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Securing prior authorization is a time-consuming and costly process. It burdens the dispensing practice, irritates patients, and could be simplified, according to a consensus of pharmacists.

None of us wants to admit that there could be violence in practicing our profession.

FDA has imposed a change in drug labeling that once advised flushing unused drugs down the toilet. Now the agency is encouraging consumers and pharmacists to take advantage of drug take-back programs.

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence published clinical guidelines in December 2007 on diagnosis and management of eczema in children.

A fixed-dose combination pill from Novo Nordisk and Sciele Pharma will give patients with diabetes a new option.

The merger of e-prescribing networks RxHub and SureScripts may go a long way toward accelerating e-prescribing adoption, which could lower pharmacists' transaction fees, according to one expert.

Physicians would have the choice of doling out electronic prescriptions for controlled substances with a proposed regulation from the DEA.

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Survey showed that salaries of retail staff pharmacists have risen 5.8% in 2008.

The FDA issued an updated alert about the dangers of using micro-bubble contrast agents for diagnosis in certain patients.

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists hosted summit to discuss drug errors and standardizing product concentrations.

Teva plans to acquire Barr for $7.6 billion; Roche plans to take over Genentech at $89 a share

Renal care community is pleased with the passage of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act, because the law contains provisions related to kidney dialysis.

Many diabetics who need insulin dread the injections, but they don?t tell health professionals because they don?t want to bother them.

Several biologic agents are expected to be approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in the next few years.

The Beijing Olympics begins today, but some U.S. pharmacists have been hard at work there for days on end now.

Six vaccines, reflecting three new strains of the influenza virus, will do battle with the flu during the 2008-2009 season.

Cancidas, previously approved for use in adults, can now be applied also to pediatric patients aged three months to 17 years.

A third new program?on workers compensation?will become available later this year.

The recall comes in the wake of discovering cracks in the vials' necks that could keep the drug from remaining sterile.

It will be out of commission for system maintenance on Aug. 10.

Customers can join its rewards club at a one-time fee of $10.

This approval spares health professionals from having to start a patient on a single medication, according to Novartis.

Clean and sober for eight years now, he candidly shares details about his life and his journey to recovery.

The accuracy of self-monitoring kits for hypertension and diabetes can vary greatly.

The physicians could face a maximum of five years in prison and $250,000 fines.

A newspaper in the Cincinnati area ran an article listing three reasons why pharmacists are respected more than politicians and even the clergy.

The Food and Drug Administration announced stricter limits on conflicts of interests for members of its advisory committees.