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Pharmacy has provided varied and fruitful careers along many different paths for 10 members of this family (so far). Who knows what new forms of practice the next generation might discover?

The documents seek to clarify the regulatory process for compounders of sterile human drugs.

A new IMS Health report forecasts the growth of global spending by a 4% to 7% compound annual rate over the next five years.

“We’ve got to get to the bottom of these enormous price increases," said Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, during yesterday's hearing.

Community groups around the country will receive funds to support local initiatives working to prevent and end smoking.

The initiative to make the public aware of the importance of medication adherence has reached 12 million patients through the support of 120 partner groups.

Comments, posts, and e-mails on subjects ranging from nontraditional PharmD options to insurers and PBMs, healthy lifestyles, and more.

The results of the 9-year IMPROVE-IT trial are in, and the combo performed better than statin mono therapy in key measures.

Jessica Skelley, PharmD, BCACP, Samford University, discusses the pitfalls pharmacies should avoid while using social media.

A Senate panel is scheduled to hold a hearing on November 20, 2014, to investigate why the prices of some generic drugs are skyrocketing.

In the November 4 Drug Topics’ Special Report (15 hospitals to be evaluated on insulin-pen safety), the headline and summary seemed to imply that the 15 hospitals had been singled out due to their unsafe practices with insulin pens. This is not the case. The hospitals were selected to participate in the ASHP’s Mentored Quality Improvement Impact Program for Insulin Pen Safety. Drug Topics regrets any misunderstanding.

Cigna Health and Life Insurance Co. has agreed to provide some lower-cost drugs for HIV/AIDS patients in Florida who sign up for health insurance coverage for 2015.

When stereotypes and reality converge, we may discover that what we see depends on where we stand.

Pharmacies that accept copayment coupons should take immediate steps to address the issues raised by OIG.

As healthcare educators, pharmacists can help patients learn to use the new health-maintenance technologies.

Insurance carriers just do not cover compounded medications - any compound - for any reason. Why? Because they do not want to.

Here's one way collaborative practice agreements between pharmacists and doctors can make a difference to individuals and communities.

Kelly Howard and Drug Topics readers share 10 more tips on how best to conduct - and survive - the practice of pharmacy.

Dalbavancin treats acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections caused by susceptible strains of Gram-positive organisms.

New Rx, generics, and OTC products

E-mails, posts, and letters from Drug Topics readers.

Is your pharmacy selling homeopathic products? If it is, think again.

A summary of drug-drug interactions and adverse drug reactions connected with metronidazole, a drug widely used in medical and dental practices to counter anaerobic bacteria, amoebae, and parasitic infections.

Patients are going to ask. Pharmacists need to have the answer ready.

Nothing speaks like the voice of experience. Pharmacists everywhere, listen up.

Diabetes has emerged as one of the most common chronic diseases of childhood and adolescence. In order to guide these young people, healthcare providers need to engage them on their own terms, using their own media.

Goose Rawlings has the answer. And it's not what you think.

SGLT2 inhibitors, GLP-1 receptor agonists, inhaled insulin, extended-release treatments, and fixed-dose combination therapies are among the approaches that have emerged to treat the exploding numbers of type 2 diabetes patients.