Drugmakers that were selected in early February to begin price negotiations for 10 of the most expensive drugs in the U.S. as part of the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act have sent the federal government counteroffers, President Joe Biden confirmed…

As hospital pharmacies try to recover from a nationwide disruption in their claims and e-prescribing technology, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists is urging HHS to take action. 

Novo Nordisk released results from a clinical trial March 5 that showed Ozempic reduced the risk of kidney disease-related events in patients with Type 2 diabetes. 

Prescriptions for Ozempic, Wegovy and other glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists are booming among patients seeking to shed pounds. 

Fourteen states prohibit medication abortion — a federally approved two-drug regimen that accounts for more than 50% of U.S. abortions — and 15 other states restrict abortion pills, according to NBC News. 

Almost eight months after the FDA approved Opill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill, it will soon be available for purchase without a prescription at pharmacies like CVS and Walgreens in weeks, according to ABC News.

A year after the FDA allowed eligible pharmacies a pathway to dispense abortion pill mifepristone, CVS and Walgreens confirmed to Becker's they gained approval and will soon offer the medication. 

Health systems are magnifying their weight loss programs as estimates place the global prevalence of obesity at 1 billion adults and children. 

Fall of 2023 was the first time a vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus became available for those most at risk, but now data shows the shots may have caused a few cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome, The New York Times reported…

By 2030, 51% of the world's population, or 4 billion people, are expected to have obesity, according to trends tracked by the World Obesity Federation.