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Hospital reduces medical errors with automatic drug dispensing/distribution system.

Gift cards promote polypharmacy

Medication reconciliation is important to patient safety and should be overseen by hospital pharmacists, but relatively few pharmacists have time to counsel patients.

Manufacturers are launching new over-the-counter medicines that are innovative.

Two Food and Drug Administration advisory committees voted 13 to 9 to recommend that cough and cold over-the-counter medications not be used for children who are more than two and less than six years old.

Drug-buying decision tools work, they save consumers money and we now have the statistics to prove it, according to a founder of one of the most prominent of those Web-based aids.

NACDS promotes role of community pharmacy to Presidential candidates

NCPA and NACDS have filed a preliminary injunction against CMS to stop the implementation of its average manufacturer price rule.

A New Jersey pharmacist was arrested for illegal diversion for selling stolen sample medications.

Roche obtains FDA approval for Mircera for dialysis patients, but a patent dispute with Amgen could tie up its marketing in the United States.

New safety information added to rosiglitazone label

Medco study reveals that many seniors did not adequately factor in rising healthcare costs when saving for retirement

NACDS announces Mary Ann Wagner's retirement

A coalition of doctors and scientists has filed a petition with FDA requesting that drugs be tested among humans, rather than animals, where feasible.

New technology designed to boost 340B participation

CMS has proposed a new rule for the Medicare Part D, which would adopt a new e-prescribing standard.

Rite Aid pharmacies help seniors during Medicare Part D enrollment.

Medco announces its plans to build a 318,000-sq. ft. mail-order pharmacy in Indiana.

Quality of care improving in nation's hospitals.

3M launches new inhaler dose counter.

Miami healthcare company owners in prison for Medicare fraud.

Genzyme has to provide FDA with more data on Synvisc-One before the pain-relieving treatment for osteoarthritis can be approved.

FDA adds new warnings to erythropoiesis-stimulating agents' labels.

New indication for rosuvastatin (Crestor) approved.

New delivery device approved for somatropin (Saizen).

Pharmacy students should be given good training when they are doing their internships and externships, not used as a replacement for vacationing staff.

U.S. Career Institute announces pharmacy technician course.

Nevada pharmacists demand a vote on Fair Medicaid Drug Payment Act, while House judiciary committee unanimously approves PBM legislation.