Pharma

Pharmacist interacting online
By  Anthony Vecchione 03:38 pm May 2, 2025
Serve You Rx, a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), is collaborating with Amazon Pharmacy to offer home delivery services for maintenance medication to its members. Serve You Rx members will have access to online transactions; transparent, upfront pricing; automatic refill options; 24/7 access to clinical pharmacists; customer care support; and free same-day home delivery of prescriptions in some...
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By  Jessica Hagen 02:58 pm April 30, 2025
Direct-to-consumer virtual care company Hims & Hers is partnering with Novo Nordisk to allow Americans to access a bundled offering that includes the pharma giant's obesity drug Wegovy and a Hims & Hers membership starting at $599 per month.  Hims & Hers members will have direct access to NovoCare Pharmacy, an offering through Novo Nordisk that allows cash-paying individuals without...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 01:29 pm April 25, 2025
Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical behemoth Eli Lilly has filed lawsuits against four compounders claiming that they sold unapproved products that contain tirzepatide, a key ingredient in the company's weight-loss and diabetes drugs, including top-seller Mounjaro. The lawsuits against Mochi Health, Fella Health and Delilah, and Henry Meds were filed in the U.S. District Court Northern District of...
Health care professional administering an injectable medication
By  Anthony Vecchione 02:13 pm April 16, 2025
Editor's note: This article has been updated to clarify that MCCPDC's partnership with Wheel began in 2024.                                                    Specialty pharmaceutical distributor Morris & Dickson is partnering with Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company (MCCPDC) and the Cost Plus Marketplace to ensure access to vital injectable medications. MCCPDC offers consumers a broad range...
Healthcare professionals in a consultation
By  Anthony Vecchione 03:34 pm April 15, 2025
Digital therapeutic company Click Therapeutics was granted FDA marketing authorization for its prescription digital therapeutic for the preventive treatment of episodic migraines. The de novo classification is for the company’s CT-132 offering, for which it received FDA Breakthrough Device Designation in 2022. CT-132 is intended for the preventive treatment of episodic migraines in patients 18...
Two people conferring with a healthcare professional via a laptop computer
By  Anthony Vecchione 10:57 am April 3, 2025
Suki, an AI-backed voice tool for healthcare, introduced a new feature that will generate and stage prescription orders from ambient visits.  The new feature will be available as part of the company's flagship product, Suki Assistant, which uses generative AI to automatically create clinical documentation by ambiently listening to patient-clinician conversations. Suki said it will initially roll...
People interacting with a healthcare professional via a smart phone
By  Anthony Vecchione 10:40 am April 3, 2025
Diet weight loss company Noom has entered into an agreement with Eli Lilly's LillyDirect pharmacy provider Gifthealth to help improve access to FDA-approved Zepbound (tirzepatide) single-dose vials for Noom's members with an on-label prescription from a doctor.  The integration with the LillyDirect pharmacy provider expands Noom's approach to weight management by allowing an option for members...
Kyberlife team
By  Adam Ang 06:46 am March 24, 2025
Healthcare B2B e-commerce platform Kyberlife has bagged $3 million in an investing round led by 5I Ventures. The sum was also raised from East Ventures, A2D Ventures, and NUS Alumni Ventures. WHAT IT DOES Founded in Singapore in 2021, the startup runs an online marketplace for sourcing critical healthcare equipment for use by academics, research laboratories, and other healthcare institutions. It...
Scientist in a laboratory
By  Jessica Hagen 01:14 pm March 13, 2025
Tech-enabled drug discovery company Insilico Medicine secured $110 million in an oversubscribed Series E funding round.   A large equity fund of Value Partners Group, an asset management firm in Asia, and new and existing investors participated in the round. WHAT IT DOES Massachusetts-based Insilico's proprietary generative AI platform, Pharma.AI, utilizes biology, clinical medicine, scientific...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 02:33 pm March 12, 2025
At its June 2024 meeting, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) House of Delegates approved the ASHP policy the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Pharmacy Practice. The policy recognizes the potential for AI to improve patient care, acknowledges the risks and ethical challenges associated with the use of AI in healthcare settings, and supports the adoption of policies and...