Retail Pharmacies
Rite Aid is considering another bankruptcy
The retailer previously filed for bankruptcy in October 2023.
Opioids
Retail Pharmacies
Walgreens pays $300m settlement over opioid prescription allegations
More than 727,000 people died from opioids between 1999 and 2022, according to the CDC.
Pharma
DEA again delays new telehealth prescribing rules for veterans, buprenorphine
Federal government officials—they’re just like us! (Procrastinators.)
Pharma
Are new controlled substance telehealth guidelines final? Trade group hopes not
Prescribing rules promise flexibility but leave room for improvement, industry experts say.
Retail Pharmacies
PBMs had hidden role in opioid crisis, NYT investigation finds
Documents show pharmacy benefit managers helped drugmakers like Purdue Pharma dole out opioids in exchange for payouts.
Pharma
Overdose deaths are falling swiftly across the US
While experts aren’t sure why, some theorize that increased access to opioid reversal medicine could be playing a part.
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