Walgreens has donated three semitrailers of food, water, and first aid supplies to the American Red Cross. The company is also encouraging customers at its Oklahoma locations to make $1, $5 and $10 donations to disaster-relief efforts for Oklahoma tornado victims.
Panel splits on safety of drug at higher doses
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores is urging a congressional panel to reject proposals that would force military families to use mail-order services to fill prescriptions.
Sandoz has become the first company to gain the FDA approval to produce a generic version of Atacand (candesartan cilexetil).
Two lots of Sandoz methotrexate sodium found to contain particulate matter
FDA questions safety of suvorexant at higher doses
Abbott recalls some blood glucose meters because of incorrect readings
Express Scripts report forecasts sharp increase in spending on specialty drugs.
Congressman Elijah E. Cummings has introduced a bill to stop price gouging for drugs that are in short supply. H.R. 1958 is called The Gray Market Drug Reform and Transparency Act of 2013.
Older patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may be at increased risk for cardiovascular events with newly prescribed long-acting beta-agonists and long-acting anticholinergics.
The Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board will conduct unannounced surveys of compounding pharmacies seeking to renew accreditation from the group. The move is intended to further distinguish accredited compounding pharmacies from unaccredited ones.
After its recent review, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) could not recommend vitamin D and calcium supplementation for the primary prevention of fractures in healthy adults.
New version includes clarifications submitted by ASHP and other stakeholders
JP reaches down deep for his inner Dalai Lama
NCPA is working with healthcare leaders in Congress to ensure development of appropriate measures
When the U.S. Congress buries game-changing laws deep in the bowels of complicated acts named for other things altogether, you wonder why they can't just call things like they see 'em. For starters.
IMS study analyzes the shift from fee-for-service in four states through changes in prescriptions for antipsychotic drugs, diabetes therapies, and respiratory medications
Doses and length of treatment higher than recommended
It's time to get tobacco products out of pharmacies
Hoping to further curtail diversion of controlled substances, DEA has expanded the options for their collection
Pharmacists assume many roles in medication therapy management - roles that are receiving acknowledged provider status
Pharmacists are becoming consultants, medication managers, and more in the coordinated care environment of ACOs
As a collaborative member of an integrated healthcare team, the pharmacist specializes in monitoring drug therapies for disease states
Tofacitinab approved for 5-mg tablets for the treatment of adult patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis unhealed by methotrexate
Walgreens explores use of predictive models and risk stratification
