Early last summer, Walmart announced the launch of a new privatebrand, cash-pay analog insulin, made by drug manufacturer Novo Nordisk. Sold under Walmart’s private ReliOn label, vials go for $72.88 each and FlexPens for $85.88 each. Walmart calculates that the products will save customers between 58% and 75% of the cash price for branded analog insulin products, which translates to savings of up to $101 per branded vial or $251 per package of branded FlexPens.

Sonya Collins

Health care providers often hear that patients want to receive care from someone who looks like them. In the medical sphere, a growing body of research even supports the claim that this leads to better care, but the majority of physicians are not representative of certain minority groups.

Loren Bonner

Pharmacists focused on genuine connections make their mark during the pandemic and beyond.

Loren Bonner

The law generally protects an employer’s right to establish policies that the employer considers to be in the best interest of the people it serves. Employees must comply with the employer’s policies, unless the policies would require the employee to engage in unlawful conduct.

David B. Brushwood, BSPharm, JD

A recent cluster of error reports associated with transdermal medication patches submitted to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices National Medication Errors Reporting Program (ISMP MERP) led us to look back a few years at all transdermal patch error reports submitted to the ISMP MERP.

Institute for Safe Medication Practices