The FDA’s Molecular and Clinical Genetics Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee voted Sept. 23 in favor of approving Grail’s Galleri multi-cancer early-detection blood test. The vote marks the first time a test of this kind has reached this…

Rising drug spending, persistent shortages and a thin workforce pipeline are among the top challenges for Denise Scarpelli, PharmD, vice president and chief pharmacy officer at UChicago Medicine. Dr. Scarpelli oversees pharmacy operations, strategy, finances and growth across the system’s…

Active U.S. drug shortages increased to 227 in the second quarter of 2026, marking the third consecutive quarterly increase, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Nearly half of all new shortages this year involve medications made by a…

When Cincinnati-based UC Health pitches a new retail pharmacy to hospital leadership, Vice President of Pharmacy Services Jeff Akers, PharmD, does not frame it as a request for another pharmacy. He positions it as an investment in the health system’s…

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a lawsuit against Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi and three pharmacy benefit managers, accusing them of participating in a pricing scheme that drove up insulin costs. The complaint, filed in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court,…

The FDA has issued a warning letter to Houston-based Empower Pharmacy after an inspection found evidence that certain compounded drugs failed to meet conditions for exemptions under federal law. The agency said Empower compounded products that appeared to be essentially…

The cell and gene therapy pipeline is no longer a distant possibility. It is arriving now, and health systems have a narrowing window to prepare. With more than 35 Food and Drug Administration-approved Cell and Gene Therapies (CGT) and a…

An FDA advisory panel will meet Sept. 23 to review GRAIL’s Galleri test, a blood-based screening tool for multiple cancer types that would be the first FDA-authorized multi-cancer early detection device if approved, according to the agency’s executive summary released…

U.S. News & World Report released its pediatric Honor Roll Sept. 15, naming 11 children’s hospitals as the nation’s best. Here are the leaders overseeing pharmacy at each. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago: Jenny Elhadary, PharmD,…

Outdated and unsaleable medications account for an estimated 1.5% of the nearly $700 billion annual U.S. pharmacy market, or approximately $10 billion in potentially recoverable revenue for pharmacies, according to a Sept. 21 Health Affairs Forefront commentary. Here are five…