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Janet Silvester, former president and board member of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), will rejoin that organization as its vice president of accreditation services.

FDA approved the expanded use of denosumab (Xgeva, Amgen) to treat adults and some adolescents with giant cell tumor of the bone (GCTB), a rare and usually non-cancerous tumor.

FDA is investigating 2 unexplained deaths in patients who received an intramuscular injection of the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa Relprevv (olanzapine pamoate), according to an FDA Drug Safety Communication.

The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that pay-for-delay agreements between brand name drug companies and generic manufacturers are subject to antitrust scrutiny.

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking comments on its proposed rule on the Health Insurance Marketplace set forth by the Affordable Care Act.

More face-to-face interaction between pharmacists and patients would reduce chronic diseases, cut healthcare costs, and lessen the misuse of medications, according to a May 21 white paper by RxAlly.

How to handle the folks who think that none of the rules apply to them

Two new analyses result in conflicting findings

Even with inadequate help and pressure from above, the pharmacist must always put the patient first

Remember that Nike ad? Just do it!

Advocacy and education will change attitudes

Patient-centered outcomes research makes pharmacists even more important members of the healthcare team

As you fill the Rx for that "little blue pill," use the opportunity to tell patients that ED can be a precursor of heart disease

Six steps compounding pharmacies can take to create and maintain a culture of quality assurance

"Compounders" and "compounding manufacturers" defined

Approval requires canagliflozin manufacturer to complete five post-marketing studies

Through patient education and screening processes, pharmacists can identify and support underserved patients with mental illness

Drug Topics readers weigh in

FDA asks stakeholders to weigh in on solutions

How can health systems simultaneously improve population health and patient satisfaction, yet reduce per capita costs? A Walgreens model points the way.

New Rx, Generics, and OTC

For the third consecutive year, Walgreens is partnering with Greater Than AIDS and local health departments across the country to provide free HIV testing between June 27 and June 29.

Reports and presentations made during the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education’s Advancing Quality in Pharmacy Education: Charting Accreditation’s Future Conference last year are available online.

Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Schaumburg, Ill., on June 11 announced a voluntary nationwide recall of three lots of vecuronium bromide for injection 10 mg (NDC number 25021-657-10).

Despite being considered a protected class of drugs, anticonvulsant medications for the treatment of epileptic seizures had lower levels of coverage for Medicare prescription drug plans (PDPs) than commercial health plans.

Unsafe injections remain a problem in the United States and throughout the world, according to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.