Pharmacy

Civica Rx, the hospital-owned nonprofit generic drug company, signed a five-year agreement with Hikma Pharmaceuticals to manufacture and supply 14 sterile injectable medications, the two organizations announced July 23. 

Amgen and Allergan have launched their biosimilar competitors to two of Roche's top-selling cancer drugs in the U.S., according to PharmaPhorum.

The FDA has approved several new generics of Lyrica, a brand-name drug manufactured by Pfizer to treat fibromyalgia, nerve pain and partial onset seizures in patients 17 years of age and older. They are the first FDA-approved generics for the…

Ten hospitals and health systems posted job listings seeking pharmacy leaders in the last week.

The president and co-owner of Physician Specialty Pharmacy in Pensacola, Fla., was charged in connection to a $5 million scheme to defraud Tricare and other insurance companies, according to local news station WEAR- TV. 

Publix Pharmacy will deliver prescriptions to patients before they are discharged from Beaufort (S.C.) Memorial Hospital under a new collaboration, the two organizations announced July 22. 

Novartis said 20 commercial insurance plans and four Medicaid plans have policies in place on coverage of its gene therapy Zolgensma, the world's most expensive drug, according to BioPharma Dive. 

Bayer is recalling two lots, or about 990 vials, of its biologic drug that helps prevent and control hemorrhagic episodes in patients with hemophilia A.

Amazon is threatening to sue Surescripts, an electronic-prescribing company owned by companies including CVS and Express Scripts, to halt an attempt to limit PillPack's access to patient health data, according to CNBC. 

Below are 10 commonly prescribed drugs that increased in list price in the second quarter of 2019, according to GoodRx's latest quarterly report.