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A survey of new Rx, new OTC, new indications, and new generics

The former owner of a former pharmacy near Pittsburgh and one of his workers are charged with submitting $1 million in bogus prescription claims to Medicaid and private insurance companies.

Novation, a healthcare contracting services company based in Texas, has contracted with McKesson Corp?s OneStop Generics Program for its mutual health system customers.

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) is endorsing a congressional effort to crack down on the bulk sale of a cough syrup ingredient sometimes abused as a recreational drug.

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation and LearnSomething, Inc., a nationally recognized provider of pharmacy, grocery, and healthcare training programs, recently introduced a patient-centric safety training course.

A survey of new Rx, new OTC, new indications, and new generics

Pharmacists who are motivated to educate themselves about the treatment of chronic pain can relieve suffering and improve lives.

Muscle and joint pain: New OTC products offer relief

Boulder, Colo.-based Pharmaca, the nation's first European-style integrative retail pharmacy focuses on treating the whole person. Their successful model made them the choice as Drug Topics' 2009 Chain of the Year.

A retailer's review of best-selling OTC categories, including digestive health, vitamins and supplements, and eye and ear care.

In a pilot telepharmacy project, the health center in Plainfield, Vt., is the site of an automated dispensing cabinet filling prescriptions sent in from five different rural health centers.

A middle-aged pharmacist contemplates intimations of mortality.

For treatment of many diseases, use of biologic agents continues to grow. In assessment of risk, however, clinical trials may not yield sufficient information.

With violence against pharmacists mounting across the country, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) initiates a long-range study.

Pharmacists speak out about nonprofit university pharmacies, the pros and cons of generic drugs, and the right to refuse to dispense.

Students in a University of Florida healthcare risk management class examine the connection between medication errors and patient counseling from the dual perspective of pharmacists and risk managers.

Widespread confusion about the new label format for prescription drugs has sent FDA officials to association meetings around the country, explanations in hand.

Now that pharmacists are empowered to vaccinate and immunize in every state but Maine, each state must work out regulatory requirements and protocols.

Novation, a healthcare contracting services company based in Texas, has contracted with McKesson Corp?s OneStop Generics Program for its mutual health system customers.

A recent study found slight differences in the way medical students and pharmacy students view the medically underserved.

The Caverject Impulse Dual Chamber System, a drug delivery device used to treat erectile dysfunction that was withdrawn by the manufacturer, will return to pharmacy shelves, according to Pfizer, Inc.

California may be moving toward a new form of liability. The state Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from Wyeth in a case the held the drug maker liable for injuries caused by generic versions of Reglan (metoclopramide) made by another manufacturer.

Drug chains and vendors need to do a better job of collaborating and sharing information, particularly in this tough economy, according to a panel of retail executives and manufacturers at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores conference in Orlando.

Concordia University Wisconsin has hired Mike Brown to serve as chairman of the school?s Department of Pharmacy Practice.

Leaders in food and drug retailing are learning how to market to customers in the new economy, said the keynote speaker at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores conference in Orlando on Monday.

A bipartisan bill that would allow the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve affordable copies of biotech drugs has been introduced in Congress.

Most medication errors in primary care practices are prescribing errors and, while a majority of those reach the patient, pharmacists are most likely to intercept the mistakes, according to a new study by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Pfizer Inc. will begin selling dozens more generic drugs through new deals with an Indian generic company, becoming the latest brand-name drug maker looking to grow its market share in the growing generics market.