Governmental pressure on pharmacy benefit managers continues to escalate, this time with Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (R) alleging that three major companies and a foreign group purchasing organization colluded to fix prescription drug prices and reap the rewards. According to the lawsuit the attorney general filed Monday, Cigna subsidiary Express Scripts and Blue Cross…
A recent study by the University of California (UCLA) concluded that many drugs from Mexican pharmacies are laced with fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine. U.S. tourists are often the buyers of these pills, which include counterfeit replicas of Oxycodone, Percocet, and Adderall. The UCLA-led study reported that two out of three (68 percent) pharmacies in four cities…
Illustration: Aïda Amer/AxiosSupplies of some essential drugs used in hospitals are hitting 10-year lows, forcing rationing and pharmacy workarounds.Driving the news: Drug shortages are the worst they’ve been in a decade, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists — a sign of how much we rely on low-margin manufacturers with limited capacity for basics like…
Common Health aims to make quality medicine more accessible and affordable for patients with chronic diseases…
ECATEPEC, Mexico — He sports a bushy white mustache and a bit of a gut. He dances to reggaeton in cities and towns across Mexico. He has 2 million followers on TikTok and at concerts is routinely passed into the arms of pop stars. His face even adorns a mountainside.He is Dr. Simi, the cartoon mascot of…
Medigo has over 500,000 active users and partners with nearly 1,000 pharmacies across Vietnam…
California governor Gavin Newsom announced this week that the state would cut ties with Walgreens after the pharmacy giant announced that it would not dispense the abortion pill in certain areas across the U.S.According to The Christian Post, the California Department of General Services gave Walgreens a formal notice on Wednesday that it would not…
At Northway Pharmacy Brothers, naloxone kits are flying off the shelves. The Selkirk Avenue pharmacy in Winnipeg distributes 50-70 kits per week. Each kit contains between two and four doses.But pharmacy manager Brett Roeland believes the need is actually much higher.“I’m pretty confident they’re all being used in the community,” he said. “We might be…
Since it merged with New York’s Duane Reade more than a decade ago, Walgreens has been my family’s go-to for Halloween candy, vacation sunscreen, trashy magazines, and most importantly, our prescription medication. And while it may be a massive national chain, Walgreens feels decidedly local thanks to our pharmacist, who’s been in my life for…
