SACRAMENTO — California on Thursday announced it will sue the companies that make and promote most of the nation's insulin, accusing them of scheming to illegally increase the price of the drug and demanding they return millions of dollars to some diabetics who state officials say were overcharged for the...
CVS Pharmacy COVID-19 Vaccination Launch Pushed Back One Day
[aggregation-styles] NBC San Diego CVS Pharmacy on Tuesday announced it is pushing back the start date for its COVID-19 vaccination program at California stores to Friday to ensure sufficient supplies of doses. The program was originally scheduled to launch Thursday. The pharmacy chain will be administering COVID-19 vaccines at 100...
Flu Shots Are Here, but Is It Too Early To Get One?
Pharmacies have already started their ad campaigns urging you to get a flu shot. And, CVS and Walgreens began giving shots this week in Fresno and Clovis. Health officials in California are concerned about the confluence of the coronavirus and flu, noting a substantial decline in child vaccination rates since...
California Fines CVS $3.6 Million for Failing to Recycle
SACRAMENTO — California is fining the nation's largest pharmacy health care provider a record $3.6 million for failing to redeem deposits on bottles and cans at some of its locations, regulators said Monday. The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, better known as CalRecycle, said its investigation found that...
CVS Stops Sale of Heartburn Drugs With Suspect Contaminant
CVS has halted sales of popular heartburn treatment Zantac and the store generic version after warnings by U.S. health regulators. CVS is the latest retailer to pull the heartburn tablets from store shelves. Earlier this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned consumers about a potentially dangerous contaminant in...
Pharmacy School Grads Will Boost Our Valley Communities
Lauren Park graduated from USC. She was born and raised in Southern California, which she loves with all her heart. Intent on becoming a pharmacist, Park sent out multiple applications and got the thumbs-up from schools in Massachusetts and Ohio. Curious about team-based learning and wanting to remain close to...
Proud & Looking Ahead: Pharmacy Students Don White Coats
On Saturday, Sept. 30, 87 first-year pharmacy students at California Health Sciences University received their white coats in an emotionally moving ceremony at the Paul Shaghoian Concert Hall on the campus of Clovis North High School. The white coats symbolize the entrance of each student into the pharmacy profession. In...
Proud & Looking Ahead: Pharmacy Students Don White Coats
On Saturday, Sept. 30, 87 first-year pharmacy students at California Health Sciences University received their white coats in an emotionally moving ceremony at the Paul Shaghoian Concert Hall on the campus of Clovis North High School. The white coats symbolize the entrance of each student into the pharmacy profession. In...