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Seven out of 10 prescribers use e-prescribing, and virtually all pharmacies are now equipped to receive them.

CVS Caremark reported a drop in front-store sales as a result of its decision to phase out tobacco products, but pharmacy sales drove second-quarter earnings past Wall Street expectations.

Criminals will now have to stand around and wait for the safes to open. Wonder what they'll do while they're waiting.

Walgreens told investors its intention to acquire its remaining 55% interest in European pharmacy giant Alliance Boots-and that the company will continue to be based in the United States.

Opponents of a North Dakota law that has kept retailers such as Wal-Mart and Walgreens from operating pharmacies in the state are hoping to overturn the law through a statewide ballot.

A young PharmD takes on a repetitive process and turns it into a mobile app.

When the Pennsylvania Project evaluated the impact on medication adherence of screenings and brief interventions by pharmacists, it found improvement in both adherence rates and cost savings.

Here's what pharmacists were reading, talking, posting, and tweeting about throughout July 2014.

FDA gives the nod to Purdue Pharma's Targiniq ER.

At the recent McKesson ideaShare 2014 meeting in Orlando, Health Mart introduced four new courses designed to help its independent pharmacies market their services.

For newly fledged pharmacists, a few solid tips on how to honor your patients, your profession, and yourselves.

Kermit Crawford, employed by Walgreens in various capacities over the past three decades, is retiring as the chain’s president of pharmacy, health, and wellness, the company announced today.

McKesson's new Adherence Performance reporting solution will provide actionable data to identify patients more quickly than pharmacies can do using a manual method.

As part of the retail chain’s new Balance Rewards for healthy choices initiative, select Walgreens pharmacists and online chat agents will receive behavior-change training based on noted psychologist B.J. Fogg’s methodology.

Colchicine therapy, an effective anti-inflammatory agent for gout, is a promising treatment for preventing recurrent pericarditis. However, some patients have discontinued its use because of gastrointestinal intolerance, according to a report published online for the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, which will appear in the August 1 edition.

Patients who received the combo along with statin therapy did not experience higher rates of prevention of major vascular events compared with those taking placebo and statins.

First Google. Now FedEx. The shipping giant was recently indicted by a federal jury in San Francisco for "knowingly and intentionally” conspiring to distribute substances from unauthorized pharmacies.

CVS Caremark announced that it plans to purchase the Miami-based Navarro Discount Pharmacy chain, which includes 33 retail drug stores and a special pharmacy known as Navarro Health Services.

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) ruled this week that the pain reliever tramadol is now classified as a Schedule IV controlled substance (CS).

Rite Aid recently agreed to pay $498,250 to settle charges that some of its California pharmacists frequently did not provide patient consultations required by law.

Written by a pharmacist who has endured through thick and through thin, these 10 tips remind pharmacy professionals that they have plenty to take pride in.

As specialty pharmaceuticals consume more of the healthcare dollar, the role of managed care pharmacy will be critical.

Go ahead. Blame Obamacare. It won't make any difference.

Industry and academe collaborate on opportunities for young people to explore the range of careers in pharmacy.