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In a pilot telepharmacy project, the health center in Plainfield, Vt., is the site of an automated dispensing cabinet filling prescriptions sent in from five different rural health centers.

A middle-aged pharmacist contemplates intimations of mortality.

For treatment of many diseases, use of biologic agents continues to grow. In assessment of risk, however, clinical trials may not yield sufficient information.

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.

Widespread confusion about the new label format for prescription drugs has sent FDA officials to association meetings around the country, explanations in hand.

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The Caverject Impulse Dual Chamber System, a drug delivery device used to treat erectile dysfunction that was withdrawn by the manufacturer, will return to pharmacy shelves, according to Pfizer, Inc.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

Concordia University Wisconsin has hired Mike Brown to serve as chairman of the school?s Department of Pharmacy Practice.

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.

Most medication errors in primary care practices are prescribing errors and, while a majority of those reach the patient, pharmacists are most likely to intercept the mistakes, according to a new study by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

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).

In a news conference today, President Obama nominated Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius to the post of secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).

A survey of new Rx, new OTC, new indications, and new generics

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.

Confusion about the three different lamictal starter kits can lead to pharmacy and patient error. There are several things pharmacists can do to ensure that patients use their kits properly.

Drug Topics' exclusive survey on eye care offers pharmacist feedback and brand recommendations.

Medications for sleep disorders may cause patients to sleepwalk, drive, eat, even have sex while asleep. Patients don't often ask for information about sleep medications, so pharmacists must offer it.

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

Homelessness and mental illness often go hand-in-hand.

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.

North Dakota's attorney general wants to authorize state and local officials to prosecute online pharmacies trafficking in illegal painkiller prescriptions.

UH Hilo College of Pharmacy admitted its first class in 2007. Eventually it will generate $50 million in annual economic activity and $15 million in state incomes.

Toviaz extended-release tablets win FDA approval for treatment of overactive bladder