An Oklahoma judge is expected to issue a ruling Aug. 26 on whether Johnson & Johnson is liable for fueling the state's opioid epidemic, according to CNBC.
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President Donald Trump said he instructed the Department of Veterans Affairs to make a large purchase of Johnson & Johnson's Spravato, a controversial antidepressant approved this year by the FDA, according to the Military Times.
Drug giant Pfizer plans to invest $500 million to expand its manufacturing plant in Stanford, N.C., which focuses on gene therapy development, according to EndPoints News.
The former owner of St. Louis Hills Pharmacy was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay $1.4 million for his role in a healthcare fraud scheme, the U.S. Justice Department said.
HHS has appealed a July court ruling that blocked a regulation that would have required drugmakers to include list prices in direct-to-consumer TV advertisements, according to STAT.
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Cloe Talamini serves as a pharmacy specialist and senior healthcare business analyst at BroadJump, an expense management company.
Although customers are slow to adopt pharmacy digital offerings, their satisfaction jumps significantly when they use mobile services, according to consumer insight firm J.D. Power's annual pharmacy satisfaction survey.
Good Neighbor Pharmacy was the highest-ranked brick-and-mortar drugstore pharmacy chain in the U.S. in terms of customer satisfaction, according to consumer insight firm J.D. Power's annual pharmacy satisfaction survey.
One of the top scientists ousted by Novartis following a scandal over data manipulation has denied any wrongdoing and plans to "defend his conduct accordingly," according to STAT.
The FDA approved Nabriva Therapeutics' drug Xenleta for adults with community-acquired bacterial pneumonia Aug. 19.