Pharmacy

Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD, a biotechnology entrepreneur and CEO of NantHealth, saw his net worth jump after pharmaceutical manufacturer Bristol-Myers Squibb announced a deal to purchase Celgene for roughly $74 million earlier this month, according to Forbes.

Jake Thompson, PharmD, serves as CEO of Elevate340B, a company dedicated to helping hospitals and clinics optimize their pharmaceutical purchasing.

Joe Vargas is the regional director of pharmacy operations for CompleteRx, a pharmacy management, consulting and operations improvement provider.

Jordan Spillane, PharmD,  has directed ambulatory pharmacy for Wauwatosa, Wis.-based Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin for more than five years.  She oversees five retail pharmacies within Froedtert facilities and outpatient anticoagulation services across the health system.

Walmart will leave the drugstore networks run by CVS Health's pharmacy benefit management unit because of a pricing dispute.

Medicare Part D could have saved $14.4 billion on the top 50 medications covered in 2016 if the program had been able to pay the same prices as the Department of Veterans Affairs, which often negotiates discounts, according to new…

The partial government shutdown soon could impede the FDA's ability to review new drugs, a blow to drugmakers expecting to receive approval of their highly anticipated drugs, according to STAT.

Susan Kokura, PharmD, is the corporate clinical pharmacy manager at New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian, a role she has held since July 2013.

The House Oversight Committee is investigating 12 pharmaceutical companies and their drug pricing strategies, according to STAT.

Hillary Blackburn, PharmD, is the director of pharmaceutical services for Dispensary of Hope, where she consults with pharmacists to improve access to affordable medications and works to develop and implement programs to address the gaps in pharmaceutical care across the…