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Major drugstore chains report weak December sales.

Drug Topics' poll finds pharmacists against Mevacor going OTC.

Voluven is approved for blood loss

NACDS offers Web access to two studies on improving front-end sales

Group to help retailers meet IRS requirements for IIAS transactions

Medco is erecting a new mail-order pharmacy in Indiana, which it claims will be the world's largest

Stop & Shop pharmacies introduces Spanish language prescription labels, directions

Web site's FSA stores helps customers maximize flexible spending

CVS Caremark Corp. fined for child labor violations

Drug Topics poll: R.Ph.s favor BTC class of drugs

NABP awards US Script's RxDirect VIPPS Accreditation

Pharmacy directors see pipeline chock full of specialty drugs and compounds.

A trio of late-breaking clinical trials could change standard drug treatment for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, or PCI.

Company develops software to place barcodes on hospital's IV smart pumps, allowing it to track the pumps throughout the facility.

Increased collaboration and pharmacist prescribing are giving pharmacists far more market clout.

Pharmacies that sell DMEPOS supplies to Medicare patients face a variety of options for accreditation.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality releases new tools to help reduce medical errors

White paper focuses on managing hazardous pharmaceutical waste in hospitals

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in the Department of Health and Human Services recently awarded the University of Connecticut a 5-year contract and up to $1 million per year to establish a new Evidence-based Practice Center.

The new products include branded drugs, new formulations, new indications, and new dosing, along with OTCs and home health and beauty items.

Among the questions asked were what is expected for sales, salaries, and staffing for 2008.

Pharmacists' organizations were out in force at a recent FDA hearing on the possibility of creating a third category of drugs that would be placed "behind-the-counter" and pharmacist-assisted.

Indepedent pharmacies expect holiday 2007 to be an excellent sales year. This article describes some of the gifts and decorations they will be selling.

GPhA urges state governments to increase access to generics

ASHP will hold a meeting with several other organizations to study how infusion-related errors can be eliminated.

GPhA urges state governments to increase access to generics

The American Health Information Community urges CMS to mandate use of e-prescriptions in Medicare.

At the ASHP show, Baxa Corp. rolled out a no-calibration pump and a Web-based system to keep track of drug orders.

Big A Drug Stores is expecting to liquidate the assets of its 19 Drug Emporium, Big A, Camelot Drugs, Drug Fair, and Drug Barn locations before the end of the year.

Low payments by CVS Caremark force Walgreens to withdraw from four insurance plans