Chain Pharmacy

At the recent McKesson ideaShare 2014 meeting in Orlando, Health Mart introduced four new courses designed to help its independent pharmacies market their services.

For newly fledged pharmacists, a few solid tips on how to honor your patients, your profession, and yourselves.

Kermit Crawford, employed by Walgreens in various capacities over the past three decades, is retiring as the chain’s president of pharmacy, health, and wellness, the company announced today.

McKesson's new Adherence Performance reporting solution will provide actionable data to identify patients more quickly than pharmacies can do using a manual method.

As part of the retail chain’s new Balance Rewards for healthy choices initiative, select Walgreens pharmacists and online chat agents will receive behavior-change training based on noted psychologist B.J. Fogg’s methodology.

Colchicine therapy, an effective anti-inflammatory agent for gout, is a promising treatment for preventing recurrent pericarditis. However, some patients have discontinued its use because of gastrointestinal intolerance, according to a report published online for the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, which will appear in the August 1 edition.

Patients who received the combo along with statin therapy did not experience higher rates of prevention of major vascular events compared with those taking placebo and statins.

First Google. Now FedEx. The shipping giant was recently indicted by a federal jury in San Francisco for "knowingly and intentionally” conspiring to distribute substances from unauthorized pharmacies.

CVS Caremark announced that it plans to purchase the Miami-based Navarro Discount Pharmacy chain, which includes 33 retail drug stores and a special pharmacy known as Navarro Health Services.

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) ruled this week that the pain reliever tramadol is now classified as a Schedule IV controlled substance (CS).

Rite Aid recently agreed to pay $498,250 to settle charges that some of its California pharmacists frequently did not provide patient consultations required by law.

Written by a pharmacist who has endured through thick and through thin, these 10 tips remind pharmacy professionals that they have plenty to take pride in.

As specialty pharmaceuticals consume more of the healthcare dollar, the role of managed care pharmacy will be critical.

Go ahead. Blame Obamacare. It won't make any difference.

Industry and academe collaborate on opportunities for young people to explore the range of careers in pharmacy.

Electronic prescribing of controlled substances isn't much of an improvement over previous practice.

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New Rx, generics, OTC, and devices for pharmacists.

Two trials involving 100 totally blind individuals with circadian rhythm sleep disorders established the efficacy of the new product.

Specialty pharmacy is big and getting bigger. Some even call it a gold rush. Here are tips for those who'd like a piece of the action.

Available data indicated "serious risks associated with the use of aspirin, including increased risk of bleeding in the stomach and brain."

The Supplemental Bulletin expands upon previous guidance, focusing particularly on disease funds and legitimate copay waivers for prescribed medications.

The words might as well be tattooed on our foreheads: "I probably know the answer. I don't even charge."

A besetting problem in a screen-obsessed age, dry eye can be distractingly painful. Several companies offers products that promise relief.

Some families run to redheads. Some families witness a series of multiple births over a couple of generations. But a flock of pharmacists? Would that be nature, nurture, or morphic resonance?

A new survey indicates that pharmacists, nurses, and other practitioners believe IV insulin and anticoagulants should be considered the medications that can cause the most harm when used improperly.

Compounding pharmacists are concerned about Express Scripts’ decision to stop covering around 1,000 active compounded drug ingredients used by compounding pharmacies to create topical treatments.

State lawmakers in California are considering a bill that would allow patients to opt out of health plan requirements that certain prescriptions be filled by mail order.

Retail pharmacies that use Cardinal Health’s Heart Health Specialized Care Center will now have more tools to help patients manage cardiovascular health and prevent heart disease.

Kim Ankenbruck has a knack for expressing what many of her fellow pharmacists are thinking. Here, she tackles the question of how to practice integrity in an environment designed to punish the attempt.