Community Practice

Three community pharmacy professionals share their top tips on what makes pharmacists successful managers.

Canada, the E.U., South Korea, Japan, India, and Australia - all have had clear regulatory pathways in place for years. The United States has been working on a biosimilars pathway for almost a decade. What's different?

Three successful pharmacy owners tell us how it's done.

What does birth control have to do with medication adherence? David Stanley connects the dots.

Confronted by overwhelming workplace challenges, pharmacists sometimes forget they have options. It's time to step outside the limits of habitual thinking and take a look around.

Sterile compounders have voluntarily undertaken several upgrades to their processes and products. The results benefit patients, pharmacists, and the profession overall.

R&D and product manufacture are only the beginning. When the time comes to enter the marketplace, biosimilars still face numerous obstacles.

Some tips on making community connections

A look at some of the year's launches from key manufacturers.

Start your immunization practice here.

Community pharms discuss competitive options at McKesson's ideaShare.

When people are injured by pharmacy mistakes, it is a public safety issue. Where are the state boards of pharmacy?

Many people are pondering that question following the recent release of statistics from the Drug Enforcement Administration that showed Indiana led the nation in pharmacy robberies.

The Drug Enforcement Administration recently announced plans to hold its 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back on September 26, 2015.

If you're a pharmacist looking for another route to success, satisfaction, and reward, start here.

In partnership with the Virginia Department of Health, Walgreens has increased its number of locations to 32 where free HIV testing is offered.

When multiple factors are involved, the issues may not be as clear-cut as you think.

Vaccines are specialty medicines in pharmacy inventory management. Here are some tips on their proper handling, storage, delivery, and administration.

Federal and state laws impose limits on the amount of pseudoephedrine a person may buy and a pharmacy may sell. Your state's limits may be more strict than the limits imposed by the feds.

Is it really good medicine when legislators call the shots?

If you don't know what you want in a manager, you're far more likely to end up unsatisfied. Better give it some thought.

In this country, the practice of pharmacy is valued in two markedly different ways. Consequently, two different responses are necessary.

For patients, preventive services are a vital healthcare resource. For the healthcare delivery system, they produce cost savings. Pharmacists are a key link.

Statins and ED drugs lead the way, and there are plenty more on the horizon.

As sponsor of The Skin Cancer Foundation’s Road to Healthy Skin Tour, Rite Aid will offer free skin cancer screenings at locations in Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia this summer.