pharmacy

A team of students from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy has won the National Community Pharmacy Association’s (NCPA) Good Neighbor Pharmacy Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition for the third year in a row, beating…

Since winning several awards for its excellent business plan, the team of Horizon Health Solutions is ready to take it to the next level. Up until this year, the founders – a group of UAMS students – had been using…

Baptist Health has appointed John Goodman as its corporate Vice President of oncology, pharmacy and respiratory Services. In this role, Goodman will steer cancer services for all of Baptist Health and lead development and execution of cancer services in partnership with…

The Arkansas Insurance Department will be taking control of an Arkansas-based Medicare pharmacy benefits insurer following an order of rehabilitation issued by a Pulaski County circuit court judge. Indy Health Insurance Company, Inc. (IHIC), a Medicare Part D pharmacy benefits…

An Arkansas-based regional pharmacy chain is partnering with a wealth management fund to buy 10 Fred’s pharmacy locations in five Southeastern states Express Rx, headquartered in Little Rock, and MHR Fund Management are joining together to acquire pharmacies in Alabama,…

Last year 426 Arkansas residents died from a drug overdose, according to death certificates filed with the state Health Department. That is an increase in fatal drug overdoses from 2017, when 417 people in Arkansas died from drugs. The data…

CVS Health has announced that that Walmart plans to leave the CVS Caremark pharmacy benefit management (PBM) commercial and Managed Medicaid retail pharmacy networks due to an ongoing pricing dispute. Walmart informed CVS Health of its intention to leave on…