Pharmacy

Macleods Pharmaceuticals is recalling 32 lots of losartan potassium tablets and losartan potassium/hydrochlorothiazide tablets. 

AdvisorSmith, a business insurance adviser, analyzed 380 cities in the U.S. to determine which were the best for pharmacists based on salary, cost of living and total jobs available. 

Amazon has launched Counter, its in-store package pickup service, which will debut at 100 Rite Aid drugstores in the U.S.

Following an operational review, Waltham, Mass.-based biotech ImmunoGen will lay off 220 employees and suspend some research and development activities.

Despite reporting an increase in U.S. retail and prescription drug sales, Walgreens' profit fell in the third quarter of 2019, The Wall Street Journal reports.

To prevent drug diversion, prescription forgery and "physician shopping" while also improving patient safety and physician satisfaction, hospitals are implementing electronic prescriptions for controlled substances (EPCS) solutions.

Seeking to reduce costs, retail giant Walmart plans to eliminate some jobs in its U.S. pharmacy business, Bloomberg reports. 

UPMC has acquired Duquesne University's community pharmacy in Pittsburgh, according to the online news site Trib Live. 

Consumers who have felt too nervous to seek out a physician or pharmacist for naloxone can now purchase the lifesaving drug online.

The FDA has updated its list of off-patent drugs that don't have generic competitors.