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The next few years should produce some big wins - and some big winners.

Without either element, product and profits suffer. Pharmacists get it. But do their bosses?

Many patients have diabetes for between 10 and 20 years or more before DR develops, so the key to managing ocular complications in patients with diabetes is regular evaluations.

A pharmacist's failure to counsel can result in severe, life-changing consequences for the patient.

The untimely passing of the founding dean of the pharmacy school at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, N.Y., unites a community in mourning.

The feds are throwing the book at NECC. Here are some of the details.

Can-do exemplar is recognized for his many contributions to the profession of pharmacy.

A grab bag of products designed to keep those pearly whites in tiptop condition.

Salaries of entry-level health-system pharmacists are expected to decline by at least 10% over the next five years, predicts a new report from ASHP.

High-dose inactivated influenza vaccinations from community pharmacists during 2012-2013 flu season were more effective than standard-dose inactivated flu shots in patients 65 years and older, and helped in the prevention of influenza-associated hospitalizations, according to a comparative effectiveness study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

Rite Aid recently announced the opening of 24 RediClinics inside pharmacies in Baltimore, Washington D.C., and Philadelphia.

North Dakota residents who last year rejected a ballot measure that would have removed pharmacy-ownership restrictions should know that their opponents were well financed.

Doing everything possible to ensure patients aren’t readmitted in the hospital shortly after discharge is not only in the best interest of patients, but it is in the financial best interests of hospitals.

Among four New York retail chains, only 21% of store-brand supplements tested contained the plant material named on their labels.

HHS wants to improve quality of care through a shift from fee-for-service to alternative payment models. Whether the timetable can be met remains to be seen.

FDA approved 41 new molecular entities in 2014, including several for cancer, type 2 diabetes, and hepatitis C.

Even when a pharmacy takes adequate precautionary steps, there’s no guarantee that a pharmacist or pharmacy technician still might not find himself or herself facing an armed robber. So what should pharmacy workers do when during a robbery?

Yet another poll/list/survey has been released naming pharmacist as one of the best jobs in America. But are these polls/lists/surveys worth the web space or paper they occupy?

Should a pharmacist afraid of needles have to administer immunizations as part of his or her job? Or should pharmacies be required to make reasonable accommodations for such an employee?

When you find a good thing, pass it on. Here's a story of nine pharmacists who have done exactly that.

According to a new government report, health care-associated (HCA) infections in acute care hospitals decreased between 2011 and 2013, including a 10% drop in Clostridium difficile infections and an 8% decline in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia.

The OIG found that almost all acute-care hospitals use compounded sterile preparations (CSPs) and most contract with standalone compounding pharmacies to provide at least some of their CSPs.

FDA has approved a second vaccine for the prevention of meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitides serogroup B for children age 10 years to young adults up to age 25 years.

Larkin Community Hospital in Florida has announced plans to open a pharmacy school in Miami next year, which would be the first in the city.

Two Rivers Medicine Shoppe, in Two Rivers, Wis., becomes third pharmacy to receive accreditation.

The newly-formed Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC), a group of independent long-term care pharmacies, plans to work with U.S. Congressional leaders to reintroduce the Medicare Efficient Drug Dispensing Act.

Merck is voluntarily discontinuing the production and distribution of hepatitis C virus therapy, boceprevir (Victrelis) by December 2015 because of low demand