Nearly half of all Americans receive a flu shot every year; availability and no appointment necessary are determining factors. Read More »

CVS Health announced today that naloxone, an opioid overdose-reversal medication, is now available without a prescription in its Colorado locations after CVS came to terms on a standing order with physicians across the state. Read More »

Imprimis Pharmaceuticals Inc., which uses its Branded Compounding business model to make drugs more cost-efficient, recently announced the appointment of Clayton Edwards as the SVP of Operations, Eric Rice as the VP of Client Relations, Pramod Sharma as the VP of Quality and Sanjay Samudre as its Director of Manufacturing. Read More »

Vital Therapies Inc. recently announced the appointment of Faheem Hasnain to its board of directors Read More »

Cynapses Therapeutics Inc., a pharmaceutical company that specializes in the central nervous system (CNS), this week announced the completion of its Data Safety and Monitoring Board (DSMB) review of the safety data from its Phase III CTH-300 and CTH-301 clinical trials. Read More »

The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Foundation recently announced the recipients of its 2016 Pinnacle Awards. Read More »

Fexapotide produces positive results in two long-term Phase III clinical trials. Read More »

Results of first annual general meeting of the health and wellness company announced. Read More »

Continues expanding access to the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone in all CVS Pharmacies. Read More »

Second trial of cariprazine in treatment of MDD did not show significant changes versus placebo. Read More »

Managing and monitoring the increasingly high cost of speciality drugs will be a key challenge to control insurance prices over the next two years, say employers and third party payers. Read More »

ZINBRYTA, which was recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), was developed to treat relapsing types of multiple sclerosis (MS) in adult patients. Read More »

Paratek Pharmaceuticals today announced that it has begun its Phase III trial of omadacycline, which will study the drug’s effects on patients with acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI). Read More »

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. has announced that it has acquired CD Diagnostics. Read More »

AcelRx Pharmaceuticals today reported topline results from its Phase III SAP302 clinical trial. Read More »

MEI Pharma has been granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Pracinostat, an investigational drug designed to treat newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in combination with azacitidine in patients who are 75 years of age or older that are not healthy enough to receive intensive chemotherapy.  Read More »

Xbrane Biopharma recently announced that its subsidiary, Primm Pharma, has submitted an application for the GMP approval of its Spheroid production facility, located just outside of Naples, Italy, to the Italian Medicines Agency, AIFA.  Read More »

Marken this week announced the official opening of a new GDP-compliant operations center in Switzerland.  Read More »

Walgreens this week announced the launch of its kiosks designated for the safe disposal of medications in Iowa.  Read More »

The Washington Health Alliance recently released a report documenting that, on average, more than one in every 12 adults in Washington State covered by commercial insurance received at least one opioid prescription last year. Read More »