People insured through Medicare can now access PillPack from Amazon Pharmacy to get access to presorted medication, according to the retailer.
Amazon said that presorted, labeled medication packets delivered to people’s homes will make it easier to man…
Digital health outfit Waltz Health is teaming with WellDyne to enhance transparency for specialty pharmacy clients.
Powered by Waltz Connect, the collaboration brings Waltz Health’s Intelligent Specialty Engine to WellDyne’s clients, starting with a se…
Cigna’s Evernorth is signaling that it will expand its GLP-1 medication offerings through the creation of a new program called Evernorth EnReachRx, a new patient support model for pharmacies that want to provide enhanced clinical services alongside the…
Ochsner Children’s in New Orleans and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, an organization that focuses on preventing medication errors, have started a joint fellowship focused on medication safety, with the goal of educating pharmacists on pre…
Weight loss drugs such as Wegovy and Zepbound are clinically effective but not cost effective at their current prices, according to a study published in JAMA Health Forum.
The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Walgreens Boots Alliance and its subsidiaries for allegedly dispensing millions of unlawful prescriptions in violation of the Controlled Substances Act.
According to the lawsuit, Walgreens then soug…
The “Big 3” pharmacy benefit managers – CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx – mark up specialty drugs at their affiliated pharmacies by hundreds or even thousands of percent, according to a new interim staff report from the Federal Trade Commissi…
Health insurer Aetna has filed a lawsuit against several drug companies, including Pfizer, Novartis and Teva Pharmaceuticals, for allegedly fixing the prices of 111 generic medications and monopolizing and restraining trade.
CVS Health has announced a couple of new leadership appointments in its pharmacy division, with Len Shankman being appointed the new president of Pharmacy and Consumer Wellness (PCW), while Lucille Accetta will take over the role of chief pharmacy offi…
Independent pharmacy benefit manager CerpassRx is looking to better manage specialty drug spend by teaming up with Waltz Health on an artificial intelligence-powered platform called Intelligent Specialty Engine.
The idea is that the approach, which inc…
