Chain Pharmacy

If nothing changes between now and 2018, we may see a 25% oversupply of pharmacists in the marketplace. Then again, we may not. What happens between now and then is, in large measure, up to us.

Sometimes it's not the demanding customers or condescending physicians, it's their own colleagues who drive pharmacists right up the wall.

An entire economic ecosystem depends on pulling the wool over the eyes of prescribers. Pharmacists can tell them all about it. Or could.

An impressive lineup of new products is pouring into the market, and many other up-and-comers are right behind.

Drugstores in the '20s contended with Prohibition and powerful Washington lobbies, while customers enjoyed newfangled soda fountains and some nifty new products.

When APhA announced the candidates for board of trustees and president-elect, it had a special honor to bestow.

In this month's trip down Memory Lane, Drug Topics looks back on an article from 2001 that examined the roots of a problem in full flower today.

How did local drugstores end up at the mercy of drugmakers, pharmacy chains, insurance plans, and PBMs? Here's a look back from someone who watched it happen.

For years, anecdotal evidence suggested the increase in pharmacy schools and resulting spike in new graduates, as well as the slow track toward provider status, might be creating more pharmacists than available jobs.

A New York county executive’s plan to ban pharmacy retailers from selling cigarettes and other tobacco products is garnering mixed reaction from pharmacists.

Where is retail pharmacy headed? A look at where it's coming from may shed some light.

Reimbursement for MTM services is still a challenge for many. An insurance executive offers some well-vetted tips.

Primary nonadherence has been a barrier to optimal hypertension management. Claims data can help identify patients who need interventions to improve compliance.

Test your knowledge of pharmacy history. Questions drawn from February 10, 2016 160th Anniversary issue of Drug Topics.

Every bench pharmacist can tell this story. Every. Single. One.

Products for adults and children line pharmacy shelves, with plenty of child-friendly options for parents teaching oral hygiene to the young.

As Drug Topics celebrates its 160th anniversary this year, we want to show you how far the profession of pharmacy has come.

The profession of pharmacy goes back further than you think. Way further.

While his peers play pinochle and shuffleboard, Fred Mayer brings endless energy and enthusiasm to the practice of pharmacy and public health.

As specialized pharmacy education has evolved through the years, the value that pharmacists contribute to healthcare has increased exponentially.

Pharmacists are drug specialists. If their duty is to use their knowledge in service to patients, can they be sued for speaking up?

Back in 1974, Drug Topics foretold the battle fought by corporate America over state regulation of pharmacy ownership. Here's what we said then - and here's how it turned out.

Because of concerns about adverse effects, training through the Addyi REMS program is required for prescribers and pharmacies that want to participate in the medication use process for this drug.

A hundred years ago, Drug Topics was a pocket-sized monthly, circulation: 12,000; yearly price: 25 cents. While some of its content seems antiquated now, some seems eerily familiar. And the illustrations? A hoot!

Less than a week after FDA announced several measures aimed at curbing opioid abuse, Walgreens announced it would install safe medication disposal kiosks in more than 500 drugstores in 39 states and Washington, D.C.