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APhA has announced its new officers for 2017-2018.

An expert with 35 years' academic and professional experience calls it like he sees it.

According to PBMs, those drug coupons are something else.

More than 300 pharmacists turned out to support H.R. 244, the “MAC Transparency Act," and H.R. 793, the “Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act of 2015.”

A Danish study has found a possibility of increased risk of miscarriage in pregnant women who use oral fluconazole to treat yeast infections.

The movement to get naloxone into the hands of first responders, drug users, and their family members has found increasing support in state legislatures.

Most pharmacy shelves stock numerous alternative treatments for simple skin problems. Here are a few of the newer ones.

FDA approves a new indication, then issues strengthened warning about possible effects.

New Rx, indications, generics, and OTC

Physicians have been called "Doc" for so long that the terms are essentially identical. Why not designate pharmacists by a separate and distinct title?

With provider status now a reality in 38 states, HR 592 and S 314 have powerful Congressional support. How long before the payers come on board?

A new mental health platform on the Walgreens website will offer consumers free online screening tools and links to providers of followup care.

While the panel recommended approval of the new product, it did not find sufficient evidence for abuse-deterrent labeling.

An "outpouring of new pharmacy-school graduates." "Fears of a manpower glut." 2016 headlines? Nope. The year was 1976.

In some professions, eternal vigilance comes with the territory.

Use of tobacco-cessation therapy was low. The study found several negative factors - and two positive predictors.

Both studies demonstrated statistical improvements in trough FEV1 at day 85.

Last month, Kelli Sem was granted conditional acceptance into the pharmacy school at North Dakota State University (NDSU). Her acceptance has gained widespread attention because Sem, 23, has cerebral palsy, uses a motorized wheelchair, and most-likely will need an assistant to act as her hands to meet certain laboratory requirements.

Walmart has decided to put all its eggs in a really big basket.

Arizona recently joined around 20 other states by passing a law allowing pharmacists to substitute certain interchangeable biosimilar drugs for brand name drugs.

A Florida appeals court recently ruled that the estate of an Ohio man who died from a fatal dose of pain medication could sue the compounding pharmacy that filled the prescription.

PBMs have dodged state-mandated requirements for transparency in generics drug pricing, so many states are rewriting their laws.

Where do pharmacists earn the least?

Starting in July, a new law in Mississippi will allow a pharmacy to refuse to provide drugs or services if it is not paid more than acquisition cost.

Independent pharmacists in Colorado are disappointed after a Senate committee killed the “Pharmacy Choice Act” before it could come up for a vote.

Quasi-religious symbol? Sign of enforced conformity? Emblem of arrogance and superiority? Or simple professional attire? You decide.

Several years ago, drugs compounded by Franck’s Compounding Lab caused eye infections that lead to vision loss.

Representatives of Teamsters Local 727 recently distributed leaflets outside Chicago-area CVS stores that accuse the retail chain of mistreating pharmacists by overworking them in understaffed pharmacies.

That would be MTM. And it's calling. And holding. And holding. And holding ...

The fly in the ointment: CMS' current plan for HCPCS codes is a real buzz kill.