Supply Chain

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, said about 40 drugs and medical devices could experience national shortages due to manufacturing disruptions in Puerto Rico, reports The New York Times.

Mylan on Tuesday earned Food and Drug Administration approval for its generic version of Teva's multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone.

The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration over agency restrictions that limit access to the abortion pill Mifeprex.

Supply chain performance and efficiency directly affect a healthcare organization's ability to offer quality care. Therefore, the supply chain must transform simultaneously with the healthcare industry amid the shift toward value-based care, according to a recent blog post from Acurity.

Almost all (92 percent) of Americans would listen to health advice from their pharmacist on social media, according to survey findings published by PrescribeWellness, a cloud-based company that connects consumers to pharmacies.

Over the past few years, Kansas-based family physician Josh Umbehr, MD, has sent dozens of emails to Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos, urging him to direct the company toward the prescription drug market, reports CNBC.

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a new use for Botox treatment.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. on Tuesday earned Food and Drug Administration approval for a new dosage of its cancer drug Alunbrig.

Phoenix Children's Hospital, with the help of three of its native-born Puerto Rican physicians, donated more than $20,000 worth of medical supplies to Hurricane Maria victims Oct. 3.

The FDA will step up efforts to deal with the skyrocketing cost of prescription medicine by encouraging development of "complex" generic drugs, wrote FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, in an Oct. 2 blog post.