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NACDS submits testimony on efforts to curb prescription and OTC drug abuse

Deloitte study shows connected care model promotes technologically enabled in home health care

AstraZeneca will share more information about its U.S. business

Tibotec Pharmaceuticals updates prescribing information for darunavir (Prezista) to warn of hepatotoxicity

Health Resources & Services Administration launches poison help campaign

Medco Health has begun construction of a $140-million mail-order pharmacy in Indiana, which will include research center.

FDA issues warning on Tussionex use

Palliative care providers are asked to comment on the Joint Commission's draft standards in this area of practice

Eleven drug companies settled litigation that charged they knowingly inflated average wholesale price for drugs in the Medicare Part B program.

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.

Market research firm Verispan offers a look at the pharmaceutical market of 2007 in terms of sales by brands and generics.

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.

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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.