by Jordana Choucair | May 9, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The Biden administration is issuing a new warning that the U.S. could potentially see 100 million COVID-19 infections this fall and winter. The White House is sharing these estimates as officials are publicly stressing the need for more funding from Congress to combat...
by Jordana Choucair | May 6, 2022 | Life Sciences
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it is limiting the authorization for the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 to adults age 18 and older who cannot or will not get the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines. The agency said it was making the change because of the...
by Jordana Choucair | May 6, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
Walgreens reached a $683 million settlement with the state of Florida to resolve claims that the company improperly dispensed millions of opioid pills. Lawyers for Florida said Walgreens dispensed more than 4.3 billion opioid pills in Florida over a 15-year period and...
by Jordana Choucair | May 6, 2022 | Payers
Centene announced it plans to divest two of its pharmacy businesses for a total of $2.8 billion. The insurer will sell its Magellan Rx subsidiary to Prime Therapeutics, a pharmacy benefit manger (PBM) backed by some of the country’s largest Blues plans, and will...
by Jordana Choucair | May 6, 2022 | Payers
In the wake of the leaked Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, employers are contemplating measures to help employees access abortion services. Thus far, at least 12 companies have expressed a commitment to employees’ rights: Amazon, Alloy, Apple,...
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