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Teva sponsors American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy awards program for students involved in community service.

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals receives FDA approval for levoleucovorin.

An Associated Press series on pharmaceutical waste in the water supply draws attention to drug disposal and water safety issues.

Twelve people were arrested in San Diego for prescription drug diversion at three pharmacies.

FDA warns public about companies that sell drugs over the Internet that claim to prevent, treat STDs.

NCPA comments on bill that would classify human growth hormone as Schedule III substance.

Kmart Pharmacy to launch first $1 OTC program.

Walgreens opens first store in the District of Columbia.

National Autism Association holds press conference on mercury-containing vaccines and examine immunization schedule for risk.

New recommendations on how to treat aspergillosis from the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Pharmacists tell Drug Topics which over-the-counter allergy products they recommend.

Once limited to just a few states, prescription drug monitoring programs are now up and running or in the offing in many states.

Here is a listing of the top 2007.

Hospital outpatient pharmacists are upset over a new government rule that requires them to report NDC numbers.

Patients can be tested to see if they have a gene that responds to a drug for colorectal cancer.

This case study assesses the need for anticoagulation and the drugs of choice for prophylaxis against cerebrovascular accidents (strokes) in patients with previous CVAs of different origins.

Recombinant thrombin introduced for use in surgeries.

JCAHO has set new patient safety goal related to anticoagulation that hospitals must meet.

U.S. Pharmacopeia comes up with a new list of soundalike, lookalike drugs for pharmacists to watch out for.

Two IRS criminal investigators caution pharmacists about healthcare fraud.

Recent drug approvals, dosages, indications, and new home health care products.

New technologies impacting community and hospital pharmacies.

Pharmacists debate the efficacy and impact of California's forthcoming e-pedigree rule.

As allergy season approaches, this article reveals what new otcs are available to help adult and children allergy sufferers.

Findings from Drug Topics' exclusive survey of pharmacists' otc recommendations for allergies.

Here's a primer on healthcare and billing codes, from NDC to CPT.

More bills are being proposed that bar pharmacists from substituting antiepileptic drugs and immunosuppressants.