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Hospital pharmacy news, drug costs and specialty pharmacy trends

Becker’s reports on drug prices, shortages and the specialty pharmacy programs health systems are building. Coverage extends to 340B policy, pharmacy staffing and the distribution models.



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AstraZeneca's approved lung cancer drug Tagrisso (osimertinib) reduced the risk of death by 51 percent in a phase 3 study that involved 682 patients with non-small cell lung cancer. 

As local pharmacies and hospitals struggle to staff teams with enough pharmacy technicians, Kavish Choudhary, PharmD, chief pharmacy officer of University of Utah Health, told Becker's five pieces of advice.

As drugmakers continue to delay resupply dates for cisplatin, a cancer drug in a monthslong shortage, the FDA allowed a China-based pharmaceutical company to temporarily import some solutions. 

The National Institutes of Health's cancer unit is launching the largest study to test combinations of cancer drugs in comparison to the drugs on their own, the organization said June 1. 

As the U.S. experiences the highest number of drug shortages in 10 years, the FDA and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists reported 17 new shortages in May. 

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