Pharmacy

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

The Drug Enforcement Administration suspended Oak Hill (W. Va.) Hometown Pharmacy's certificate of registration after an investigation found it posed an "imminent danger to the public health and safety" of its citizens, according to local news station WSAZ.

Bayer is offering to pay up to $8 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits claiming its weedkiller causes cancer, according to Bloomberg.

A shortage of a drug used to treat immune disorders has forced U.S. hospitals and infusion clinics to ration it or suspend treatment for many patients who use it, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Teva Pharmaceutical CFO Michael McClellan will step down from his role after the company announces its third-quarter earnings, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan defended the company's decision to delay telling the FDA about inaccurate data involving its $2.1 million gene therapy Zolgensma, saying that it "tried to do the right things" in the process, according to STAT.

Apple and Eli Lilly have partnered on new research to determine whether health data from the iPhone and Apple Watch can detect early signs of dementia, according to CNBC. 

Medicare has finalized its long overdue national coverage decision on CAR-T therapy, an innovative but expensive new cancer treatment that uses patients' immune cells to fight against the disease.

CVS Health released its second quarter earnings report Aug. 7, beating analyst predictions as its three businesses reported better-than-expected results, according to CNBC.

Seven of the 18 top-paid nonexecutive board chairs were in the pharmaceutical industry last year, according to data from intelligence provider MyLogIQ, cited by the Arizona Republic newspaper.