As hundreds of pharmacy workers for Kaiser Permanente continue striking for up to three weeks in Oregon and Southwest Washington, their union approved another strike that could last almost four more weeks.
Mounjaro (tirzepatide), Eli Lilly's Type 2 diabetes drug, helped obese and overweight adults lose an average of 64 pounds after 84 weeks in a phase 3 trial.
When Pfizer's antiviral Paxlovid entered the U.S. market in December 2021, it quickly became the preferred COVID-19 drug. Nearly two years later, physicians aren't writing many prescriptions for the therapy once touted as a "breakthrough," NBC News reported.
A San Antonio-based pharmacy and pharmacist have been ordered by a federal court to pay $275,000 for the unlawful distribution of opioid and benzodiazepine prescriptions, according to an Oct. 11 news release.
An antibiotic ointment administered through the nose is effective in protecting critically ill patients in the ICU from Staphylococcus aureus infections, according to an Oct. 10 HCA Healthcare news release.
Bristol Myers Squibb, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, plans to acquire oncology drugmaker Mirati Therapeutics for up to $5.8 billion.
