Supply Chain

Hospital readmission rates among patients in rural areas with limited access to pharmacies are higher than their urban counterparts, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association.

Medtronic is cautioning physicians to be careful when using a popular new heart valve after 19 patients died from severe blood vessel trauma caused by the device, reports the Star Tribune.

State lawmakers across the U.S. are working on legislation that aims to curb rising drug prices. So far, more than a dozen bills that would require drug companies to disclose information on how they price drugs have been proposed with…

The Pacific Northwest is facing a shortage of type O blood, according to Seattle-based Bloodworks Northwest.

The Food and Drug Administration sent warning letters to 14 international medical device manufacturers, citing various regulatory concerns and issues.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs extended hepatitis C treatments to all veterans in its health system, regardless of disease stage or whether the illness was contracted during military service, according to JAMA.

Belgium-based Sasmar Pharmaceuticals recently acquired Aquatrove Biosciences, a Chicago-based biotech focused on the reproductive health and fertility market.

Amgen, Sanofi and Regeneron would need to lower the list price of their cholesterol-lowering drugs by more than two-thirds to ensure the treatments are cost-effective in the U.S., according to a new study published in JAMA Tuesday.

Narcan nasal spray — the first Food and Drug Administration-approved nasal spray version of naloxone, a medication that reverses the side effects of an opioid overdose — has been made available at 96 Kroger locations across the state of Kentucky,…

In June, the CDC recommended against using AstraZeneca's nasal flu vaccine, FluMist, citing a lack of evidence regarding the vaccine's efficacy. Now, results from a new Canadian study contradict this decision and point to the vaccine's effectiveness.