Pharmacy

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told Johnson & Johnson it can choose not to hold a shareholder vote on a proposal that would send all shareholder disputes to private arbitration hearings rather than federal court, according to The Wall…

As part of a restructuring effort, Seres Therapeutics, a Cambridge, Mass.-based drugmaker developing biological treatments, will cut 30 percent of its workforce and make changes to its executive team.

The FDA accused 17 nutritional supplement companies of illegally marketing more than 58 products with claims that they can prevent, treat or cure serious diseases.

Seth Hartman, PharmD, serves as director of pharmacy informatics at University of Chicago Medicine, an 811-bed academic medical center.

Following its peers, Pfizer and Merck, Sanofi has appointed its first chief digital officer, according to Endpoints News.

Avadel Specialty Pharmaceuticals has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after reporting underperforming sales of its drug to curb nighttime urination.

Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, following a similar move by rival Amgen, will cut the U.S. list price of their cholesterol drug Praluent by 60 percent, Reuters reports.  

Rep. Marc Catlin, R-Colo., has proposed a bill that would allow rural Colorado residents to fill prescriptions covered by insurance at the pharmacy of their choice, according to The Journal.

The former chief pharmacy officer at Columbus, Ohio-based Mount Carmel Health System has left her position amid an investigation into  prescribing practices in which 34 patients are believed to have been given excessive or potentially lethal doses of pain medication,…

A senior assistant purchasing manager for CVS Pharmacy in Rochester, N.Y., has been charged with stealing more than $2.5 million worth of diabetic strips from his employer, The Democrat & Chronicle reports.