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Lev Pharmaceuticals names three companies to dispense Cinryze when it is approved.

CVS Pharmacy and Century 21 are teaming up with Easter Seals around Chicagoland.

The editorial teams in the Modern Medicine Primary Care Content Group, with content from our legacy brands ? Medical Economics, Drug Topics, Geriatrics, Formulary and Contemporary OB/Gyn ? will cover key medical meetings, bringing you breaking news, the latest research findings and reports from the general sessions.

The feds have issued two guidances related to the use of drugs for the influenza pandemic.

The FDA issues Early Communication of immunosuppressants' possible association with lymphoma.

Two letters signeed by 132 members of Congress urge a delay in the Medicare bidding program for home medical equipment.

Member Health's CommunityCareRx plan was the leading Medicare Part D drug plan, while Rite Aid Health Solutions was one of the top pharmacy benefit managers in a survey from Wilson Health Information.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is offering hardship payments for providers with cash flow problems related to the National Provider Identification numbers.

A demonstration is planned today in Manhattan to protest against cuts in drug reimbursement that take effect on July 1.

Walgreens has agreed to pay $35 million in generic drug switching allegations lawsuit.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has turned down a proposal from Louisiana to increase the state's Medicaid dispensing fee to more than $10.

The state of Connecticut has joined in the class-action suit against McKesson, First DataBank, and Medi-Span over inflated average wholesale prices.

Health Mart, a growing independent pharmacy franchise, takes top spot in pharmacy customer service by WilsonRx.

The agency releases alert to transition patients to new albuterol inhalers by year's end.

Abbott is recalling two lots of Calcilo XD Low-Calcium/vitamin D-Free Infant Formula with Iron powder.

Rite Aid is launching a "Fill up & Fuel up" program sweepstakes.

The Kroger Co. and The Little Clinic announced a partnership to roll out walk-in medical clinics throughout the country.

ISMP is planning to come up with a list of suggestions for tall man letters to differentiate look-alike drug names.

Viril-ity (VIP) Tablets are being recalled because they contain an undeclared substance.

Taking proactive action, APP Pharmaceuticals improves the design of its 1 mL and 2 mL heparin vials to reduce the risk of drug errors.

A new settlement has been proposed in the average wholesale price suit against First DataBank, McKesson, and Medi-Span.

The Ohio Board of Pharmacy is investigating the Cardinal distribution center in Findlay, Ohio, for distributing large amounts of controlled substances to an Internet pharmacy.

Two former CVS executives have been acquitted of bribing a Rhode Island state senator for legislative favors.

Three Miami area doctors and six others were charged for defrauding Medicare.

Meijer plans to offer free pre-natal vitamins in all 181 Meijer pharmacies.

An updated bulletin from ACOG offers advice on how to treat pregnant patients with mental disorders.

Hamacher Resource Group offers pharmacies advice on how to lay out their first aid product category.

ECRI Institute finds that Curlin Medical's infusion pumps may be be administering too much medication.

Walgreens is opening stores in Alaska in 2009.

There is a new tip sheet available for referral agents and grandfathered supplieres under the DMEPOS competitive bidding program.