Top 5 pharmacy stories in January

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

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  1. CVS to add 600 HealthHUBs, link them to lower Aetna copays
    CVS Health plans to add 600 HealthHUB locations by the end of the year and offer low to zero copayments for Aetna members.
  2. Walgreens teams up with Microsoft to launch ‘health corners’
    Walgreens is opening its first “health corners” in stores this month, roughly a year after striking a partnership with Microsoft to create the pharmacy of the future.
  3. Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline give timeline for IPO of joint venture
    Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline said they plan to offer an IPO for their combined consumer healthcare units within the next three to four years.
  4. Lawsuit accuses Pfizer of concealing cancer-causing chemical in Zantac
    A proposed class-action lawsuit was filed Jan. 2 accusing Pfizer of hiding the fact that Zantac, which it made from 2000 to 2006, contains a carcinogen. 
  5. New Year’s Day drug price hikes hit more than 250 meds
    Drugmakers hiked the list prices of more than 250 drugs on New Year’s Day in the U.S.

More articles on pharmacy:
World’s most expensive drug brings in $186M for Novartis in Q4
CVS launches program with zero out-of-pocket costs for insulin
Walgreens teams up with Microsoft to launch ‘health corners’

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