CVS owns health insurer Aetna and pharmacy benefit manager Caremark, allowing it to control how medications are priced, prescribed, and dispensed.

Customers in Central City are voicing frustration and sadness as Martella’s Pharmacy prepares to close its Penn-Laurel Pharmacy location by the end of this mont ...

University of Rhode Island Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Jeffrey Bratberg partnered with Brandeis University and Boston University researchers in a recent study that found that pharmacy-based ...

Findings from the FIND-CKD trial indicate finerenone may provide a new treatment option for slowing renal function loss in CKD patients without diabetes.

Routing prescriptions to external specialty pharmacies was associated with 60% higher odds of primary medication nonadherence compared with an integrated health system specialty pharmacy. Median ...

Tired of seeing drug commercials on television as health care costs continue to rise across the state? So are some Maryland health care advocates, who are pushing a bill to remove state tax exemptions ...

A new case study documents six months of complete pain relief in an 80-year-old man with arthritis, achieved without ...

Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) have used market leverage to demand rebates, which can lead drug manufacturers to increase sticker prices.

Q. I take pramipexole to treat restless leg syndrome. When I play casinos, I seem not to be able to stop playing. I have almost maxed out my credit cards.My doctor said a drug I was taking could cause ...

Over seven million Americans currently have Alzheimer disease (AD). That’s according to the Alzheimer’s Association. One out of every nine seniors over 65 will experience some degree of dementia.

The BPS is reviewing a petition from several professional organizations and seeking public comments on creating a new ...

Prior authorization, a process that requires physicians to obtain approval from health care insurers before certain treatments are covered, may keep patients from filling prescriptions for two ...