Web-based program tracks hospital pharmacy clinical activities
Magee Hospital in Pennsylvania wins award for the Pharmacy Knowledgebase on-line product it created
Are better DUR alerts in pharmacists' future?
A coalition of pharmacy organizations has awarded the University of Iowa a contract to assess proposed standards to improve drug utilizations review alerts.
Compounding pharmacies offered seal of approval
Seven pharmacy groups banded together to create an accreditation program for compounding pharmacies.
Coping with compounding
Outsourcing compounding
First-time generics approved in 2003: Antibiotics lead pack
List of 85 drugs that were offered as generics for the first time in 2003
Are you at risk for poor therapeutic substitutions?
If therapeutic substitutions are based on cost, rather than efficacy, what's the liability to the pharmacist?
Get ready for new sterile compounding regulations
Eric Kastango,RPh audio conference on meeting the future challenges in sterile product compounding
Compounding pharmacists protest veterinary regulations
Pharmacists who compound veterinarian drugs are opposed to a Food & Drug Administration guidance they say threatens their practices
Clinical pharmacists on hospital rounds reduce number of medical errors
Duke University study finds that pharmacists can prevent many drug errors in the cardiovascular area by going on patient rounds
Therapeutic substitution cuts drug cost when used
Managed care groups discuss ways to rein in spiralling pharmaceutical costs
Waxman-Hatch changes are on the way
Provisions under House and Senate versions of prescription drug benefits legislation and their impact on FDA final rules regarding generic drug approvals under the Waxman-Hatch Act.
Bottom-line concerns driving generic incentive programs
Pharmacy benefit managers are pushing incentive programs.
GPhA's Jaeger upbeat about future of generics
Interview with Kathleen Jaeger, President of GPhA.
Generics playing greater role in union negotiations
Generic drug use playing larger role in contract negotiations for health benefits with unions.
Push for generic biologics gaining momentum
Generic biologics
2003 a strong year for generic approvals
2003 is turning out to be a positive year for generic drug approvals.
Clinical Twister: Venlafaxine and EP procedure?
Venlafaxine and EP procedure? Suggestions on how to proceed.
Top 200 brand and generic drugs by retail dollars in 2002
Top 200 brand and generic drugs of 2002 by dollars
Health plans expand generic discount programs for members
Wellpoint Health Networks launches GenericSelect program.
USP revising standards on sterile products compounding
USP is putting into place changes in compounding standards following reports of patients hurt by pharmacist-compounded drugs
Cover Story: COMPOUNDING UNDER SIEGE
The practice of compounding medications is under seige by critics both inside and outside the profession due to large-scale production bordering on manufacturing and the illness and death of patients from contaminated drugs.
How big drug firms are fine-tuning their operations to combat generic pressures
How brand-name manufacturers can get their drugs out the door faster.
R.Ph.s oppose testing compounded Rxs
Pharmacists are about evenly split over whether state pharmacy boards should randomly test compounded drugs, according to a Drug Topics Internet poll.
New sterile compounding guidelines on the way in Calif.
California board of pharamcy to adopt regs establishing standards for compounding injectable sterile drug products in pharmacies.
Beware of granulomas linked to intrathecal pain pumps
Medtronic pump associated with granulomas blocking pain relief
Despite FDA's new compounding guidelines, confusion reigns
FDA issues CPG on compounding
Seniors protest drugmaker&s tactics for protecting its GI drug
AstraZeneca comes under fire by Grey Panthers
Despite Supreme Court ruling on compounding, questions remain
Supreme Court rules that banning compounders from advertising is unconstitutional
