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An Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality comparison of two classes of antihypertensives has found that both work equally well at managing hypertension, but ACE inhibitors are linked to more dry cough than angiotensin receptor blockers.

The National Council for Prescription Drug Programs updated its HCIdea on-line database to include NPI numbers.

Participants at a recent roundtable meeting, including government and industry representatives, agreed to move forward with creating a forum on standardizing prescription medication labels.

Pharmacists at risk

Pharmacists must learn how to ensure their own safety with pharmacies a common target for theft.

The Pharmacist Services Technical Advisory Coalition has received approval for permanent mediation therapy management service CPT codes.

At its annual convention the Nation Community Pharmacy Association pushes for greater political influence, medication therapy management, and new business models.

Azor (amlodipine/olmesartan medoxomil, Daiichi Sankyo) was recently approved by the FDA as a once-daily, oral tablet containing both a calcium channel blocker and an angiotensin receptor blocker.