Former health system pharmacy leader Shawn Parekh, PharmD, recently became CEO of a Philadelphia hospital. 

United Health Services' pharmacies are managing an issue with processing health savings account and flexible spending account debit card payments, the Binghamton, N.Y.-based system said. 

Type 2 diabetes drugs Ozempic and Mounjaro are among the 775 brand-name drugs with higher prices in 2024, The Wall Street Journal reported Jan. 18. 

Drugmakers aren't raising prices like they used to, according to data from 46brooklyn Research.

The FDA on Jan. 16 approved Casgevy to be used as a treatment for beta-thalassemia. The move comes just over a month after the nation's first medicine based on CRISPR gene-editing technology was approved to treat patients with sickle cell…

After multiple failed attempts at developing a vaccine against one of the most common infections, Staphylococcus aureus, researchers at the University of California San Diego have suggestions about how to fix the problem.

On Jan. 5, Florida became the first state approved by the FDA to import cheaper medicines from Canada, but the plan is facing backlash from experts in Canada and the U.S. 

Pharmacy robots named after singer-songwriters Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash and June Carter-Cash now fill the hallways at Ballad Health's Bristol (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center. 

The Mayo Clinic Diet, a weight loss program developed by the Rochester, Minn.-based health system, is launching a weight loss telemedicine service.

A mechanical fire at UK HealthCare's Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington, Ky., led to the temporary closure of the pharmacy.