A California health system has noted an "exponential" increase in patients using Wegovy, Mounjaro and other similar drugs for weight loss, according to a first-of-its-kind study.

Reata Pharmaceuticals — a rare disease drugmaker recently acquired by Biogen — filed a WARN notice Oct. 9, alerting Texas officials of its plans to cut 113 positions. The layoffs will take effect Nov. 27. 

Independent pharmacies and lawmakers are asking the federal government to probe UnitedHealth Group's proposed scoop of Amedisys, one of the largest home health and hospice care providers in the U.S.

Hospital groups and healthcare think tanks are urging CMS to revise its proposal to address medication shortages, which have been persistent for decades and have struck multiple therapeutic areas in 2023. 

Pfizer has set the list price for a five-day course of Paxlovid at $1,390, according to an exclusive report from The Wall Street Journal. 

UnitedHealth Group's pharmacy care business OptumRx has opened a location in Mesa, Ariz., according to an Oct. 17 news release. 

Amazon's pharmacy customers in College Station, Texas, can now receive their prescriptions via drone delivery in under an hour, the company announced Oct. 18. 

Beginning in January, commercialization of Pfizer's Paxlovid antiviral medication will begin and could drive out-of-pocket prices north of $500 before insurance, according to CNN. 

Similar to many healthcare sectors, staffing shortages are compounding issues for hospital pharmacy leaders, according to a LinkedIn poll conducted by Becker's. 

Nonprofit foundations aligned with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk are now among the largest in the world due to surging sales of drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro, The Wall Street Journal reports. 

Clinical trials for simufilam, an Alzheimer's drug made by Cassava Sciences, will continue even after one of its lead researchers has been accused of "long-standing and egregious misconduct in data management and record keeping," The New York Times reported Oct. 14.

San Francisco-based Alto Pharmacy, will now accept Team Cuban Cards from Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co., members, according to an Oct. 16 news release. 

Researchers found very little difference in the outcomes of patients hospitalized with acute kidney injuries who received different antibiotics — cefepime or piperacillin-tazobactam — as treatment, according to the study published Oct. 14 in JAMA. 

Pharmacy employees at Walgreens and CVS are in talks to organize nationwide walkouts and protests in late October, people familiar with the matter told CNBC.

As hundreds of pharmacy workers for Kaiser Permanente continue striking for up to three weeks in Oregon and Southwest Washington, their union approved another strike that could last almost four more weeks. 

Mounjaro (tirzepatide), Eli Lilly's Type 2 diabetes drug, helped obese and overweight adults lose an average of 64 pounds after 84 weeks in a phase 3 trial. 

Liability claims and incidents involving pharmacists have risen in individual cost, according to a new industry report. 

When Pfizer's antiviral Paxlovid entered the U.S. market in December 2021, it quickly became the preferred COVID-19 drug. Nearly two years later, physicians aren't writing many prescriptions for the therapy once touted as a "breakthrough," NBC News reported. 

A San Antonio-based pharmacy and pharmacist have been ordered by a federal court to pay $275,000 for the unlawful distribution of opioid and benzodiazepine prescriptions, according to an Oct. 11 news release.

Danielle Griggs, PharmD, will be the chief pharmacy officer of Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health, effective Oct. 18.