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An NACDS study projects modest increases in the number of community pharmacists through 2006.

New services help pharmacies negotiate the fine art of drug pricing

pfizer launches share card for seniors

NACDS data on what state Medicaid agencies are paying pharmacies

PDMA law is spurring growth of vouchers in place of samples

Regional chains are alive and well despite a faltering economy

A U. of Texas study charges that OIG report on Medicaid pharmacy acquisition cost for brand drugs is flawed. NACDS and NCPA urge OIG to withdraw its document

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Pharmacists can be reimbursed for conducting strep tests through a new U.S. Wellness program.

General Accounting Office reports on pharmacy workforce issues

Iowa pharmacists help devise Priority Prescription Savings Program, a statewide program to lower drug costs for senior citizens.

(In-person payemnts) IPP, company offers revenue source for pharmacies

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PatientGuard teams up with UltiMedex to curb bedside errors

Iowa pharmacists help devise Priority Prescription Savings Program, a statewide program to lower drug costs for senior citizens.

Group purchasing organizations in long-term care

CPSC requires child resistant packaging for common household products containing hydrocarbons, including some baby oils

California's new law governing med errors in hospitals takes effect in two months

A Toledo, Ohio, hospital pharmacist faces involuntary manslaughter charges for allegedly dispensing fatal overdoses of two chemotherapy drugs.

Pharmacists should consider whether scripts for Cipro as an precaution against anthrax are clinically appropriate, according to the American Pharmaceutical Association.

Organon's NuvaRing is approved for birth control.

PACE programs in long-term care (Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly)

New Hampshire project may have pharmacists dispense and adminiser methadone to recovering addicts in underserved rural areas.

Meet some outstanding pharmacists from a cross section of settings

warfarin error at St. Agnes in Philadelphia

New service helps pharmacists with compounding

Canadian pharmacists can take the NAPLEX in New Hampshire without going through the foreign pharmacy graduate examination certification process.