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New Rx, generics, and OTC products

Pharmacy technicians who want to recertify need to familiarize themselves with the new requirements being phased in over the next few years.

Access to prescription drugs is possible for uninsured residents of northern Virginia, thanks to NOVA ScriptsCentral and its 26 partner clinics.

Over the next four months, CVS’ Project Health wellness programs will provide more than $14 million in free health services to communities throughout the United States with significant numbers of uninsured or underinsured patients, the company recently announced.

North Dakota voters soundly defeated a measure that would have eliminated a state law requiring that a pharmacist hold the majority ownership of pharmacies in the state.

Apparently, not everyone is excited about Apple’s new smartphone payment system-Apple Pay. Both CVS and Rite Aid recently both blocked customers from using Apple Pay at its stores, as well as the tap-to-pay mobile payments systems Google Wallet and Softcard.

Frustrated with the popular dehydration products available, pharmacists Sam and Jamie Lee began searching for alternatives after their 18-month-old son became sick and was in need of rehydration.

Purdue Pharma LP, along with the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), has created a brochure and an Initiation & Titration guide to instruct pharmacists on the proper dosing, application, rotation, disposal, and safety for its drug Butrans.

San Francisco supervisors are considering an ordinance that would require drug manufacturers to pay for the disposal of unused and unwanted prescription drugs.

Even without provider status, there's more to delivery of MTM services than some pharmacists may think. Here's a breakdown.

CVS Health recently announced that, starting next year, it may charge additional copays to patients who fill prescriptions at pharmacies that sell tobacco products.

ConnecT2Day is designed to help healthcare providers counsel patients in managing type 2 diabetes.

In which a determined pharmacist battles the forces of ignorance and stupidity on behalf of his patient and his own sanity.

In most retail chain stores, the buck stops at the pharmacy supervisor’s desk. Here's a look at the pharmacy biz from their point of view.

Patients should decide how a pharmacy can best communicate with patients. And they can use a very American way to make their feelings known.

The OIG determined that per-fill fees are “inherently subject to abuse” because of their direct tie to the number of patient prescriptions referred to the specialty pharmacy.

Adults can protect themselves against flu with a needle-free option. There's a benefit for vaccine administrators too - no needle sticks.

Each of the 26 free CE modules features an online Powerpoint lecture, a training video, an interactive activity set, and assessment questions.

By 2020, approximately 62% of all active pharmacists will be women. Here we follow three paths to rewarding and creative careers.

The Affordable Care Act is drastically changing the way patients and employers pay for healthcare and prescriptions.

Whether ACA thrives or bombs, the future is likely to bring upheaval that results in cost savings and improved delivery of healthcare services.

Health plans that have not scored at least three stars for the last three consecutive years will be vulnerable to elimination from the Medicare system. Pharmacists are in an ideal position to help with those scores.

New Rx, indications, generics, and OTC products

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