Pharmacy

2020 was rough, but based on FY 2021 Q1 earnings report figures, prospects for the coming year seem much better.

This week's top stories include Google Cloud rolling out a vaccine distribution tool, the federal government sending one million COVID-19 vaccine doses directly to 6,500 pharmacies, and a security breach at Montefiore Medical Center.

Following authorization, Johnson & Johnson says it expects to supply 100 million doses to the U.S. in the first half of 2021.

One of the vaccines being distributed by COVAX, from AstraZeneca, has 76% efficacy after one dose and 82% efficacy after two.   

Budgets continue to be impacted by the increased use of high-cost drugs and critical care drugs for coronavirus patients.

This is in addition to the 10.5 million doses earmarked for states, tribes and territories.

The pathway discovered at Michigan-based Beaumont Health allowed users to "cut in line" to schedule unauthorized appointments and circumvent current state mandates.

The parties have been ordered to submit a joint status report identifying whether and how this case should proceed by not later than April 1.

Anyone with COVID-19 should be treated as though they have the new coronavirus variant, says CDC director.

The efficacy and safety of medications can be increased by personalized drug dosing, says InsightRX CEO Sirj Goswami.