Costco and delivery startup Instacart are joining forces to test a prescription drug delivery service, according to CNBC.

Aetna boosted CVS Health's profits by 10 percent in the third fiscal quarter, according to CNBC.

CVS Health plans to close 22 "underperforming" drugstores in early 2020, adding to the 46 stores it closed earlier this year, according to CNBC.

With the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) General Chapter <800> becoming official in December 2019, ensuring compliance is top-of-mind for many hospitals, health systems and pharmacies as poor adherence to the regulations can harm staff health. 

Memorial Hospital at Gulfport (Miss.) has rolled out a specialty pharmacy program to make complex and expensive drugs more accessible to patients.

Sanofi has agreed to pay $315 million to settle claims that it slowed the development of a multiple sclerosis drug to avoid paying investors after the company acquired Genzyme Corp.

Walgreens Boots Alliance is exploring a deal that would take the company private, according to CNBC.

The Office of Management and Budget is reviewing a rule that would allow the U.S. to import certain drugs from Canada and other countries as a strategy to lower drug costs, according to Regulatory Focus.

A group of 48 health systems, hospitals and other healthcare organizations have penned a letter to Congress urging them to pass a law to combat shortages of critical drugs.

CVS Pharmacy and United Parcel Service's Flight Forward subsidiary successfully used drones to deliver prescription drugs to two customers' homes Nov. 1.