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If your inner entrepreneur is hollering to get out, maybe you should go for it.

Asking whether hydrocodone should be rescheduled is only the beginning.

Walgreens recently opened what is believed to be the nation’s first zero energy retail store. The Evanston, Ill., store uses approximately 850 solar panels and 2 wind turbines, and is anticipated to produce more energy than it consumes.

Caremark LLC, a division of CVS Caremark, has agreed to pay $4.25 million to five states to settle allegations that it defrauded Medicaid programs by billing them for prescription costs paid by private insurers.

During its annual foundation dinner in New York City this week, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation raised more than $1.8 million to support research, education, and medication adherence initiatives.

Helena Foulkes, a veteran with more than two decades of experience with CVS Caremark, will become president of the retail chain’s pharmacy business effective Jan. 1.

Patients who quit taking their statins are frequently on 3-4 other meds as well, and drug interactions are amplifying their experience of muscle pain.

Reevaluation of RECORD trial data fails to uncover elevated cardiovascular risk.

Changing the infusion site of specialty drugs can lower costs for patients with cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and other complex diseases, according to the 2013 Specialty Trend Management Insights Report, released by CVS Caremark.

After celebrating his 65th birthday at the beach, pharmacist Roger Harris returned to his Anniston, Ala. workplace to find a surprise waiting for him: He had been fired and replaced by a 27 year-old.

Medication adherence rates for HIV patients with associated comorbidities such as mental illness was higher for patients using Walgreens HIV-specialized pharmacies than for patients using the chain’s other retail pharmacies, according to two recently released studies.

Health Mart has launched a marketing support program to help its pharmacy owners attract new customers and find additional revenue sources.

Walgreens has donated $100,000 to the American Red Cross for Typhoon Haiyan disaster-relief efforts.

When pharmacists manage drug therapy for physicians, diabetes patients see a significant improvement in key measures.

CMS' new rules for fees, mail order, and delivery of diabetes testing products have created big challenges for patients and the community pharmacists who used to deliver their supplies.

Prescribers treating obese and overweight patients with diabetes now have two new treatment options to consider.

In the wake of last year's fungal meningitis tragedy, the Specialty Sterile Pharmaceutical Society brings a new voice to an industry under fire.

Grass-roots successes achieved at the state and local levels support federal initiatives pursued by the national pharmacy organization.

Patients in rural settings can still receive personalized care from pharmacists. With tele consults, all they need is an internet connection and a laptop.

Popular contributor "Goose" Rawlings offers a simple solution to a universal problem.

With obesity rates growing and diabetes diagnoses going up, healthcare providers are focusing on the need to treat GDM in both mother and unborn child.