Chain Pharmacy

Boulder, Colo.-based Pharmaca, the nation's first European-style integrative retail pharmacy focuses on treating the whole person. Their successful model made them the choice as Drug Topics' 2009 Chain of the Year.

For some pharmacists, the road from clinical practice to management is unexpected - and inevitable.

A retailer's review of best-selling OTC categories, including digestive health, vitamins and supplements, and eye and ear care.

With violence against pharmacists mounting across the country, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) initiates a long-range study.

Students in a University of Florida healthcare risk management class examine the connection between medication errors and patient counseling from the dual perspective of pharmacists and risk managers.

Now that pharmacists are empowered to vaccinate and immunize in every state but Maine, each state must work out regulatory requirements and protocols.

Novation, a healthcare contracting services company based in Texas, has contracted with McKesson Corp?s OneStop Generics Program for its mutual health system customers.

A recent study found slight differences in the way medical students and pharmacy students view the medically underserved.

The Caverject Impulse Dual Chamber System, a drug delivery device used to treat erectile dysfunction that was withdrawn by the manufacturer, will return to pharmacy shelves, according to Pfizer, Inc.

California may be moving toward a new form of liability. The state Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from Wyeth in a case the held the drug maker liable for injuries caused by generic versions of Reglan (metoclopramide) made by another manufacturer.

Drug chains and vendors need to do a better job of collaborating and sharing information, particularly in this tough economy, according to a panel of retail executives and manufacturers at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores conference in Orlando.

Leaders in food and drug retailing are learning how to market to customers in the new economy, said the keynote speaker at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores conference in Orlando on Monday.

A bipartisan bill that would allow the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve affordable copies of biotech drugs has been introduced in Congress.

Pfizer Inc. will begin selling dozens more generic drugs through new deals with an Indian generic company, becoming the latest brand-name drug maker looking to grow its market share in the growing generics market.

In an effort to permit community pharmacies to negotiate better contracts, Reps. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) recently introduced legislation designed to level the playing field between community pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).

The profession of pharmacy is dedicated to supporting health and wellbeing. The sale of cigarettes in pharmacies is a blemish upon that healthcare image. Pharmacists and their organizations must act to stop this practice.

Drug Topics' exclusive salary survey reveals good news for pharmacists.

Pharmacies are being robbed across the country in increasing numbers. Many of these robberies involve controlled substances. New prevention approaches are needed.

Pharmacy Optimization Within Enterprise Re-engineering, Walgreens' central fill program, is already in Florida and Arizona. It may be the first such program to go national.

DEA wants to make it easier for hospitals, long-term-care facilities, patients, and others to dispose of controlled substances. FDA, EPA, and state agencies are also dealing with this issue.

Drugstore.com continues to experience growth, particularly in sales of OTC products, and is expanding internationally, a company executive told attendees at the Jeffries 5th Annual Internet & Media Conference in New York this week.

There are more than 50 million children in the US, most of whom receive some sort of medication during their childhood. That may be one reason niche pharmacies are becoming more popular.

Cleveland Clinic has joined forces with MinuteClinic to staff clinics inside several northeast Ohio CVS/pharmacy stores.

Twelve pharmacy groups have formed a coalition to promote common pharmacy principles for health care reform.

A pharmacy risk manager can help reduce medication errors, improve patient safety, manage quality improvement, monitor claims and expenses, and improve healthcare delivery.

New OTC products for sore throats include sprays, lozenges, strips, ices, and liquids.

Specialty pharmacies are developing to meet the growing needs of children and senior citizens.

South Dakota pharmacists can now authorize, supervise, and verify prescriptions filled by pharmacy technicians in remote locations.

Rite Aid and subsidiaries in eight states were fined $5 million for violating the Controlled Substances Act.

Gregory D. Wasson has been appointed as Walgreens Chief Executive Officer and a director of the company effective Feb. 1, the company recently announced.