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CVS overhauls how its retail pharmacies charge for prescription drugs

Bio Pharma Dive

Under the new model, CVS’ pharmacy network will price drugs based on the amount the company paid for them, plus a defined markup and additional pharmacist fee.

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Are digital pharmacies the answer?

World of DTC Marketing

Digital pharmacies seem to be springing up everywhere. It’s convenient for most but having a CVS pharmacy on almost every street corner allows patients to use drive-throughs to pick up their medications. CVS is competing against several start-up pharmacies that have no physical locations.

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Diabetes advocacy group discourages use of compounded GLP-1 drugs

Bio Pharma Dive

The ADA recommended doctors avoid prescribing unapproved, off-brand versions of drugs like Wegovy, wading into a dispute that has gripped the FDA and compounding pharmacies over the past few months.

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Shields Health Solutions’ New Collaboration to Boost Specialty Pharmacy Access in Chronic Care

XTalks

Shields Health Solutions, a specialty pharmacy owned by Walgreens, has partnered with Sutter Health to expand access to specialty medications across the US. Ongoing shortages of essential drugs, including carboplatin , cisplatin and methotrexate sodium injections , have revealed substantial challenges in medication access.

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e-pharmacies informed CDSCO they are only providing online platform connecting users & pharmacies: Minister

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

The Union ministry of health and family welfare has said that most of the e-pharmacies in the country have informed the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) that they are only providing an online platform connecting the users and the licensed pharmacies, in response to the show-cause notice from the drug regulator sent early this […] (..)

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DCGI issues show cause notice to e-pharmacies for stocking & selling drugs in contravention to D&C Act

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has issued a show cause notice to online pharmacies including Tata 1mg for allegedly stocking and selling drugs in contravention of the provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules, once again bringing back the long pending issue of lack of regulations on e-pharmacies under the […]

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The Big Three PBMs’ 2025 Formulary Exclusions: Humira, Stelara, Private Labels, and the Shaky Future for Pharmacy Biosimilars

Drug Channels

For 2025, the three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)Caremark (CVS Health), Express Scripts (Cigna), and Optum Rx (United Health Group)have again each excluded hundreds of drugs from their standard formularies. I encourage you to share your thoughts with the Drug Channels community on LinkedIn. What do you think?