Denmark-based Novo Nordisk wasn't prepared for Wegovy and Ozempic — which are approved for weight-loss and diabetes, respectively — to go viral, The Wall Street Journal reported Dec. 4.
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The Association for Accessible Medicines has named David Gaugh as its interim CEO after the departure of former CEO and president Dan Leonard.
CVS Health has equipped a majority of its 9,000 pharmacies with technology for its workers to review and enter prescription information without being in the store, The Wall Street Journal reported Dec. 4.
A federal court sentenced the former co-owner and vice president of New England Compounding Center — which was ground zero for the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak that killed 100 people — to one year in prison.
The U-M Health Hazardous Drug Oversight Committee is reclassifying hazardous drugs and rolling out United States Pharmacopeia Hazardous Drug Handling standards on Feb. 28, according to a Dec. 1 article on the Michigan Medicine website.
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Walmart debuted a nationwide pharmacist training program Dec. 1 for educating its staff on HIV prevention and treatment strategies, which is part of the chain's partnership with the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
Walgreens has been fined 15 times and CVS four times so far in 2022 for violating Maine's staffing and operating hours laws, The Maine Monitor reported Nov. 30.
The following 10 hospitals, health systems and hospital operators have posted job listings seeking pharmacy leaders in the last week.
The FDA pulled its emergency use authorization for Eli Lilly's bebtelovimab Nov. 30, which was the only monoclonal antibody treatment to be authorized for COVID-19.
The FDA approved the first fecal transplant therapy, Rebyota, for people with ongoing Clostridioides difficile, ABC News reported Nov. 30.