Amazon's pharmacy customers in College Station, Texas, can now receive their prescriptions via drone delivery in under an hour, the company announced Oct. 18.
Beginning in January, commercialization of Pfizer's Paxlovid antiviral medication will begin and could drive out-of-pocket prices north of $500 before insurance, according to CNN.
Similar to many healthcare sectors, staffing shortages are compounding issues for hospital pharmacy leaders, according to a LinkedIn poll conducted by Becker's.
Nonprofit foundations aligned with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk are now among the largest in the world due to surging sales of drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Clinical trials for simufilam, an Alzheimer's drug made by Cassava Sciences, will continue even after one of its lead researchers has been accused of "long-standing and egregious misconduct in data management and record keeping," The New York Times reported Oct.…
Researchers found very little difference in the outcomes of patients hospitalized with acute kidney injuries who received different antibiotics — cefepime or piperacillin-tazobactam — as treatment, according to the study published Oct. 14 in JAMA.
Pharmacy employees at Walgreens and CVS are in talks to organize nationwide walkouts and protests in late October, people familiar with the matter told CNBC.
