Pharmacy

Delays at the pharmacy counter and going “back-and-forth” with a health plan or provider are the top challenges for patients filling prescriptions, according to a national survey.  Surescripts, a health information network focused on electronic prescriptions, partnered with The Harris…

Michael Dejos, PharmD, is joining Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare as corporate director of medication safety.  From September 2019 to July 2025, Dr. Dejos was the system medication safety officer of Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, according to his LinkedIn profile.…

Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha have partnered with local farmers and business leaders to launch NeuralRegen, a biotechnology startup developing colostrum-based therapies for neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. The company’s formation follows a study…

The FDA has lifted a clinical hold on Intellia Therapeutics’ Magnitude-2 phase 3 trial of nexiguran ziclumeran, or nex-z: a CRISPR-based gene therapy for patients with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with polyneuropathy. The hold was initiated Oct. 29 following a serious…

At Cedar Crest Hospital in Belton, Texas, pharmacy leadership spent the past year focused on one core shift: modernizing medication distribution to improve safety in a high-risk psychiatric setting. Edith Okolo, PharmD, director of pharmacy, said 2025 marked a major…

Hospitals and health systems are navigating a wave of vaccine-related developments, including a Texas investigation into alleged financial incentives for pediatric immunizations, sharp criticism of federal vaccine guidance, and public remarks by the CDC’s vaccine panel chair suggesting polio shots…

Eli Lilly and Co. will require all 340B covered entities to submit claims-level data for in-house pharmacy dispensing beginning Feb. 1, 2026. The new requirement expands Lilly’s existing policy, which has applied to contract pharmacies since December 2021, according to…

Bishop, Calif.-based Northern Inyo Healthcare District held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Jan. 22 to celebrate the opening of its new pharmacy and updated infusion center, according to a Jan. 22 report by Sierra Wave Media. The health system said the event…

At Duke Health, pharmacy leaders say the era of easy cost savings is over. “All the low-hanging fruit has been hit,” said Roya Tran, PharmD, associate chief pharmacy officer for pharmacy finance and supply chain at the Durham, N.C.-based health…

Drug shortages in the U.S. continue to plague hospitals, pharmacies and patients, even as new cases fell to a 20-year low in 2025. The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ most recent year-end report on drug shortages found that lower numbers…