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Clinicians would like to have better information about treatment options for bipolar depression, but clinical trials of any length are scarce.

Type 2 diabetes drug canagliflozin (Invokana, Invokamet) can decrease bone strength and increase the risk of fractures, the FDA is warning health care professionals.

Concierge pharmacists are working directly in physicians' offices to personalize chronic care medication management for patients.

Kimberly Henderson, MD, JD, medical director for the Health Systems Alliance at CVS Health and regional medical director for MinuteClinic, discusses the biggest roadblocks to managing COPD and how pharmacists can help overcome those challenges.

The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) has been allotted $7 million for its very own 4-year pharmacy school.

Doug Long, vice president of industry relations at IMS Health, talks about the most significant market trend in the pharmaceutical industry so far in 2015.

John M. Coster, PhD, RPh, Director, Division of Pharmacy, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), will present the sixth annual William A. Zellmer Lecture on September 15, 2015, as part of ASHP's Policy Week activities.

The location you choose for your pharmacy will greatly contribute to its success or demise.

Do DTC advertisements provide enough information about the risks and benefits of medications?

Business cards continue to serve as an opportunity for human interaction in an otherwise digital world.

A target systolic blood pressure (SBP) of 120 mm Hg has outperformed the recommended 140 mm Hg target in the landmark SPRINT study.

The National Community Pharmacists Association today announced that it will collaborate with consumer-direct lab testing innovator, Ulta Lab Tests, LLC, to roll out an online community lab testing platform to participating community pharmacy members across the country.

Pharmacist management of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) produces earlier viral suppression in treatment-naïve patients than primary care alone.

Health Mart is launching a national radio and digital advertising campaign designed to help bring more patients into Health Mart stores.

AkzoNobel has signed a multi-year agreement to purchase sustainably generated steam from Dutch energy provider Eneco.

Mylan has officially commenced its formal offer to acquire all outstanding ordinary shares of Perrigo.

All non-expired drugs produced for sterile use by Alabama-based compounder Medistat RX have been recalled due to potential contamination, the FDA is warning pharmacists.

Because I played tenor saxophone in marching band, and my wife was on the silk squad, our offspring seemed destined to participate in such a corps.

Employers with onsite pharmacies are seeing a return on investment in the form of increased medication adherence among their health plan members.

Eric A Wright, PharmD, MPH, investigator I for Geisinger Health Research and associate professor at Wilkes University, discusses how new technologies will enhance the ability of a community pharmacist to support medication adherence.

A generic equivalent to Pfizer's antifungal agent Vfend has received FDA approval.

Eric A Wright, PharmD, MPH, investigator I for Geisinger Health Research and associate professor at Wilkes University, discusses how socioeconomic factors affect adherence.

Paul Greenall, senior vice president of strategy and business development at McKesson Corporation, talks about how he sees the role of the pharmacist changing in the next few years.

On the heels of CVS Health's 1-year anniversary of stopping tobacco sales, a viewpoint provides a detailed history of the "long, cozy" relationship between drugstore chains and tobacco companies.

Treatments skipped due to cost are at their lowest percentage since 1999.

Empathy is neither sympathy nor compassion, according to John L. Coulehan, MD, MPH, FACP, and Marian R. Block, MD, ABFP, in their book The Medical Interview.

A ticking sound coming from Auvi-Q may seem scary, but the Institute for Safe Medicine Practices (ISMP) has clarified that it's normal.

Pat Basu, MD, MBA, chief medical officer of Doctor on Demand, discusses problems associated with automation in the pharmacy dispensing process.