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The next 25 years hold promise of more clinical involvement and collaboration ? and more respect for pharmacists.

When Carl Dew was in the seventh grade, his teacher asked the class to practice filling out a job application. "I wrote the application to Lane Drug Co. in Knoxville," said Dew, owner of Corner Drug Store in Lake City, Tenn.

For 171 years a Thompson has been behind the counter at Thompson Drugs. Six generations of Heimstreets have counseled patients. The fourth generation of Seiferts recently began practice as a pharmacist, while Rupal Patel, a professor of pharmacy, is following the trail her grandfather blazed ... in India.

Generic drug industry movers and shakers believe 2007 will be the year affordable generic biopharmaceuticals will reach consumers. "We are on the verge of a new revolution in our industry, and that's the creation of a clear and effective abbreviated pathway to biogenerics," GPhA president and CEO Kathleen Jaeger told attendees at GPhA's annual meeting in Phoenix. Rep. Henry Waxman (D, Calif.) and Sen.

DEA proposes treating new ADHD drug as Schedule II