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- A CVS Health pharmacy in Vegas becomes first to join new national pharmacy unionon April 26, 2024 at 7:44 pm
Dozens of pharmacy staff at the Las Vegas branch of CVS’s Omnicare will now join the Pharmacy Guild, which will represent them in labor negotiations with CVS.
- FDA approves Pfizer’s first gene therapy for rare inherited bleeding disorderon April 26, 2024 at 1:22 pm
The agency greenlighted the drug, which will be marketed as Beqvez, for adults with moderate to severe hemophilia B.
- Bristol Myers Squibb beats on revenue, launches $1.5 billion cost cuts as it posts quarterly losson April 25, 2024 at 4:26 pm
Bristol Myers Squibb said the charges primarily reflect its acquisition of Karuna Therapeutics and collaboration agreement with SystImmune.
- Merck beats earnings expectations, raises outlook on strong Keytruda and vaccine saleson April 25, 2024 at 3:12 pm
The first-quarter results come as Merck shows substantial progress in preparing for Keytruda’s patent expiration in 2028.
- Walgreens to help bring cell and gene therapies to patients as it expands specialty pharmacy serviceson April 25, 2024 at 4:01 am
Among the company’s investments to “transform” its specialty pharmacy services is the opening of a new facility dedicated to cell and gene therapy services.