Pharmacy benefit manager-affiliated specialty pharmacies continue to dominate the market, with the top three companies accounting for two-thirds of prescription revenues in 2025, according to an April 21 Drug Channels report. Here are five things to know: 1. The market…
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Florence, S.C.-based McLeod Health has opened an outpatient pharmacy to expand access to prescription services, ABC affiliate WPDE reported April 20. The new pharmacy replaces a 2,200-square-foot location inside the hospital tower with a 12,000-square-foot facility in the system’s former…
Becker’s asked pharmacy executives from hospitals and health systems, along with academic medical centers and universities across the U.S. to share which alternative revenue streams will define survival by 2030. The 10 executives featured in this article are all speaking…
The American Hospital Association and other groups have filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit to grant en banc review of a decision invalidating West Virginia’s 340B contract pharmacy law. The request follows…
Cincinnati-based Mercy Health and Toledo (Ohio) Public Schools have partnered to launch a pharmacy technician training program for high school students in Toledo, according to an April 17 report by WTOL11. The program enables students to earn a pharmacy technician…
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Mark Cuban has a pitch for hospitals: Manufacture drugs in their own parking lot. Mr. Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs previously launched a Dallas-based manufacturing facility to address supply issues, starting with epinephrine and norepinephrine production. More recently, Mr. Cuban said…
The White House is preparing an executive order to expand federal research into ibogaine, a psychedelic drug used in some countries to treat PTSD, CBS News reported April 16. The Trump administration plans to keep ibogaine classified as a Schedule…
A coalition of 45 state attorneys general have urged the U.S. Department of Labor to strengthen transparency requirements for pharmacy benefit managers. The group backed a proposed rule requiring PBMs to disclose detailed fee and revenue information to employer-sponsored health…
Several drugmakers have raised prices on hundreds of medications despite agreements with the Trump administration aimed at lowering costs, according to an April 16 NBC News report on an analysis by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. …
Viatris has initiated a nationwide recall of Xanax XR (alprazolam extended-release) tablets due to a manufacturing issue. The recall affects 3-milligram tablets packaged in 60-count bottles under lot number 8177156, with an expiration date of Feb. 28, 2027, according to…