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Prodrug stimulant lisdexamfetamine dimesylate (Vyvanse, Shire) will be considered a Schedule II substance, according to recent word from DEA.

Many pharmacists will dispense oral contraceptives yet balk at dispensing Plan B. The author believes this practice is inconsistent.

Medication therapy management may hold the key to connecting managed care pharmacy and community pharmacy.

Is pharmacy a good career for a young man? One hundred years ago Druggist's Circular published a debate on the question

The differences between irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are discussed along with emerging treatments for both conditions. The recent withdrawal of tegaserod (Zelnorm) for the treatment of IBS-c has left many searching for new therapies.

Study looks at impact of pharmacists on community project about metabolic syndrome and its implications for heart disease.

An eight-hour air quality test in a Rite Aid store in Clayton, N.J., where five employees reportedly fell ill recently, has found levels of benzene and chloroform that were higher than state standards. Results of the test, taken April 20 by Rite Aid consultants, were forwarded to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

On April 10, CVS workers employed at the West Grand Boulevard location in Detroit became the third group to seek representation by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 876.

Data from a new report reveals that competition from authorized generics during the 180-day exclusivity period leads to lower prices and does not reduce or slow the introduction of new generic pharmaceuticals.

Latebreakers: CVS completes label improvements

Latebreakers: Walgreens names new chairman, president

McKesson's Health Mart franchise wins Drug Topics' 2007 Pharmacy Chain of the Year Award.

NACDS members meet their new association leader, Steven Anderson

Winn-Dixie named top pharmacy for MTM by Outcomes

The CtW Investment Group is urging fellow CVS/Caremark shareholders to withhold their votes from former Caremark directors.

CVS unveiled added benefits to customers of its ExtraCare program, including the introduction of Extra Bucks Now.

Rite Aid expects to close its acquisition of the Brooks and Eckerd drugstore chains by the end of May

Following guidelines issued by the American Pharmacists Association in February, the federal government has also issued guidelines on the disposal of medications.

Take Care Health now operates 49 clinics in five states.

In the early 1990s, when Health Mart was owned by regional wholesale distributor FoxMeyer, it was little more than a franchise tallying 800 stores. Now it is a pharmacy franchise logging 1,280 stores. The chain has experienced nearly a 400% growth rate over the past 10 months.

Longs Drug Stores announced that it has signed an agreement to exchange six stores with Rite Aid.

Take Care Health now operates 49 clinics in five states.

The pharmacy world is abuzz over the broadcast of a "20/20" report on pharmacy medication errors.

Rite Aid pharmacies have launched a two-month initiative to help allergy sufferers understand, minimize, and manage reactions to allergens.

CVS Corp. and Caremark Rx have formally closed their merger, creating the nation's premier integrated pharmacy services provider.

Shareholders of Caremark Rx Inc., the nation?s No. 2 PBM, gave the nod to a $26.5-billion merger deal with CVS Corp., the nation?s No. 2 retail drug chain.

CVS is hoping to introduce one million inner-city and rural youths to careers in pharmacy with the national launch of its ?Pathways to Pharmacy? internship program for 2007.

John Quincy Adams had been earning his annual $25,000 salary as the sixth U.S. President less than two months when Dr. Adam Carl opened his drugstore in the small south central Pennsylvania town of Greencastle.

Pharmacy education has been in an almost constant state of change for the past 150 years, since the era when a pharmacist learned by being an apprentice. That era was followed by a combination of apprenticeships and courses at local apothecary schools, and then by matriculating in schools of pharmacy for degree programs that gradually have been extended over the years.

CVS has received the 2007 ASA Business and Aging Award, presented at a joint conference held by the American Society on Aging (ASA) and the National Council on Aging (NCOA) in Chicago.