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.
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OptumRx, UnitedHealth Group's pharmacy benefit manager unit, reportedly sent a letter to pharmaceutical companies in December outlining several demands drugmakers must meet if they decide to lower list prices, according to a Bernstein investor memo.
The FDA is putting Walgreens "on notice" for allegedly selling tobacco products to minors at 1,397 of its stores.
After a nearby Shopko pharmacy closes, Powell (Wyo.) Valley Healthcare will open a retail pharmacy to take its place, according to the Powell Tribune.
Here are 10 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking pharmacy leadership talent in the last week.
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Johnson & Johnson will become the first drugmaker to include the list price of its prescription drugs in TV ads, according to The Hill.
Laura and John Arnold are among the early billionaire investors in Civica Rx, the hospital-owned nonprofit generic drug company.
In an effort to fight the Trump administration's plan to overhaul the prescription rebate system, a coalition of pharmacy benefit managers has launched a public relations campaign touting the value PBMs bring to the pharmaceutical industry.
Although there has been a jump in FDA generic drug approvals in the last two years, nearly half of the medications are not sold in the U.S., according to a Kaiser Health News report.
Consumers want Amazon to offer more healthcare-related services and products, including telehealth and prescription drugs, a new survey from Investing.com suggests.