The Office of Management and Budget is reviewing a rule that would allow the U.S. to import certain drugs from Canada and other countries as a strategy to lower drug costs, according to Regulatory Focus.
Pharmacy
A group of 48 health systems, hospitals and other healthcare organizations have penned a letter to Congress urging them to pass a law to combat shortages of critical drugs.
CVS Pharmacy and United Parcel Service's Flight Forward subsidiary successfully used drones to deliver prescription drugs to two customers' homes Nov. 1.
Statins, a class of drugs commonly used to lower cholesterol, may increase the risk of skin infections, according to a new study published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.
A method to set drug prices that places a dollar value on a year of life, known as quality-adjusted life year, is growing more popular in the U.S., according to The Wall Street Journal.
Advertisement
Here are 10 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking pharmacy leaders in the last week.
Halozyme, a San Diego-based drugmaker, will cut its workforce by 55 percent after its lead drug failed in a clinical trial, according to STAT.
Fagron is recalling all unexpired lots of its topical anesthesia that was distributed nationwide to hospitals, pharmacies and distributors after the FDA found possible bacterial contamination.
After months of testing common heartburn drugs, the FDA said Nov. 1 that the levels of a cancer-causing substance in ranitidine products that prompted several recalls was no higher than what is found in common foods like grilled or smoked…
A Mississippi pharmacy owner was sentenced Oct. 31 to 10 years in prison for defrauding Tricare of $243 million, according to Fox Business.