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Jonas Salk, Sovaldi, and the slippery slope to perdition.

A study suggests that warfarin use may lead to a decrease in and even long-term remission of psychotic symptoms in patients with schizophrenia.

FDA's proposed new rule would allow individual generic-drug application holders to update product labeling information to temporarily reflect changes in safety information prior to FDA review.

Generics are still a good deal. But as they reach their maximum saturation point, the deal is changing.

Over the last few years, the number of drugs on shortage has remained the same. It may even have gone up. Hospitals continue to confront the issues and devise responses.

As of July 24, Sandoz became the first to file for approval of a biologic under the biosimilar pathway. What will happen next remains to be seen.

When druggists morphed into pharmacists, an essential quality was lost. The need for speed has just about buried it. But you can bring it back.

Teva Generics leads the U.S. generic pharmaceutical market in total and new prescriptions, with total prescriptions of approximately 523 million in 2013, representing one out of every seven generic prescriptions filled in the U.S.

Feedback from pharmacists and other Drug Topics readers

Medicinal plants and drugs of biological origin have their place in the treatment of chronic diseases. Among them, stevia shows promise as a possible source of new therapies for diabetes.

Physicians are responsible for prescribing and dispensing. Pharmacists have a corresponding responsibility to fill those prescriptions appropriately.

Pharmacists dealing with Rxs for controlled substances have their lists of red flags and greens flags. Are they now showing the white flag, as well?

Available technology can help pharmacies improve patient adherence, boost patient outcomes, and earn high CMS Star measures. Everybody wins.

Pharmacists are logical candidates to help patients quit smoking. Here are some of the reasons.

Title II of the DQSA is the Drug Supply Chain Security Act. As of January 1, 2015, new changes and mandates will move all members of the supply chain closer to becoming mandatory oversight partners with FDA.

New initiatives show that medication management is at the core of advanced discharge planning and transitional care. That's where pharmacists come in.

New Rx, generics, and OTC

Summer's not over yet. For customers planning August vacations or anyone with active children, here are some new options for the first-aid kit.

Seven out of 10 prescribers use e-prescribing, and virtually all pharmacies are now equipped to receive them.

CVS Caremark reported a drop in front-store sales as a result of its decision to phase out tobacco products, but pharmacy sales drove second-quarter earnings past Wall Street expectations.

Criminals will now have to stand around and wait for the safes to open. Wonder what they'll do while they're waiting.

Walgreens told investors its intention to acquire its remaining 55% interest in European pharmacy giant Alliance Boots-and that the company will continue to be based in the United States.

Opponents of a North Dakota law that has kept retailers such as Wal-Mart and Walgreens from operating pharmacies in the state are hoping to overturn the law through a statewide ballot.

A young PharmD takes on a repetitive process and turns it into a mobile app.

When the Pennsylvania Project evaluated the impact on medication adherence of screenings and brief interventions by pharmacists, it found improvement in both adherence rates and cost savings.

Here's what pharmacists were reading, talking, posting, and tweeting about throughout July 2014.

FDA gives the nod to Purdue Pharma's Targiniq ER.