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The Ohio Board of Pharmacy is investigating the Cardinal distribution center in Findlay, Ohio, for distributing large amounts of controlled substances to an Internet pharmacy.

Two former CVS executives have been acquitted of bribing a Rhode Island state senator for legislative favors.

Three Miami area doctors and six others were charged for defrauding Medicare.

Meijer plans to offer free pre-natal vitamins in all 181 Meijer pharmacies.

An updated bulletin from ACOG offers advice on how to treat pregnant patients with mental disorders.

Hamacher Resource Group offers pharmacies advice on how to lay out their first aid product category.

ECRI Institute finds that Curlin Medical's infusion pumps may be be administering too much medication.

Walgreens is opening stores in Alaska in 2009.

There is a new tip sheet available for referral agents and grandfathered supplieres under the DMEPOS competitive bidding program.

Health Mart has named Tim Canning president, succeeding Stefan Linn.

A new three-category label is in the works for pregnancy and breastfeeding information.

A California man faces incarceration and a hefty fine for selling drugs over the Internet without the proper safeguards in place.

CMS issues a final rule letting researchers and HHS access Part D claims data for research purposes.

SEI Pharmaceuticals' Xiadafil VIP Tabs are being recalled for containing a substance that could hurt patients.

Express Scripts has agreed to pay 28 states and the District of Columbia $9.3 million to settle charges that it switched cholesterol-lowering drugs for financial gain.

Doing an ECG first before kids get ADHD drugs is the preferred course of treatment, say AAP and AHA.

CMS will need more time before it issues a final rule on conditions for hospices to participate in Medicare and Medicaid.

A California man faces incarceration and a hefty fine for selling drugs over the Internet without the proper safeguards in place.

FDA warns about the dangers in Mommy's Bliss Nipple Cream.

The City of San Francisco is suing McKesson in federal court, alleging that the wholesaler conspired to inflate the gap between wholesale acquisition costs and average wholesale prices.

The results of 13 focus groups on Medicare Part D have been compiled into a report for MedPAC.

A new study finds a direct correlation between increasing drug costs and decreasing hospitalization costs.

The FAA has banned anti-smoking drug Chantix for pilots and air controllers over safety concerns.

A new Web site is offering a search engine of Internet pharmacies to identify those that meet standards of quality and business practices.

A CVS pharmacy in New York dispensed a chemo drug, instead of PTU, to a patient.

Kline & Co. study reveals U.S. drug retailers want a more interactive relationship with OTC drug marketers.

The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy has established a web site to target Internet pharmacies that do not meet its recommended criteria of online drug sales.

The National Associaton of Chain Drug Stores has submitted comments to House and Senate requesting they reject proposals to expand DME competitive bidding program to diabetic supplies.

The pharmacy benefit manager Prime Therapeutics announces that it has received VIPPS accreditation.

ASHP's latest survey of hospital pharmacists shows that they are increasingly a force to be reckoned with.