Ryan Marotta, Assistant Editor

Less than 1% of healthy patients enrolled in early-stage clinical trials experience serious adverse events, half of which are unrelated to the drug or procedure studied, a new meta-analysis suggests.

A new state law will allow women in Oregon to receive birth control from their pharmacist.

With pharmacy technicians taking on increasingly important roles and responsibilities, there is greater potential for their errors to prove dangerous or even fatal.

Many states implement unlawful and life-threatening restrictions on Medicaid coverage for the hepatitis C virus drug, sofosbuvir.

Oregon allows pharmacists to be reimbursed for performing clinical pharmacy services.

With Governor Kate Brown's signature on House Bill (HB) 2028, Oregon is the latest state to recognize pharmacists as health care providers.

Pharmacists included in primary care teams improve antihypertensive medication management for patients with type 2 diabetes.

Allegations include conspiracy to commit health care fraud, violations of the anti-kickback statutes, money laundering, and aggravated identity theft.

For Angela Kao, a pharmacy student at the South Carolina College of Pharmacy, empathy and compassion are important both inside and outside the pharmacy.

Nearly 250 individuals, including pharmacy owners and physicians, have been charged for allegedly participating in various Medicare fraud schemes following a nationwide sweep.

Although the world's population is generally living longer today than a decade ago, the vast majority still has a number of health issues.

Children aged 12 to 17 years with migraines now have a new option for alleviating their symptoms.

A new bill introduced in the US Senate would permit pharmacists to dispense birth control pills without a prescription.

The FDA approved a 2.9-mg/0.71-mg dosage strength of Orexo's sublingual buprenorphine/naloxone (Zubsolv).

Pharmacy technicians in Pennsylvania may soon be held to higher regulatory standards as a result of new legislation passed by state lawmakers.

Patients who resume taking high blood pressure medication within 48 hours of surgery may have reduced risk of death.

Pharmacists in Pennsylvania are one step closer to administering flu shots to children, thanks to legislation passed by state lawmakers.

Operations halted after vials of albumin were found to have fungal contamination.

The NIH today suspended all operations of its Clinical Center Pharmaceutical Development Section after discovering severe manufacturing deficiencies.

Routine medical tests are still frequently performed before low-risk surgeries, despite clinical guidelines recommending against such preoperative screening.

Almost all opioid addicts on methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) are cut off from the medicine when incarcerated, but this interruption reduces their inclination to seek addiction treatment.

A new tattoo can be a source of long-term skin problems for some patients.

Patients remain largely uninformed about the dangers of unnecessary disease screening and overdiagnosis.

Treatment is the first concentrated mealtime insulin analog to be approved by the FDA.

The FDA today approved a new 200 unit/mL formulation of Lilly's Humalog KwikPen for patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Although previous reports focused on the risks of antidepressant use in new mothers, a recent study stressed the benefits these drugs provide for women with postpartum depression.

Patients inaccurately diagnosed by their health care providers are more likely to receive inappropriate antibiotics that can lead to drug resistance, clinical failure, and adverse events.

Previous elements of reimbursements contracts are currently being eliminated.

Nashrah Maryum, a pharmacy student at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has long been motivated by a desire to serve the underprivileged in her community.

Recent changes to reimbursement algorithms create new opportunities for consultant pharmacists to strengthen their contributions to managed care contracts.