Between March 2020 and February 2022, vaccine-maker Emergent BioSolutions was forced to discard or destroy up to 400 million doses' worth of the key component of both Johnson & Johnson's and AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine due to quality-control issues, according to a congressional report published Tuesday -- a figure that reflects more than five times what was previously disclosed by the beleaguered firm.
More than a dozen activists staged a "die-in" outside DEA headquarters in Arlington, Va., Monday, demanding the agency allow patients with life-threatening conditions to legally access psilocybin, the active ingredient in "magic mushrooms," to treat psychiatric disorders.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Walgreens pharmacy chain has reached a $683 million settlement with the state of Florida in a lawsuit accusing the company of improperly dispensing millions of painkillers that contributed to the opioid crisis, state officials said Thursday.
As more expensive specialty drugs from Alzheimer treatments to new drugs for cancer hit the U.S. market, those handling prescriptions and their claims are bracing for an even larger focus on these costly medicines. Health plans and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) that manage drug costs speaking at this year's Asembia Specialty Pharmacy Summit in Las Vegas say specialty drugs now account for 50% or greater of the total prescription spending they manage.
The biotech company reported $3.66 billion in net income for the quarter, a threefold increase over the $1.2 billion it reported in the same period last year.