1. AmerisourceBergen to buy Walgreens' Alliance Healthcare for $6.5B Full story

2. Up to 6,000 pharmacies could begin giving COVID-19 vaccines in 2 weeks, HHS official says Full story

3. Cuomo proposes making it a crime to skip ahead in COVID-19 vaccination line Full story

4. Cutting costs isn't enough to support financial stability in 2021. Click here to learn how to avoid a shortsighted approach to revenue recovery.

5. Walmart pharmacists warned for years about potentially illegal opioid sales, report finds Full story

6. States ranked by percentage of COVID-19 vaccines administered Full story

7. 3 Must Reads:

• The 5 phases of a third-party data breach + prevention strategies for hospitals. Click here to read more.
• Why risk fines and data breaches by delaying the archiving of your legacy system? Click here for the guide that outlines your options.
• It’s going to be difficult for your laboratory to persist through the pandemic without the right IT tools. Download this whitepaper to understand which tools to adopt.

8. Pfizer CMO departs; replacement named Full story

9. CVS names first chief customer officer Full story

10. South African COVID-19 variant may resist antibody drugs, ex-FDA head says Full story

11. How Intermountain Health and Henry Ford Health System are making the patient financial experience frictionless. Click here to attend the live discussion.

12. Daily COVID-19 stats, state-by-state:

• Test positivity rates + new cases
• Hospitalizations
• States ranked by COVID-19 cases
• Death rates
• Where the virus is spreading fastest, slowest