In an effort to permit community pharmacies to negotiate better contracts, Reps. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) recently introduced legislation designed to level the playing field between community pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).
In a news conference today, President Obama nominated Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius to the post of secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).
A survey of new Rx, new OTC, new indications, and new generics
The profession of pharmacy is dedicated to supporting health and wellbeing. The sale of cigarettes in pharmacies is a blemish upon that healthcare image. Pharmacists and their organizations must act to stop this practice.
Confusion about the three different lamictal starter kits can lead to pharmacy and patient error. There are several things pharmacists can do to ensure that patients use their kits properly.
Drug Topics' exclusive survey on eye care offers pharmacist feedback and brand recommendations.
Medications for sleep disorders may cause patients to sleepwalk, drive, eat, even have sex while asleep. Patients don't often ask for information about sleep medications, so pharmacists must offer it.
Drug Topics' exclusive salary survey reveals good news for pharmacists.
Homelessness and mental illness often go hand-in-hand.
Pharmacies are being robbed across the country in increasing numbers. Many of these robberies involve controlled substances. New prevention approaches are needed.
Pharmacy Optimization Within Enterprise Re-engineering, Walgreens' central fill program, is already in Florida and Arizona. It may be the first such program to go national.
North Dakota's attorney general wants to authorize state and local officials to prosecute online pharmacies trafficking in illegal painkiller prescriptions.
UH Hilo College of Pharmacy admitted its first class in 2007. Eventually it will generate $50 million in annual economic activity and $15 million in state incomes.
Pharmacists speak out about contraceptives, moral objections, and $4 generics.
Toviaz extended-release tablets win FDA approval for treatment of overactive bladder
DEA wants to make it easier for hospitals, long-term-care facilities, patients, and others to dispose of controlled substances. FDA, EPA, and state agencies are also dealing with this issue.
New York phamacists train to administer vaccinations for flu and pneumonia
Arizona proposal would expand list of vaccines given by pharmacists
A San Francisco pilot program for ecological collection of consumer pharmaceutical waste is giving pharmacies nationwide the tools and training to create their own drug take-back programs.
Drugstore.com continues to experience growth, particularly in sales of OTC products, and is expanding internationally, a company executive told attendees at the Jeffries 5th Annual Internet & Media Conference in New York this week.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) and the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) applauded a decision by U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth to postpone a February hearing about Medicaid Average Manufacturer Price (AMP).
Henry Waxman this week told attendees of the Generic Pharmaceutical Association Annual in Florida that he would work to pass legislation that would allow generic versions of biogenerics and biosimilar pharmaceuticals.
There are more than 50 million children in the US, most of whom receive some sort of medication during their childhood. That may be one reason niche pharmacies are becoming more popular.
Cleveland Clinic has joined forces with MinuteClinic to staff clinics inside several northeast Ohio CVS/pharmacy stores.
Twelve pharmacy groups have formed a coalition to promote common pharmacy principles for health care reform.
The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) knows it would have more fighting power if it had an army of independent pharmacists and their customers behind it.
The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) recently announced that John Coster, PhD, RPh, has joined the association as its new Senior Vice President of Government Affairs.
Versions of the Pain Care Act have been introduced in Congress every year since 2003. Passed in the House of Representatives in 2008, it must pass there again before moving to the Senate.
New index ranks hospital pharmacy performance
A pharmacy risk manager can help reduce medication errors, improve patient safety, manage quality improvement, monitor claims and expenses, and improve healthcare delivery.
