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Jannette Soto, PharmD, explains how winning the 2014 Next-Generation Pharmacistâ„¢ Technology Innovator of the Year award will impact her pharmacy career.

Danny R. Johnson, RPh, recounts how he reacted to being selected as a finalist for the Next-Generation Pharmacistâ„¢ Civic Leader of the Year award.

Robbing the Jobstown Pharmacy in Dublin was apparently tiring work for 2 suspects, as Irish authorities found them asleep on a pile of stolen money.

In a study of patients with comorbid COPD and metabolic syndrome, elevated triglyceride levels were associated with increased mortality rates.

Michelle Earich, CPhT, describes the unique challenges that pharmacy technicians face.

Jannette Soto, PharmD, describes her reaction to being selected as a 2014 Next-Generation Pharmacistâ„¢ Technology Innovator of the Year finalist.

Michelle Earich, CPhT, offers career advice to the 2014 Next-Generation Pharmacistâ„¢ Technician of the Year finalists.

Jannette Soto, PharmD, discusses the challenges in technology innovation that she foresees in the future.

Michelle Earich, CPhT, details how receiving the 2012 Next-Generation Pharmacistâ„¢ Technician of the Year award has impacted her career.

Jannette Soto, PharmD, explains how she has overcome technology-related hurdles in pharmacy.

The 2012 Next-Generation Pharmacistâ„¢ Technician of the Year, Michelle Earich, CPhT, describes how this year's finalists reminded her of herself.

Jannette Soto, PharmD, describes the most useful professional advice she has received.

Results of a phase 2 clinical study suggest that the weight-loss drug, lorcaserin hydrochloride, is also an effective smoking cessation aid.

UCB, Advent International and Avista Capital Partners, two leading private equity firms with a strong healthcare focus, today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement providing for the acquisition of UCB's US specialty generics subsidiary, Kremers Urban Pharmaceuticals Inc., by Advent and Avista. UCB will receive gross cash proceeds of US$ 1 525 million upon closing, subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions. UCB plans to use the proceeds from this divestiture to reduce indebtedness and increase the company's capacity strategic investments, to further accelerate growth and/or to further strengthen its innovative medicines pipeline.

New research suggests that patients with celiac disease adversely react to not only gluten, but also non-gluten proteins.

Patients on 20-mg maintenance doses of esomeprazole reported no more than mild symptom severity.

Unless you personally know a residency director, it's difficult to connect with one. That's where pharmacy conferences come in.

Gilead Sciences, Inc., has submitted a new drug application to the FDA for its investigational single-tablet regimen for HIV infection in adult patients.

Mylan Inc. today announced it has signed a multi-year strategic alliance agreement with Walt Disney Parks and Resorts to help increase awareness of anaphylaxis, a life-threatening allergic reaction. The agreement includes updated maps in Disney's domestic theme parks and on its cruise ships as well as updated signage in the parks that highlight locations with EpiPen® and EpiPen Jr® Auto-Injectors. Over time, the companies also will introduce a variety of educational resources designed to increase awareness of and preparedness for severe allergic reactions.

Filoviruses such as the Ebola and Marburg viruses edit the genetic material of the individuals they infect, according to the results of a recent study.

Michelle Earich, CPhT, offers her thoughts on the 2014 Next-Generation Pharmacistâ„¢ finalists.

A suspect who allegedly robbed Eckerd Pharmacy in Ashland City, Tennessee, at gunpoint and then led police on a high-speed, cross-county chase was apprehended on the night of November 4, 2014.

Airport security agents using a new conversation-based screening method caught mock airline passengers with deceptive cover stories more than 20 times as often as agents who used the traditional method of examining body language for suspicious signs, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.

The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association and The Wellness Network are expanding their collaborative efforts to provide heart disease and stroke patients with an exciting new cardiovascular disease-focused in-hospital TV channel and on-demand video portal to improve health through education.