Legislative, Regulatory & Legal

There are no generic versions of Entresto available in the United States.

The FDA is amending its color additive regulations to no longer allow for the use of FD&C Red No. 3 in food and ingested drugs in response to a 2022 color additive petition.

How state pharmacy associations help pharmacists and three ways that pharmacists can pay it forward.

Voting “Yes” on a continuing resolution with specific Medicaid and Medicare reforms is essential to confront PBM tactics that inflate American’s prescription drug costs, the pharmacy groups said.

The government’s complaint alleges that, from Oct. 17, 2013, to the present, CVS knowingly filled prescriptions for controlled substances that lacked a legitimate medical purpose, were not valid and/or were not issued in the usual course of professional practice.

A Senate bill, sponsored by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) and Josh Hawley (R., Mo.), would force the companies that own health insurers or PBMs to divest their pharmacy businesses within three years.

The amendment extends PREP Act coverage and authority for COVID-19 and seasonal influenza vaccines and COVID-19 tests.

What can retail pharmacies expect next year and beyond?