Pharmacy

CVS Pharmacy is buying Ritzman Pharmacy, a 20-store retail pharmacy chain with locations in northeast Ohio.   

Celgene, on the same day it announced it would be acquired by Bristol-Myers Squibb, raised the price of its top cancer treatment Revlimid by 3.5 percent, according to Bloomberg.

Price hikes on existing drugs and new medications coming to market are the primary contributors to rising prescription drug prices, a new study published in Health Affairs reveals.

Eli Lilly plans to acquire Loxo Oncology for $8 billion in cash to expand its portfolio of cancer medications, according to CNBC.

As debate continues over U.S. drug prices, pharmaceutical companies may need to increasingly show greater efficiencies and research and development productivity in 2019, according to Fitch Ratings.

Twelve additional health systems have joined Civica Rx, a nonprofit company formed by hospitals to manufacture their own generic medicines.

Charles Daniels, BS Pharm, PhD, chief pharmacy officer and associate dean of UC San Diego Health and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, spoke with Becker's Hospital Review about the key challenges pharmacy leaders must overcome and major changes in the…

A new marketing tactic is emerging in the pharmaceutical industry — hiring nurses to boost prescription rates, medication adherence and profits, according to a new blog published in Health Affairs.

Drugstore chain Rite Aid may be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange as its share price sinks below $1, according to CNBC.

Yi-Chih Peng, PharmD, inpatient pharmacy supervisor at Oakland, Calif.-based Alameda Health System, spoke with Becker's Hospital Review about challenges pharmacy leaders must overcome and a belief in healthcare that needs to be challenged.