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Breaking News for Aug. 23, 2004

The Department of Health & Human Services unveiled proposed regulations governing the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit slated to debut in January 2006.

Medicine Shoppe International offers franchisees a new contract that reduces royalty fees but sparks controversy.

Web conference on growing threat of counter drugs and danger of importation

CMS holds meeting to discuss the establishment of regions for Medicare Part D

This installment addresses administrative security requirements

Vytorin has been approved as adjunctive therapy to diet for reduction of elevated total cholesterol.

Combination products make treatment regimens for HIV/AIDS easier to follow, because such regimens often require the simultaneous use of 3 or more drugs from different classes. The FDA recently approved abacavir/lamivudine (Epzicom, GlaxoSmithKline) 600 mg/300 mg tablets for the treatment of HIV infection. The drug will be available in U.S. pharmacies by the end of August or in early September.

Rhode Island became the first state to pass a law allowing Canadian pharmacies to become licensed to sell drugs to state residents.

Medicare Rx discount cards save beneficiaries money but the prices offered by the cards vary widely, according to an analysis conducted for the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Canadian mail order pharmacies filling prescriptions for Wisconsin residents are violating the conditions set by the governor, according to on-going analysis by the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin.

Breaking News for Aug. 9, 2004

HIPAA's privacy regulations are making pharmacists leery of reporting drug diversion information

Here is a look at the health professionals and companies authorized by DEA to handle controlled substances

Breaking News for Aug. 9, 2004

Illinois pharmacist James Pohlman, Pharm.D., is headed to Athens in August to serve as the only American doping control officer during the Olympic Games.

New Drug Checklist on Copredex

McKesson's new prototype design for independent pharmacies puts the emphasis on pharmacist counseling and wellness products and services.

Groups representing independent pharmacies and their nemesis, pharmacy benefit managers, are waging a public relations war to win the hearts and minds of legislators and employers.

Medicare has done a disservice to beneficiaries by mistakenly listing pharmacies as participants in Rx discount card programs, according to two Democractic Representatives who called for changes to the program.