A December 9 hearing of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging had senators looking closely at several possible solutions to the recent, massive price spikes for particular generic drugs, including having FDA speed approval for competitors for products with no competition.
Studies involving more than 8,000 patients found that rivaroxaban beat out low-molecular-weight heparin/vitamin K antagonists with fewer and less challenging bleeding episodes.
Sometimes unintended consequences take well-meaning endeavors to places they were never meant to go.
All you have to do is follow the money. Then cross the street and head to the indie drugstore on the corner.
Eight questions about medical marijuana and one answer that fits them all.
The three biggest items on NCPA's agenda are generic drug pricing, fairness in preferred pharmacy networks, and provider status.
Pharmacies are just as vulnerable to cyber attack as they are to break-ins and robberies. Here's what you have to watch out for.
When pharmacists help physicians provide better patient care to patients, it pays off for everyone.
Some tips for pharmacists adopting EHRs, including what to tell your vendors.
Here are a few things to bear in mind as you fill out those MAPs.
By expanding their focus on health and wellness, pharmacists can provide better patient care and keep their businesses competitive.
Where things stand, where they're headed, and what you need to do now.
Approved to lower elevated potassium levels in the blood, patiromer should be taken six hours before or after other oral medications.
Even in the best of circumstances, mistakes happen. CQI can keep them from becoming medication errors that reach the patients.
Before passage of this legislation, only four states mandated access to epinephrine in schools. Now nearly every state has passed such a law.
The next time your patient asks about inactive ingredients, you can find an answer quickly at www.allergyfreerx.com.
The recent FIP conference spotlighted innovations in pharmacogenomics.
How was business in 2015? What do you see coming in 2016? Drug Topics' annual business outlook survey took your input and put it all together.
Building a new pharmacy? Whether for independents or retail chains, here are some useful considerations.
An Ohio family practice and a local Kroger store teamed up to share access to patient records. Who benefited? Only everybody.
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New Rx, generics, and OTC
'Tis the season for celebration, overindulgence - and tummy troubles. Here's some help, just in case.
The first touch-screen pharmacy management system is here.
In his recent, two-part series, Dennis Miller opined that large, enviable paychecks are still plentiful, but job satisfaction remains elusive for many pharmacists working for retail chains.
An online consumer advocate group has named Huntington, West Virginia the best U.S. city for pharmacists in 2015.
What do Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Indiana University Health, and MedStar Health System have in common?
There are “significant breaches” in safe practices associated with managing hospital patients with external ambulatory pumps, according to a new survey from the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP).
An innovative hospital/community pharmacy partnership aims to signficinatly reduce readmissions of heart failure patients and boost medication adherence.
New evidence does not support the administration of high-dose oseltamivir to critically ill patients.