Pharmacy

From streamlining prescription refills through mobile apps to using SMS alerts for real-time medication updates, health systems are reshaping the digital pharmacy experience with patients at the center.  Below are responses from three pharmacy leaders who were asked: How has…

In early 2020, as health systems across the U.S. were dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger’s leadership team was also rethinking the structure of its ambulatory pharmacy operations and distribution channels.  The result was the formation of Geisinger…

Jacqueline Corrigan-Curay, MD, acting director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, will step down in July after more than eight years at the agency, Bloomberg Law reported June 23.  In an internal email obtained by the publication,…

The FDA has granted accelerated approval to datopotamab deruxtecan (Datroway) for adults with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer that carries an EGFR mutation and has progressed. Datopotamab deruxtecan, the first TROP2-directed therapy approved for lung cancer in…

A small study found that a stem cell-derived treatment helped people with Type 1 diabetes produce their own insulin and, in most cases, enabled patients to discontinue use of external insulin altogether.  The research, published June 20 in The New…

President Donald Trump has signed two executive orders aimed at reducing the cost of prescription drugs, but pharmaceutical benefit managers have been a small part of the legislation.  Here’s what to know about the president’s approach to PBM policy so…

The FDA has approved Sanofi and Regeneron’s Dupixent as a treatment for adults with bullous pemphigoid, a rare chronic autoimmune skin condition that causes severe itching, painful blisters and open sores.  Bullous pemphigoid primarily affects older adults. Current treatments often…

Here are 11 new shortages and discontinuations, according to drug supply databases from the FDA and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. 

Sen. Bernie Sanders , I-Vt., and a group of more than 30 medical associations have separately requested that the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee investigate the termination of the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee members. Four things to know:…

Nationwide, hospitals and pharmacies are seeing ongoing shortages of medications including some anesthetics, antibiotics, opioids and chronic disease treatments, FDA data shows.  As of June 19, 194 drugs were in shortage, according to the agency’s database of current and resolved…