Drug import politics threaten authority of pharmacy boards

The class action lawsuit against CVS Health, Caremark, and Aetna was announced earlier today.

Todd Eury of the Pharmacy Podcast Network is joined by Josh Bolin of the NABP to talk about DSCSA, what benefits it will provide, and how to make sure your pharmacy is ready when it goes into effect this November.

According to a spokesperson, the company is prepared to take the lawsuit to the Supreme Court.

This special Over the Counter episode, brought to you by Total Pharmacy® and Omega Pharmacy Group, dives into how to navigate the business of independent pharmacy and get ahead of key policy changes.

Iowa's Department of Health and Human Services, which manages the two health insurers that delivered care to adults and children in the state’s Medicaid program last year, was alleged to provide inadequate mental and behavioral health care to children on Medicaid.

The antibiotic, marketed as Xacduro, is indicated for hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia (HABP) and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (VABP) caused by susceptible strains of bacteria called Acinetobacter baumannii.