As cancer care becomes increasingly driven by complex, high-cost therapies, health systems are rethinking how tightly oncology and pharmacy are integrated. At Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Fla., leadership sees pharmacy not as a downstream support function but…
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The Labor Department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration proposed regulation Jan. 29 that would require pharmacy benefit managers to disclose their compensation with self-insured group health plans. Under the rule, PBMs would have to share information on their rebates and other…
Civica, a nonprofit drug manufacturer, offers more than 70 generic sterile injectables and has a member base of more than 50 hospitals and health systems. Health systems representing 500 hospitals and a few philanthropic organizations founded Civica in 2018 to…
After finding an intraventricular tumor in one clinical trial participant, the FDA placed a clinical hold on an experimental gene therapy developed by Regenxbio, a Rockville, Md.-based biotech company. Regenxbio said in a Jan. 28 news release the patient is…
HHS has rescinded a civil rights guidance directed at the nation’s retail pharmacies, reversing a directive that outlined their legal obligations to dispense medications tied to reproductive health. HHS’ Office for Civil Rights withdrew its September 2023 guidance, which had…
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Glendale-based Ascension Wisconsin has expanded its Dispensary of Hope program to four pharmacies, ABC affiliate WISN reported Jan. 28. The program is now available at nine Ascension pharmacy locations, with two new sites in Franklin and one each in Elmbrook,…
Faculty from Washington State University’s College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Spokane are now providing telehealth services to Medicare patients nationwide through a new collaboration with Praventa Health. More than a dozen WSU pharmacy faculty members are participating in…
In the second consecutive year of growth, pharmacy school applications increased 6% from fall 2024 to fall 2025, according to the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. The number of pharmacy school applicants and applications are key metrics tracked by…
Between 2024 and 2025, the number of pharmacists seeking a specialty credential more than doubled, rising from 3,058 to 6,681. The Board of Pharmacy Specialties announced Jan. 28 the pass rates for 14 pharmacy specialty certification exams. Of the 6,681…
Walmart has moved 3,000 of its pharmacy technicians into pharmacy operations team lead roles and expanded pay ranges for the workforce. Pharmacy technician hourly rates average $22, which can increase to $40.50 depending on location and certification, according to a…