Chain Pharmacy

In a recent ceremony in Boulder, Colo., Pharmaca CEO and Chairman Barry Perzow received the Chain of the Year award from Drug Topics Editor-in-Chief Margaret Mulligan.

Pharmacists can interact directly and personally with patients only during counseling. This practice reduces the risk of mechanical prescription errors and shows patients what the pharmacist's education and training were all about.

The New York Senate is considering a bill to permit qualifying seniors to obtain their prescription medications from a Canadian pharmacy group. New York pharmacists oppose any plan to take pharmacy dollars out of the state.

The former owner of a former pharmacy near Pittsburgh and one of his workers are charged with submitting $1 million in bogus prescription claims to Medicaid and private insurance companies.

Novation, a healthcare contracting services company based in Texas, has contracted with McKesson Corp?s OneStop Generics Program for its mutual health system customers.

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) is endorsing a congressional effort to crack down on the bulk sale of a cough syrup ingredient sometimes abused as a recreational drug.

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation and LearnSomething, Inc., a nationally recognized provider of pharmacy, grocery, and healthcare training programs, recently introduced a patient-centric safety training course.

Pharmacists who are motivated to educate themselves about the treatment of chronic pain can relieve suffering and improve lives.

Muscle and joint pain: New OTC products offer relief

Boulder, Colo.-based Pharmaca, the nation's first European-style integrative retail pharmacy focuses on treating the whole person. Their successful model made them the choice as Drug Topics' 2009 Chain of the Year.

For some pharmacists, the road from clinical practice to management is unexpected - and inevitable.

A retailer's review of best-selling OTC categories, including digestive health, vitamins and supplements, and eye and ear care.

With violence against pharmacists mounting across the country, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) initiates a long-range study.

Students in a University of Florida healthcare risk management class examine the connection between medication errors and patient counseling from the dual perspective of pharmacists and risk managers.

Now that pharmacists are empowered to vaccinate and immunize in every state but Maine, each state must work out regulatory requirements and protocols.

Novation, a healthcare contracting services company based in Texas, has contracted with McKesson Corp?s OneStop Generics Program for its mutual health system customers.

A recent study found slight differences in the way medical students and pharmacy students view the medically underserved.

The Caverject Impulse Dual Chamber System, a drug delivery device used to treat erectile dysfunction that was withdrawn by the manufacturer, will return to pharmacy shelves, according to Pfizer, Inc.

California may be moving toward a new form of liability. The state Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from Wyeth in a case the held the drug maker liable for injuries caused by generic versions of Reglan (metoclopramide) made by another manufacturer.

Drug chains and vendors need to do a better job of collaborating and sharing information, particularly in this tough economy, according to a panel of retail executives and manufacturers at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores conference in Orlando.

Leaders in food and drug retailing are learning how to market to customers in the new economy, said the keynote speaker at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores conference in Orlando on Monday.

A bipartisan bill that would allow the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve affordable copies of biotech drugs has been introduced in Congress.

Pfizer Inc. will begin selling dozens more generic drugs through new deals with an Indian generic company, becoming the latest brand-name drug maker looking to grow its market share in the growing generics market.

In an effort to permit community pharmacies to negotiate better contracts, Reps. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) recently introduced legislation designed to level the playing field between community pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).

The profession of pharmacy is dedicated to supporting health and wellbeing. The sale of cigarettes in pharmacies is a blemish upon that healthcare image. Pharmacists and their organizations must act to stop this practice.