The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is calling for public review and comments on its draft plan to reduce adverse drug events that are preventable. The deadline is Friday, Oct. 4 to email feedback to ADE@hhs.gov.
Pharmacists throughout California are a signature away from being able to give a full range of immunizations, as well as dispensing birth control pills and certain medications for international travel.
A new report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says millions of Americans are at risk from drug-resistant superbugs that cause gonorrhea, C. difficile, and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae.
FDA has issued an import alert authorizing border control officials to detain drug products manufactured at Ranbaxy Laboratories, Ltd.’s facility in Mohali, India. The agency said action is warranted because Ranbaxy is not complying with U.S. manufacturing requirements.
Walgreens has joined a growing list of companies that will soon provide subsidies to employees who, in turn, will select their health insurance coverage through a private exchange.
A coalition that includes pharmacy-advocacy groups has endorsed legislation it says will bring fairness and integrity to the Medicare Part D pharmacy program.
A coalition that includes the Maine Pharmacy Association has sued that state to stop a new law that allows consumers to buy mail-order prescription drugs from unlicensed international firms.
Managed Health Care Associates, Inc. has partnered with CoverMyMeds to launch MHAuthorizeRx, a web-based tool designed to help pharmacies collaborate with physicians in submitting prior authorizations to health plans.
Study author says blood-pressure control program's remarkable success keeps growing - and can be replicated.
Pharmacists take heat every day from belligerent patients and bullying managers - because they allow it. Here are three words: Corporate Compliance Officer.
While FDA has done little to combat tobacco use, manufacturers are targeting young African Americans with saturation advertising, using menthol cigarettes as bait.
When frightened girls come back from emergency trips to Mexico and ask you how to use an off-label drug as an "abortion pill," what are you going to tell them?
The entire multidisciplinary healthcare team can be compared to a football team. And pharmacists are called upon to play several positions.
With the flu season right around the corner, pharmacies should engage payers as early in the year as possible to ensure adequate time to finalize contracting, fully test their billing capabilities, and stock inventory before the official start of the vaccine season.
Massachusetts' Harvard Pilgrim Health Care has instituted a policy shift excluding coverage of prescription drugs compounded for adults. Plaintiffs call this "a callous decision" and "a major blow" to the state's many patients who depend on compounded medications.
A new survey of U.S. neurologists indicates that one-fifth have not been aware of FDA safety alerts connected with anti-seizure drug therapies.
A look at upcoming Continuing Pharmacy Education units on osteoporosis, multiple sclerosis, and cardiometabolic syndrome.
As a healthcare model, the PCMH is a work in progress, but all signs point to its increasing importance. And pharmacists are key members of the team.
Numerous studies have concluded that the risk of influenza vaccination leading to Guillain-Barre syndrome is slim indeed. To see the odds, read on.
Indianapolis pharmacists and the college of pharmacy at Butler University brainstorm solutions to the problem of medication adherence in a live CE program.
An estrogen receptor agonist, ospemifene counteracts the effects of declining estrogen hormones on vaginal tissue, thereby reducing pain during intercourse.
The War on Drugs began a century ago. It's still going strong -- and so is the traffic in illegal drugs. What's up with that?
A 12,000-patient Danish study suggests that the addition of one antiplatelet agent to oral anticoagulation is sufficient.
Drug Topics readers weigh in on natural medicines, foreign-made pharmaceuticals, and drugstore tobacco sales.
Quadrivalent and trivalent vaccines from major pharmaceutical manufacturers are shipping now.
2D barcodes hold more than the NDC. Their 2,300 characters (compared to 48 in linear barcodes) can hold lot numbers and expiration dates, along with the product IDs.
Filling a prescription at a doctor’s office may be convenient, but it’s certainly no bargain for patients or taxpayers, according to an analysis of workers’ compensation payouts in Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Women taking opioids, such as Oxycontin, Vicodin, and Percocet just before or during early pregnancy are twice as likely to have a pregnancy affected by a neural tube defect, such as spina bifida: Study
After Adheris, Inc. sought a preliminary injunction to block a rule that would prevent companies from sending Rx refill reminders to patients, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has delayed its implementation.
While many drug store chains are educating customers about the soon-to-be-implemented Affordable Care Act, Rite Aid is taking the education a step further.