Attorneys general from 44 states are suing the nation's largest generic drugmakers, claiming they conspired to inflate prices of more than 100 generic drugs by as much as 1,000 percent, according to The New York Times.
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The owner of two pharmacies in Michigan was charged with bilking health insurance plans out of millions of dollars this week, according to The Detroit News.
Here are 10 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking pharmacy leaders in the last week.
Gilead Sciences has agreed to donate drugs to the federal government that reduce the risk of HIV transmission for up to 200,000 people a year, HHS Secretary Alex Azar announced May 9.
A judge denied an emergency bid from Johnson & Johnson to transfer 2,400 state lawsuits tied to its baby powder immediately to a federal court in Delaware, according to Bloomberg.
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A recent blog post by LogicStream dives into hospital pharmacy trends in 2019.
Below are eight legal actions involving members of the drug supply chain, including pharmaceutical companies, pharmacy benefit managers, pharmacies, pharmacists and distributors, reported by Becker's Hospital Review in the last two weeks.
McKesson has renewed its distribution agreement with its largest client, CVS Health, the drug distributor announced during its earnings call May 9, according to Reuters.
A generic version of Gilead Sciences' HIV prevention drug, Truvada, will be available one year earlier than expected due to an agreement struck with Teva Pharmaceuticals a few years ago, the drugmaker announced May 8, according to CNBC.
Joining a growing list of retailers, Walmart will increase the minimum age to buy tobacco products to 21, according to CNBC.