Pharmacy

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.

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.