Pharmacy

Amazon has started marketing PillPack, an online pharmacy service it acquired last September, to Prime members, according to TJI Research.

Within the next 90 days, pharmacy chain Rite Aid will raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products to 21, according to CNBC.

Walgreens will raise the age to buy tobacco products to 21 on Sept. 1, up from 18 in most states, as the pharmacy retail giant faces pressure from the FDA, activists and investors, according to CNBC.

The Ohio attorney general is recommending that the state makes major changes to how its pharmacy benefits are managed, according to the Dayton Daily News

Just before a trial was set to begin April 22 in Seattle, Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay $9.9 million to resolve a lawsuit claiming the company failed to warn patients about the risks of its pelvic mesh devices.

Bridger Valley, Wyo., a rural community of about 6,000 residents, lost its only pharmacy in February after Shopko filed for bankruptcy. Now, one pharmacist is making sure residents keep getting their medications, according to a Wyoming Public Media report.

The trade group representing pharmacy benefit managers spent a record-breaking $1.49 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2019, the most it has ever spent in a three-month span, according to STAT.

John Prince, the CEO of pharmacy benefit manager OptumRx, said the company has received a lot of interest from commercial clients in transitioning to point-of-sale rebates, according to Inside Health Policy.

The FDA approved the first generic version of Narcan, a nasal spray intended to reverse opioid overdoses.

When pharmacies close, older patients are less likely to take their heart medications as prescribed, a new study published in JAMA found.