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Promoting patient compliance can generate new business for community R.Ph.s

Thoracic society meeting sees the release of new guidelines for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Women living in rural areas are in special need of pharmaceutical care

This installment deals with the problem of physicians who don't enter their DEA number on their Rxs

HIPAA's security standards will take effect in about a year and pharmacists are starting to conduct a risk analysis to prepare for the new requirements

2004 Index of Articles

Breaking News for June 7, 2004

FDA holds meeting to study issue of plastic vials and their association with drug errors

Overview of FMI Pharmacy meeting in Chicago, 2004

Pharmacy reacts to FDA proposal requiring MedWatch number to be listed on Rx and OTC drugs

Manufacturers and regulators will have a tough time battling drug counterfeiters

New trend: Pharmaceutical companies offer freebies and money back guarantees on drugs

David Brushwood gives a tongue-in-cheek account of how to create the worst-possible pharmacy

Reporting medication errors has not translated into safer systems of patient care, according to Bruce Lambert, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago department of pharmacy practice.

Seniors can compare drug price increases with the inflation rate on AARP's new Web site

Similarities in labeling/packaging can lead to dispensing errors

Lehigh Valley Hospital explores risk sharing contracts with pharma manufacturers

How to prepare for the new security standards, which take effect next year

While urinary tract infections in women are the second most frequent reason antibiotics are prescribed for women, many ignore symptoms or don't take steps necessary to prevent infection.

Breaking News for May 17, 2004

Certain pancreatic drugs could be withdrawn from market unless their manufacturers go through NDA process

Abstract of speech given by Mary Sammons at NACDS Annual Meeting 2004

Manufacturers keep churning out low carb entries that can be profitable for pharmacies

AMCP meeting sees debate between two laywers on whether contracts are public or private information

Arxcel Rx benefit research survey 2004

As part of the Medicare discount card and Medicare drug benefit law, a new Web site is being established that compares drug prices

PCMA launches new ad campaign about discount cards for Medicare beneficiaries

Ketek is a new antibiotic for treatment of infections in the lung and sinus.