PHARMACY

Slynd is the first and only progestin-only pill for pregnancy prevention with a 24/4 dosing regimen and 24-hour missed pill window.

The Association for Accessible Medicines will oppose The Lower Health Care Costs Act without changes to the discussion draft, CEO Chip Davis told the Senate HELP Committee in a recent letter.

Upsher-Smith received two Healthcare Distribution Alliance DIANA awards as it celebrated a nearly 300,000-sq.-ft. expansion of its headquarters.

Emgality is the first FDA-approved drug that reduces the frequency of attacks of episodic cluster headache.

The FDA is seeking comments on the potential public health impact of making fixed-quantity unit-of-use blister packages of certain opioid pain medications as well as which products are good candidates for blister packaging.

US Bioservices said it plans to expand the use of AdhereTech Smart Pill Bottles to improve patient adherence following an initial pilot that showed promising results.

CVS Health said it plans to have 1,500 CVS Pharmacy HealthHub locations nationwide by 2021 — one of several efforts the company announced at its 2019 Investor Day.

Faslodex (fulvestrant injection) had a market value of roughly $541 million for the 12-month period ended March 2019.