The FDA on Jan. 26 will convene a panel of outside experts to determine whether primary doses of COVID-19 vaccines should be updated to better handle variants.
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The FDA approved Adstiladrin, the first gene therapy to treat high-risk, non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer, Dec. 16.
A bill proposing the federal government pay in advance for unlimited antibiotics, à la Netflix subscription style, is getting renewed attention amid the ongoing shortage of amoxicillin, The New York Times reported Dec. 16.
With the highest flu infections in 10 years and other illnesses straining health systems' resources, Walgreens said Dec. 16 it will offer rapid flu tests with the promise of results within two hours.
Publix pharmacy will manage payer authorizations for treatments and deliver prescription drugs to patient beds and the nursing unit at Bradenton, Fla.-based Manatee Memorial Hospital.
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The Pharmacy Technician Certification Board acquired the Pharmacy Technician Educators Council Dec. 15 with the hopes of helping pharmacy technicians build their careers and ensure patient safety.
North Chicago, Ill.-based AbbVie is cutting ties with the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, two leading pharmaceutical lobby groups.
The final defendant in the case of New England Compounding Center, a non-defunct pharmacy that sold moldy steroid drugs made in unsanitary conditions, leading to the deaths of more than 100 people, was sentenced Dec. 13 to five months in…
The following 10 hospitals, health systems and hospital operators have posted job listings seeking pharmacy leaders in the last week.
As the U.S. reports an 80 percent hospital bed capacity, fill rates for common flu drug Tamiflu have slightly fallen since late November, GoodRx data shows.