgrounds rose through the ranks.