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Medicare Part D was a remarkable development, not only for establishing a prescription drug benefit but for giving consumers more responsibility for their insurance and prescription purchase decisions.

Pharmacists do not begrudge the assistance given to the patient in need, but what happens to the community pharmacist when drugs are given away?

New medication therapy management programs are expanding community practice opportunities.

A medication in a new class of drugs has received FDA approval for hypertension and we now have several promising and innovative agents in late-stage development for treatment of the condition.

Decades of campaigns against antibiotic overuse have produced only marginal reductions in use.

New Jersey governor has signed a law that requires hospitals to test intensive care patients for a deadly staph infection.

Pennsylvania law requires reporting patient infections, and provides incentive payments when infection rates are successfully reduced.

Vermont Information Technology Leaders have developed a plan to provide emergency room doctors with electronic versions of patients' medical histories.

Two Vermont hospitals are testing a program that gives doctors and nurses electronic access to patients' medication histories.

Pharmacist is indicted for manslaughter after medication error that results in the death of a two-year old girl.

Back-to-school planning should include medication plan

OIG examines OptionCare's vendor rebates

A pioglitazone (Actos, Takeda) study from Cleveland Clinic shows a reduction in stroke, myocardial infarction and death

ASHP calls proposal "burdensome"

FDA advisory committees vote to keep Trasylol on the market

FDA: No label changes needed for ESA product

New lung cancer guidelines are released from the American College of Chest Physicians.

Patient survival rates improve

Ceftriaxone prescribing information updated to warn of calcium interaction

Abbott notifies patients to check blood glucose display screens.

CMS has released an updated guide to mailings sent to Medicare Part D beneficiaries by prescription drug plans, CMS, or the Social Security Administration.

AmeriHealth offers free one-month generic samples

AmerisourceBergen Technology Group opens new facility in Buffalo Grove, Ill.

Bodee's Zencore Tabs recalled

Sanofi-Aventis settles case alleging the company inflated the average wholesale price to boost profits on its Anzemet.

The number of adverse drug events reported to the FDA has doubled in the past seven years.

Nelfinavir mesylate is found to contain ethyl methanesulfonate.

New Jersey officials have approved the technician-training program developed by Wedgewood Pharmacy, a veterinary compounding pharmacy.