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As the health care landscape shifts and transforms, many pharmacy technicians are seeing significant changes in their roles and responsibilities.

Patrick Curtin, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Coordinator at Overlook Medical Center in Summit, New Jersey, identifies some basics to initiating statin therapy.

The partnership allows IACP to provide its compounding pharmacy members with special pricing for ACHC's nationally recognized PCAB accreditation and resources.

Carmela Avena-Woods, BSPharm, PharmD, CGP, assistant clinical professor of clinical pharmacy practice in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at St. John's University, talks about the importance of individualizing treatment for COPD.

Maria Marzella Mantione, PharmD, CGP, associate clinical professor in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at St. John's University, talks about actions plans pharmacists should have for patients with asthma.

Carmela Avena-Woods, BSPharm, PharmD, CGP, assistant clinical professor of clinical pharmacy practice in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at St. John's University, talks about the burden COPD places on society.

Maria Marzella Mantione, PharmD, CGP, associate clinical professor in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at St. John's University, talks about some lesser known facts about asthma treatment.

Doug Wessel, PharmD, CCP, consultant pharmacist, talks about what drew him to Directions in Pharmacy's 5th annual CE conference in March 2015.

The recent outbreak of a drug-resistant strain of shigellosis is giving pharmacists an important role in preventing and treating the gastrointestinal disease.

With thousands of illegally operating websites selling prescription drugs, the Partnership for Safe Medicines is urging consumers to protect themselves.

Pharmacists feeling overwhelmed by their student loans may benefit from taking a look at a comprehensive guide to state and federal pharmacy student loan forgiveness programs.

The levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system can prevent pregnancy for up to 3 years.

Saputo will manage and implement employee communications throughout the Americas region.

Often considered a consequence of the mother's illegal drug use, drug withdrawal in babies may also be linked to legally obtained narcotics.

An FDA advisory panel recommends adding a warning about the potential risk for heart failure to the labels of saxagliptin (Onglyza), saxagliptin/metformin (Kombiglyze), and alogliptin (Nesina).

When reporting diet and exercise, patients may feel pressured to say what they think clinicians want to hear.

The shares purchased by Roche in the tender offer total approximately 21,019,111 shares.

New York's Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine and Touro College of Pharmacy recently came together for the first time for an interprofessional education (IPE) class on Cultural Competence in Health Care.

Maria Marzella Mantione, PharmD, CGP, associate clinical professor in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at St. John's University, talks about some general patient counseling tips regarding inhaler technique.

Patrick Curtin, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Coordinator at Overlook Medical Center in Summit, New Jersey, provides some basics about nonstatin therapy.

Maria Marzella Mantione, PharmD, CGP, associate clinical professor in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at St. John's University, talks about how community pharmacists can help improve management of asthma in patients.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Is preventable and treatable, especially if diagnosed early.

Patients who use mobile-based telemonitoring systems for heart failure self-management feel more connected to the health care team.

The awards were presented at AMCP's 27th Annual Meeting & Expo.

The website articulates the key differences between retail and long-term care pharmacies.

Even though kids with neurological disorders are at high risk for flu-related complications, they are no more likely to receive annual flu vaccination than healthy children.

Gilead Sciences is seeking FDA approval for emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide.