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A New York county executive’s plan to ban pharmacy retailers from selling cigarettes and other tobacco products is garnering mixed reaction from pharmacists.

Shore Medical Center of Somers Point, N.J. recently informed 213 patients who received intravenous morphine or hydromorphine that they may have been exposed to HIV or hepatitis B or C.

If you're after a job in pharmacy, you might want to take a look at Alaska, Arkansas, or Louisiana.

A federal judge has significantly reduced the amount a jury recently ordered Walmart to pay a pharmacist who claimed she was wrongfully terminated.

Larkin Health Sciences Institute College of Pharmacy in Miami, Fla., has accepted its first 30 students and is scheduled to begin classes this August.

Don't knock your BOP till you hear the whole story.

Sixteen members of Congress are urging passage of the MAC Transparency Act and greater reimbursement transparency for the big federal health programs.

If you’re wondering how the “pharmacy of the future” will look and operate, an independent chain in Ohio and a medical school are set to debut their version.

Idaho has one of the lowest children’s vaccination rates in the country.

After a successful medication therapy management (MTM) pilot program involving home visits from pharmacists to reduce hospital readmissions, healthcare executives would like to expand the program.

Pharmacists see it frequently-customers making multiple purchases of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine products and seeking out the highest dosage.

Here's the latest on the second biosimilar in line to receive FDA approval.

Where is retail pharmacy headed? A look at where it's coming from may shed some light.

President Obama this week rejected a proposal from the nation’s governors that sought to fight the heroin epidemic by limiting the number of painkillers doctors could prescribe.

With 2016 well underway, pharmacies of all sizes should review recent regulatory updates to ensure compliance with rules already in effect, and preparation for those to be implemented soon. Three, in particular, warrant a close look.

Recently, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the American Pharmacists Association approved a new standard for PGY1 community-based residency training programs.

What do you do when you've got half a dozen warring paradigms inside your head?

This year's APhA award goes to one of the most widely cited pharmaceutical scientists in the world.

Reimbursement for MTM services is still a challenge for many. An insurance executive offers some well-vetted tips.

Primary nonadherence has been a barrier to optimal hypertension management. Claims data can help identify patients who need interventions to improve compliance.

Test your knowledge of pharmacy history. Questions drawn from February 10, 2016 160th Anniversary issue of Drug Topics.

Every bench pharmacist can tell this story. Every. Single. One.

New Rx, new indications, new formulations, and new generics

Products for adults and children line pharmacy shelves, with plenty of child-friendly options for parents teaching oral hygiene to the young.

As Drug Topics celebrates its 160th anniversary this year, we want to show you how far the profession of pharmacy has come.

The profession of pharmacy goes back further than you think. Way further.

While his peers play pinochle and shuffleboard, Fred Mayer brings endless energy and enthusiasm to the practice of pharmacy and public health.

As specialized pharmacy education has evolved through the years, the value that pharmacists contribute to healthcare has increased exponentially.

Health-system pharmacists help improve patient care, boost patient outcomes, reduce readmission rates, and lower costs - and savvy administrators know it.

Pharmacists are drug specialists. If their duty is to use their knowledge in service to patients, can they be sued for speaking up?