Below are five of the top pharmacy stories published by Becker's Hospital Review in August, beginning with the most popular:

After an FDA inspection, AmEx Pharmacy is recalling all lots of two of its bevacizumab injectables,  used to treat macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.

The former owner of New Jersey-based Empire Pharmacy has been charged in a multimillion dollar scheme to defraud health insurers, the U.S. Justice Department said. 

A swine fever outbreak in China that has killed millions of pigs has led to a dwindling supply of a common blood thinner in the U.S., Bloomberg reports. 

While Eli Lilly's generic insulin has been approved since March, a significant portion of prescription claims are still for its brand-name counterpart, Humalog, according to an analysis from drug price tracker GoodRx.

The Sackler family would reportedly give up ownership of Purdue Pharma and pay $3 billion of its own money to settle thousands of federal and state lawsuits that accuse the family and drugmaker of fueling the opioid epidemic, a person…

In 2018, hurricanes, storms, floods and fires touched every region of the country, with multiple natural disasters exceeding $1 billion in damages each.

Physicians, pharmacists and clinicians were among the 41 people charged Aug. 28 in what federal authorities are calling a "massive pill mill" operation in Houston, according to the Houston Chronicle.

Thirty patients have died after taking Symdeko, a cystic fibrosis drug manufactured by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, according to health news website STAT.

Since buying health insurer Aetna in November, CVS Health has emphasized holistic healthcare rather than just selling medicine. The company said it hopes its strategic shift will lead to healthier communities and lower healthcare costs.