Pharmacy

A New Jersey biotech company has paused a gene therapy trial after a participant had an unexpected adverse event and later died from a sudden, severe infection.  Rocket Pharmaceuticals said the patient experienced “clinical complications related to a capillary leak…

Becker’s asked pharmacy executives from hospitals and health systems across the U.S. to share how their workforce strategies are evolving.  The 12 executives featured in this article are all speaking at the Becker’s Healthcare Fall Chief Pharmacy Officer Summit, from…

Here are 10 new shortages and discontinuations, according to drug supply databases from the FDA and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.  Editor’s note: The drugs listed are in alphabetical order.  Cholestyramine powder: Upsher-Smith Laboratories has discontinued the 4g/5.5g powder…

Walmart has opened its largest centralized prescription processing facility in Frederick, Md., expanding efforts to streamline pharmacy operations across its national network. The 102,000-square-foot center can fulfill up to 100,000 prescriptions daily and is set to serve more than 700…

ScriptPro, a pharmacy robotics and automation company that works with hospitals and health systems, said it will conduct mass layoffs due to tariffs and “other economic uncertainties,” according to local news outlets.  ScriptPro was founded in 1994 with its initial…

With thousands of gene and cell therapies in the pipeline, health systems should make sure they are for these drugs, which can cost millions per dose, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.  The FDA has approved only a…

As financial pressures intensify across health systems, Renton, Wash.-based Providence is grappling with the combined strain of high-cost therapies, slow biosimilar uptake, shrinking reimbursement and increasing supply chain instability with current geopolitical factors.  “We are experiencing lots of challenges with…

In June, GoodRx will provide a cost-plus model offering to independent community pharmacies through direct contracts, the company said May 22.  Dubbed GoodRx Community Link, it will allow locally owned and operated pharmacies to contract with its integrated savings program.…

On May 21, a federal judge approved Rite Aid’s bankruptcy plan to close stores and sell most of its pharmacy assets to other national chains, according to court documents reviewed by Becker’s.  CVS, Walgreens, and grocery store chains Albertsons, Kroger,…

The FDA has called for Pfizer and Moderna to update the safety information on their mRNA COVID-19 vaccines to include warnings on the incidence of myocarditis and pericarditis, according to two letters shared on the agency’s website.  Dated April 17,…