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A Press Ganey Associates report reveals which patients are most and least satisfied with their hospitals.

Cardinal Health and GE Healthcare are partnering to expand the distribution of the imaging agent Myoview.

Generics and pharmacy's bottom line.

Congress informs CMS that Medicare durable medical equipment bidding program may harm small businesses

CVS reaches $36.7 million settlement agreement on retail dispensing practices for ranitidine.

Anthracycline extravasation gains new ICD-9-CM code

Fougera and Protherics announce increased DigiFab production to counteract shortage.

APhA's executive VP/CEO John Gans to leave APhA

An Illinois bill would prohibit the sale of tobacco in stores that have an in-store health clinic.

Wal-Mart's $4 prescription program saves customers more than $1 billion

Walgreens creates health and wellness division, acquires I-trax, Whole Health Management

Patients benefit from APhA's Diabetes Ten-City Challenge self-management program, according to an early analysis.

Data from two new studies add to Epogen, Procrit, and Aranesp prescribing information for cancer patients

AARP, consumer groups, unions, and a business and labor coalition jointly call for affordable prescription drugs.

The American College of Physicians Clinical Efficacy Assessment Subcommittee issued a statement regarding the optimal HbA1c target for people with type 2 diabetes.

NACDS submits testimony on efforts to curb prescription and OTC drug abuse

Deloitte study shows connected care model promotes technologically enabled in home health care

AstraZeneca will share more information about its U.S. business

Tibotec Pharmaceuticals updates prescribing information for darunavir (Prezista) to warn of hepatotoxicity

Medco Health has begun construction of a $140-million mail-order pharmacy in Indiana, which will include research center.

FDA issues warning on Tussionex use

Palliative care providers are asked to comment on the Joint Commission's draft standards in this area of practice

Eleven drug companies settled litigation that charged they knowingly inflated average wholesale price for drugs in the Medicare Part B program.

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals receives FDA approval for levoleucovorin.

An Associated Press series on pharmaceutical waste in the water supply draws attention to drug disposal and water safety issues.

FDA warns public about companies that sell drugs over the Internet that claim to prevent, treat STDs.

Kmart Pharmacy to launch first $1 OTC program.

Walgreens opens first store in the District of Columbia.

National Autism Association holds press conference on mercury-containing vaccines and examine immunization schedule for risk.

Market research firm Verispan offers a look at the pharmaceutical market of 2007 in terms of sales by brands and generics.