Pharmacy

Federal narcotics agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration raided several Kaiser Permanente pharmacies along the West Coast Sept. 18, according to The Oregonian. 

A vigil was held outside Eli Lilly's headquarters in Indianapolis Sept. 14 for people who have died from rationing their insulin, according to RTV6 Indianapolis.

Fitoterapia, a Miami.-based drugmaker, is recalling 19,000 bottles of its dietary supplement for sexual enhancement due to the presence of an active ingredient Tadalafil.

Sienna Biopharmaceuticals, a Westlake Village, Calif.-based biopharmaceutical company, has filed for bankruptcy. 

Ohio's Joint Medicaid Oversight Committee may discuss the results of a long-awaited report on pharmacy drug pricing during its first meeting of the year Sept. 19, according to The Columbus Dispatch.

Increases to both wholesale and net drug prices trended downward in this year's second quarter, according to STAT.

Four people who owned or worked at pharmacies in New Jersey and New York have been charged in a $99 million fraud scheme, the U.S. Department of Justice said. 

Purdue Pharma filed for bankruptcy protection Sept. 15 as part of a strategy to protect itself and its owners from thousands of lawsuits alleging it helped fuel the U.S. opioid epidemic. 

Several commonly prescribed breast cancer drugs could lead to severe and even fatal lung issues, the FDA warned Sept. 13.

Steroids can be purchased easily through social media sites Facebook and Youtube, according to a new study by a coalition of nonprofits, including the Taylor Hooton Foundation and Digital Citizens Alliance.