Pharmacy

In a recent press release, Fagron Sterile Services US (FSS), a leading 503B pharmaceutical outsourcing provider, announced a new product innovation – the launch of the first sterile topical anesthetic LET Gel produced at scale through cGMP compliant operations.

An off-the-shelf CAR-T cell therapy being developed by CRISPR Therapeutics saw positive results in some patients with advanced B-cell lymphoma, but was also tied to a patient's death, the drugmaker said Oct. 21. 

More than two dozen health policy experts are urging HHS and other federal agencies as well as vaccine makers to disclose all information about clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines and government contracts with drugmakers to supply the vaccines. 

Kodak CEO Jim Continenza said the company still will make active pharmaceutical ingredients regardless of government assistance after its $765 million loan from the U.S. was stalled due to insider-trading allegations, The Wall Street Journal reported. 

The Government Accountability Office will probe whether the White House interfered with FDA and CDC operations during the nation's pandemic response, a group of Senate Democrats announced Oct. 20.

Two state treasurers are urging Cardinal Health shareholders to vote against a $2.5 million bonus for CEO Michael Kaufmann, arguing that such a payout ignores the company's history in allegedly contributing to the opioid crisis. 

Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel said Oct. 19 that the company expects interim results from its COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial in November, and the FDA could grant emergency use authorization in December if those results are positive, The Wall Street Journal…

A committee of outside experts will meet Oct. 22 to advise the FDA on its COVID-19 vaccine approval process for the first time, STAT reported.

Ten hospitals and health systems posted job listings seeking pharmacy leaders in the last week.

The National Institutes of Health plans to test three drugs from Johnson & Johnson, AbbVie and Bristol Myers Squibb as treatments for COVID-19, The Wall Street Journal reported.