As the field of specialty pharmacy grows and as graduates continue to enter the pharmacy profession, the need for specialty pharmacy certification will grow, said Gary Rice, RPh, MS, MBA, vice president of clinical services for Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy and immediate past president of the Specialty Pharmacy Certification Board (SPCB), during a webinar this week.
Reports received by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) specify that a pharmacist and four pharmacy technicians from the community practice setting in Sierra Leone have died as a result of the Ebola virus outbreak. Another report from Sierra Leone’s pharmacy board noted that a pharmacy technician who was working in a community pharmacy in Kenema has died.
Dave McKenzie, president of RxWiki, explains how pharmacies can use his company's services to provide news and medical information to customers.
Each pharmacy practitioner has a responsibility to advance the pharmacy profession. These seven practice elements can serve as both foundation and framework for that effort.
Walgreens will be offering chronic and preventive health services at 13 pharmacy locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and 14 in the Houston area by the end of this year.
FDA has approved Invokamet, a fixed-dose therapy combining canagliflozin and metformin HCl in a single tablet, to treat adults with type 2 diabetes, according to the maker of the drug.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) with its partner, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), is expected to begin a phase 1 trial this fall on a potential vaccine for the treatment of Ebola virus, a deadly disease that has killed approximately 1,000 in a recent outbreak in West Africa, according to a report by Reuters.
Individuals who have a vitamin D deficiency have a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to a prospective, population-based study published online for Neurology, the journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Feelings have run high since Drug Topics posted “Should states require bilingual drug labels?” Here's what some of your fellow pharms have been saying.
Accidents happen. Things go wrong. The unforeseen occurs. A crisis plan can keep a controlled threat from turning into a full-fledged disaster.
If you look beyond your job description, what would you find? Here are 10 questions to help you find out.
Acrobats working 50 feet in the air without a net have the guts to jump. Think about it.
Jonas Salk, Sovaldi, and the slippery slope to perdition.
A study suggests that warfarin use may lead to a decrease in and even long-term remission of psychotic symptoms in patients with schizophrenia.
FDA's proposed new rule would allow individual generic-drug application holders to update product labeling information to temporarily reflect changes in safety information prior to FDA review.
Generics are still a good deal. But as they reach their maximum saturation point, the deal is changing.
Over the last few years, the number of drugs on shortage has remained the same. It may even have gone up. Hospitals continue to confront the issues and devise responses.
As of July 24, Sandoz became the first to file for approval of a biologic under the biosimilar pathway. What will happen next remains to be seen.
Dr. Reddy’s is now ranked 7th among the top generic companies in the United States on a rela¬tive quarterly basis, in terms of IMS dollars.
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals started formulating and supplying industry-leading pharmaceutical products more than 146 years ago. Continually building on its legacy, the company employs a vertically integrated process to ensure quality control during every step of the product’s development from active ingredient processing through formulation, manufacturing, and distribution.
Camber Pharmaceuticals strives to be the most reliable and cost effective generic pharmaceutical supplier across a broad range of therapeutic classes.
When druggists morphed into pharmacists, an essential quality was lost. The need for speed has just about buried it. But you can bring it back.
Teva Generics leads the U.S. generic pharmaceutical market in total and new prescriptions, with total prescriptions of approximately 523 million in 2013, representing one out of every seven generic prescriptions filled in the U.S.
NOH is a rare, chronic, and debilitating drop in blood pressure upon standing. It is associated with Parkinson's disease, multiple system atrophy, and pure autonomic failure.
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Medicinal plants and drugs of biological origin have their place in the treatment of chronic diseases. Among them, stevia shows promise as a possible source of new therapies for diabetes.
Physicians are responsible for prescribing and dispensing. Pharmacists have a corresponding responsibility to fill those prescriptions appropriately.
