A 2003 law prohibits Medicare Part D from covering weight loss drugs, but if that changes, this class of popular medications could cost Medicare tens of billions, the KFF reported May 18. 

A Buffalo, N.Y.-based biopharmaceutical company filed for bankruptcy and is attempting to sell its assets before a July 1 shutdown, according to court documents. 

This live episode from the Becker’s Hospital Review 13th Annual Meeting in Chicago features Desi Kotis, Chief Pharmacy Executive at University of San Francisco Health System. Here, she discusses the opportunities that are coming up now that the federal state…

The Federal Trade Commission is widening its inquiry into the pharmacy benefit manager industry to include two group purchasing organizations that negotiate drug rebates on behalf of PBMs. 

Legislation proposing transparency and oversight of the 340B drug discount program was passed May 17 by the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Health. The bill, H.R. 3290, will now advance to the full Energy and Commerce Committee.

The shortage of several generic forms of chemotherapy drugs used to treat breast, ovarian, lung and bladder cancers, among others, have risen to the level of what amounts to a "public health emergency," Amanda Fader, MD, a professor at the…

 Tallahassee (Fla.) Memorial Hospital is going through emergency supplies amid a national drug shortage to continue chemotherapy treatments for cancer patients, according to a May 15 report from WFSU. 

So far in May, 10 more drugs are in short supply, according to the FDA and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

Demand for more convenient and affordable healthcare options is giving rise to pharmacies becoming more trusted as a first point of care than ever by Americans — especially those in younger generations, according to a survey commissioned by Wolters Kluwer. 

Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., is using drones to deliver medications between its outpatient pharmacy and Upstate Community Hospital campus, the organization said May 16.