Pharmacy

Reckitt Benckiser Group, a U.K. consumer goods company, will pay $1.4 billion to resolve allegations that the company profited by deceiving healthcare providers about the safety of its opioid-addiction treatment, according to The Wall Street Journal. 

Kirby Medical Center in Monticello, Ill., plans to open a retail pharmacy on its campus, according to the Journal-Republican. 

Medicare Advantage insurer Clover Health is launching a subsidiary that will develop medications for elderly patients with chronic conditions.

CVS Health plans to open HealthHubs in several new markets next year that are expected to have higher populations of chronic disease patients, according to CNBC.

The Trump administration abandoned a controversial proposal that would have overhauled the rebate system, according to The Hill. 

Patients and pharmacists nationwide are grappling with a persistent shortage of Mylan's EpiPen, forcing some to travel great distances or go through several hoops to access the lifesaving allergy treatment, according to Bloomberg.

James Mangan, RPh, director of hospital and ambulatory pharmacy for Hyannis, Mass.-based Cape Cod Healthcare, shared the most common medication errors that patients make at home with the Cape Cod Times.

Here are six hospitals, health systems or primary care networks that have announced investments in retail, specialty or in-house pharmacies this year, reported by Becker's Hospital Review. 

Spending on specialty pharmaceuticals continues to rise in the U.S. as the number of patients combating complex, chronic conditions increases, and drugmakers focus their development efforts on treatments for more complex diseases.

MinuteClinic, CVS Health's retail medical clinic, has launched telehealth programs in eight more states.