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Several healthcare groups are planning to stage demonstrations on May 30 over FDA's decision not to approve Provenge for prostate cancer.

Walgreens Health Inititaitves reports that highly managed plans experienced a decline in prescription drug cost trend.

FDA is holding a meeting, launching a pilot, and releasing a concept paper about drug names next month.

Oklahoma pharmacies can now renew their narcotic registration electronically.

In face of new proposals to ban the sale of cigarettes in drugstores, more retail chains are opting to stop selling these products.

A market research firm forecasts that more drug-eluting stents are on the way, which will bring down the costs of these devices.

Wisconsin Pharmacy Collaborative launches pilot medication therapy management program.

Drug errors and other lapses in patient care sends a North Carolina hospital into a tailspin

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has added new critiera hospitals must meet in order to get optimal reimbursement

The author believes that dietary supplements do have a place in health systems

McKesson's High Performance Pharmacy program has helped many hospital pharmacies develop effective leaders

Congress is considering legislation to establish an academic detailing program to cut healthcare costs

It's hard to train technicians about pharmacy when confusion reigns in everything from claims processing to drug names

A New system seeks to eliminate drug stocking and other emdication errors, but improving the design of drug storage cabinets

New technology uses smartphones to collect compliance data from medication packages and sends alerts to healthcare providers

Pennsylvania creates system to share medical data across various information technology platforms for better reporting and to prevent medical errors

Duke University Hospital implements a new system to prevent dosing errors on medications

The California board of pharmacy has decided to postpone its electronic pedigree rule that was expected to go into effectin January 2009

CVS Pharmacy has a mentoring program designed to attract new pharmacists to the chain and to keep mature workers.

Kodak Traceless system provides new tool to combat counterfeit prescription drugs

This article reveals the industry's reaction to CMS' announcement of DMEPOS prices for round one of competitive bidding.

This article discusses why probiotics are becoming popular to treat inflammatory bowel disease as well as to stay healthy.

Toxicologists discuss whether OTC cough and cold remedies are safe for children to take.

This article previews new OTCs for relief of poison ivy and poison sumac.

States vary in their laws regarding whether pharmacists can dispense when they receive a prescription ordered by the physician for himself or his family members

Ilisa Bernsteain, FDA's director of pharmacy affairs talks to Drug Topics about a variety of pharmacy issues, including e-pedigree, REMS plans, risk management plans and other issus.

Employers look to pharmacists to improve employees' chronic care to reduce healthcare costs and improve health.

Pharmacists can find tools online to help them prepare for community presentations