Canning leaves Health Mart for Omnicare
June 21st 2011Tim Canning is no longer president of Health Mart, McKesson?s retail pharmacy franchise and Drug Topic?s 2011 Chain of the Year. As of June 17, Canning switched hats to become the chief marketing officer and senior vice president at long-term care pharmacy chain Omnicare.
Late-breaking news: Prescription cold medications gain FDA approval
June 17th 2011FDA approved a new drug application for Zutripro (hydrocodone bitartrate, chlorpheniramine maleate and pseudoephedrine HCl) Oral Solution (CIII) and Rezira (hydrocodone bitartrate and pseudoephedrine HCl) Oral Solution (CIII), according to a statement issued by Cypress Pharmaceutical.
New foundation helps healthcare providers understand and treat mental illness
June 15th 2011The College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP) is preparing to launch its CPNP Foundation, which will promote state-of-the-art and essential treatment for people affected by psychiatric and neurologic illness.
A call for a moratorium on new pharmacy schools
June 15th 2011While the U.S. population is expected to increase 12.6% between 2000 and 2013, the number of pharmacy school graduates will come close to doubling. The oversupply of pharmacists is already having a drastic effect on student debt, job prospects, and wages. The time to halt the proliferation of pharmacy schools has come.
Patient harm and pharmacist liability
June 15th 2011Whereas historic pharmacy practice linked the pharmacist to a product, as pharmacists move toward more complete healthcare services, they are now also providers of cognitive services. As pharmacists delve further into cognitive services and take on greater patient responsibility, the process is likely to add to liability exposure.
Effective Rx choices depend on careful literature review
June 15th 2011An accurate understanding of the effectiveness of medications, which guides decisions about their optimal use, depends on a critical appraisal of published literature, according to Alvin Goo, PharmD. Goo is a clinical pharmacist with Harborview Medical Center and clinical associate professor, University of Washington School of Pharmacy and Family Medicine, Seattle.
Patient-centered medical home improves Seattle healthcare system's delivery of services
June 15th 2011At Seattle's Group Health Cooperative, patient management is a team affair. Primary care physicians, clinical pharmacists, nurses, and assistants all work together to meet the needs of patients through a patient-centered medical home approach.
NABP e-profile IDs make it easier to get CPE credit
June 15th 2011A new continuing education reporting system sponsored by NABP and ACPE should be in use by the end of the year. In order to receive credit for CPE activities, applicants will provide their NABP e-Profile ID and date of birth. IDs may be obtained at the NABP website.
Two new molecular entities treat hypertension and COPD
June 15th 2011FDA has approved azilsartan medoxomil 40-mg and 80-mg tablets for the treatment of hypertension, either alone or in combination with other antihypertensive agents. FDA has also approved roflumilast as a treatment to reduce the risk of COPD exacerbations in patients with severe COPD associated with chronic bronchitis and a history of exacerbations (not the relief of acute bronchospasm).
Drug Topics releases top 200 branded and generic drug lists
June 14th 2011Despite a drop in the number of prescriptions written for the top 10 branded drugs in 2010 compared with 2009, there were gains in terms of retail dollars among most of the manufacturers of the top 10 products, according to the Drug Topics top 200 branded drugs lists.