While price spikes in generic drugs have hurt retail pharmacies’ bottom lines, proposed U.S. legislation, negotiating with wholesalers, and other efforts may help even out prices in the future, pharmacy consultants said during a webinar late last week.
Cardinal Health announced that it plans to purchase The Harvard Drug Group, based in Livonia, Mich. The deal, worth $1.115 billion, is expected to close by the beginning of the company’s fiscal year 2016.
Four black and Hispanic former CVS store detectives say yes.
That is the new name of 11 existing stores and one new one in the Miami area that CVS has rebranded to capitalize on that region’s huge Hispanic population.
Earlier this month, the .pharmacy domain name championed by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy became available for use by pharmacies and pharmacy-related entities.
A recent spike in HIV cases throughout Indiana has federal prosecutors closely scrutinizing doctors and pharmacists who may be recklessly prescribing painkillers.
Yet another college has thrown its hat into the pharmacy school arena-this time it's the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) in Milwaukee.
A state representative from Missouri has had his pharmacy license placed on probation for three years after admitting that he created unauthorized prescriptions for himself and others.
Pharmacy organizations and drug store chains came together to combat antibiotic resistance at the White House’s “One Health Forum on Antibiotic Stewardship,”
It’s time to re-examine the current assumption that a diagnosis and subsequent treatment of osteoporosis will prevent hip fractures in the elderly, according to a recent report in the BMJ.
A new bedside delivery service of outpatient medications is being tested at an acute care facility in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Medical Mutual of Ohio has committed $1 million to fund 14 four-year scholarships for students seeking pharmacy degrees at the Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED).
The repercussions of antibiotic resistance are once again underscored in a recent policy brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Two agendas interfere with the delivery of appropriate healthcare services by pharmacists and physicians, and patients take it in the neck.
Vaccination errors made up 7 percent of all reports to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) from 2000-2013, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
West Virginia Supreme Court justices recently ruled that people who illegally abuse prescribed drugs could sue the doctors who prescribed the drugs and pharmacists that dispensed them.
When it comes to patients with uncontrolled hypertension, those working with teams that include a pharmacist have better blood pressure control than those only working with doctors, according to research by the University of Iowa (UI).
Prescription drug abuse remains a huge problem. One way healthcare workers and law enforcement hope to reduce the problem is by using electronic prescriptions for controlled substances, which helps physicians, pharmacists, and law enforcement officials to track dispensing.
More than 500 CEOs of hospitals and health systems urged Congress to protect the 340B drug pricing program, which helps fund free and low-cost medication access and clinics for the underserved.
The leaders of at least one county in California believe so. The Santa Clara Board of Supervisors recently approved an ordinance that will require pharmaceutical companies to design, operate, and fund a program to safely dispose of residents’ unwanted drugs.
A new formulation of peppermint oil has been shown to relieve severe IBS symptoms in adults.
The new independent company, Option Care, sees opportunity for growth in the $14 billion alternate site infusion market.
Looking for that first pharmacy job? Here are a few things to keep in mind.
Walgreens recently opened a retail pharmacy inside Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden, N.J.
CVS Health has agreed to pay a $22 million penalty following an investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration that found two of the chain’s Florida pharmacies had dispensed controlled substances without legitimate prescriptions.
The Virginia State Board of pharmacy has temporarily closed a Richmond pharmacy from which more than 50,000 controlled substances were stolen during a two-year period, including oxycodone, hydrocodone, and methadone.
When it comes to using plain language, clearly displaying content, and engaging users, paid mobile applications for managing diabetes are more useful than free ones, according to a study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The good news is that the five-year relative survival rates for major cancers are rising. The bad news is that patient out-of-pocket costs associated with IV cancer drugs have also increased as physician-owned practices have been purchased by hospitals, according to a recent report from IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics.
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