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A study conducted by the University of Wisconsin found that 4% of chronic pain patients taking opioid drugs such as OxyContin (oxycodone HCI, Purdue Pharma) or Percocet (oxycodone HCI/acetaminophen, Endo Labs) abuse the medications.

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Watson Pharmaceuticals announced that Allen Chao, its chairman, president, and CEO, will retire as president and CEO effective Sept. 4.

The incentive-based program contains two ways for Shopko customers to save more.

Drug Fair has introduced the WE CARE Shopper Reward Program in all Drug Fair and Cost Cutters stores.

Patients with severe malaria who need parenteral therapy because they are unable to take oral medications may now benefit from treatment with artesunate, an unapproved therapy now available through a new CDC Investigational New Drug Application.

Ariad is developing the new entity in conjunction with Merck for the treatment of solid tumors and hematologic cancers.

A new strength of Stalevo, the combination drug from Orion Corp. and Novartis used to treat Parkinson's disease, has been approved by the FDA.

Overactive bladder can now be treated with an extended-release version of trospium chloride.

More than 500,000 clinicians using Epocrates? drug reference software will now have access to Caremark Pharmacy Services division formulary information.

Materials and computers from the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy and the offices and home of professor Flynn Warren Jr., M.S., have been seized by U.S. marshals investigating cheating on the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX).

Hospitals that treat patients for illnesses resulting from medical errors and hospital-acquired infections will no longer be reimbursed by Medicare, under new rules adopted by CMS.

A study conducted by the University of Wisconsin found that 4% of chronic pain patients taking opioid drugs such as OxyContin (oxycodone HCI, Purdue Pharma) or Percocet (oxycodone HCI/acetaminophen, Endo Labs) abuse the medications.

Talecris Biotherapeutics has come out with a portable policy for its liquid immune globulin intravenous Gamunex.

Oral medications used for the treatment of acne offer the best long-term outcomes despite advances in laser and light-based therapies.

Community pharmacies are smarting over a proposed rule by HHS that will help limit the Medicare program's risk by requiring all suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) to provide CMS with a surety bond.

Rite Aid and the American Pain Foundation are partnering to provide free comprehensive pain management information in August and September at all Rite Aid stores nationwide.

HealthSpring is adding medication therapy management services to its national Medicare Part D prescription drug plan, beginning in January 2008.

Three out of four people participating in an on-line Drug Topics poll during the month of July believe thimerosal or mercury is dangerous and should be banned from all drugs.

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) found that the average sale price based on data reported to Medicare for 39 medications exceeded the average manufacturer price by at least 5%.

Consumers may not be aware of the May recall of Complete MoisturePlus Multipurpose Contact Lens Solution manufactured by Advanced Medical Optics (AMO) and continue to use the recalled product. Several cases of Acanthamoeba keratitis reported to CDC involved the use of AMO Complete MoisturePlus after the recall was announced.

EvaMist, from KV Pharmaceutical Co., has received approval from the FDA for the treatment of moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms due to menopause.

Women with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation and chronic idiopathic constipation who are younger than 55 and meet specific guidelines may now be able to access tegaserod under a treatment investigational new drug protocol.

Privigen is indicated for the treatment of both primary immunodeficiency and chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura and will be launched in the first quarter of 2008.

CDC has launched its Preteen Vaccine campaign to inform parents of its recommendations for three vaccines in this age group, mainly the 11- and 12-year-olds.

Oral medications used for the treatment of acne offer the best long-term outcomes despite advances in laser and light-based therapies.

Wyeth officials have vowed to work with the FDA to speed the approval of Pristiq, a drug that can be used to treat depression and menopausal symptoms.

A notice from the Health Resources & Services Administration spells out the conditions children's hospitals must meet in order to qualify.