Senators thanked for opposing CMS' proposed rule
March 19th 2007NACDS applauded 46 senators for their leadership in opposition to a proposed rule that could threaten the existence of retail pharmacies, particularly in rural areas and severely restrict the ability of millions of Medicaid beneficiaries to access prescription drugs from retail pharmacies.
Immunosuppressant gets name approval
March 19th 2007ISA247, a calcineurin inhibitor currently in phase IIb in North America for the prevention of organ rejection in kidney transplant patients and as a treatment for uveitis, has received approval from the United States Adopted Names Council to call the drug voclosporin.
Generation Next: Pharmacy runs in these families
March 19th 2007For 171 years a Thompson has been behind the counter at Thompson Drugs. Six generations of Heimstreets have counseled patients. The fourth generation of Seiferts recently began practice as a pharmacist, while Rupal Patel, a professor of pharmacy, is following the trail her grandfather blazed ... in India.