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The Sacramento County Division of Public Health is warning the public about a sharp increase in opioid-related overdoses in the past 2 weeks.

With many independent community pharmacists reporting financial losses filling Medicare prescriptions, the National Community Pharmacists Association has written to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and asked the agency to take action to prompt Part D plans and/or their pharmacy benefit managers to comply with a federal requirement that Medicare prescription drug reimbursement reflect "the market price of acquiring the drug."

Eric Christianson CGP, BCPS, is the founder and primary contributing author of MedEd101, a blog about clinical pharmacy education expertise for fellow pharmacists, students, nurses, and our health care provider communities.

The FDA has approved Gilead Sciences' emtricitabine 200 mg/tenofovir alafenamide 25 mg (Descovy), a treatment for HIV.

John Fanikos, RPh, MBA, director of pharmacy at Brigham and Women's Hospital, talks about patient-specific factors to consider when selecting a novel oral anticoagulant.

Resuscitation medicine has been lacking high-quality, evidence-based standards.

The Rutgers University Board of Governors has authorized the creation of Rutgers Health, an innovative, statewide academic health care provider organization that will revolutionize patient care across New Jersey.

The pharmacist's role continues to evolve from a distribution focus toward an emphasis on value-based health care.

AbbVie and Boehringer Ingelheim have announced a global collaboration to develop and commercialize BI 655066, an anti-IL-23 monoclonal biologic antibody in Phase 3 development for psoriasis.

Recent research shows that only 1% of obese patients eligible for FDA-approved weight-loss drugs are actually prescribed them.

When state budgets fall short of required funding for their Medicaid programs, prescription drug coverage is among the optional services that are potentially cut.

New HIV cases among gay men are more likely to stem from the South than any other region in the United States.

The Generic Pharmaceutical Association commends the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's vote today to recommend that Congress take action to increase generic drug utilization among Medicare Part D low-income subsidy beneficiaries.

In their ongoing commitment to protect TRICARE beneficiaries' access to prescription medications, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the National Community Pharmacists Association sent letters last week to the chairmen and ranking members of the House Armed Services Committee and the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) urging them to protect TRICARE beneficiary access.

B. Braun Medical Inc has initiated a voluntary recall of 1 lot of 5% dextrose injection USP 100/150 mL container due to potential leakage and microbial growth.

John Fanikos, RPh, MBA, director of pharmacy at Brigham and Women's Hospital, discusses how a patient's renal function and comorbidities affect dosing regimens for novel oral anticoagulants.

My anecdotal perspective is that the pharmacy job market in North Carolina is tight right now.

Tennessee could become the next US state to permit pharmacists to prescribe birth control.

Nearly every student pharmacist graduates with tens of thousands of dollars in student loans.

Johnson & Johnson has announced the official launch of its global public health strategy at the opening of its companies' on-the-ground global public health operations in Cape Town, South Africa.

Coughing is a simple brainstem-mediated reflex, but the urge to cough follows a complex pathway across higher-order brain regions.

The University of Southern California School of Pharmacy is taking fungi to new heights.

Certain subspecialties within the pharmacy profession may be well suited for a postgraduate year 3 residency program.

Although there is evidence that stroke-related deaths are on the decline, the number of strokes occurring in young patients is on the rise.

Target Corporation has announced that it will consolidate its media buying and planning business under GroupM, a world-class media agency based in New York City.

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc has submitted a new drug application for telotristat etiprate, an oral drug for the treatment of carcinoid syndrome.

Michael Cawley, BS, PharmD, RRT, CPFT, FCCM, professor of clinical pharmacy at the University of the Sciences, discusses how to improve adherence.

The FDA has announced that it is updating the labels of several type 2 diabetes medications to warn patients and providers of an increased heart failure risk associated with the drugs' use.

The National Community Pharmacists Association was recently invited to provide testimony to the Regulatory Framework Task Force of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners at their national convention in New Orleans, La.

The American Pharmacists Association Foundation today announced its new officers of the Board of Directors for the 2016-2017 year, and welcomed three newly-elected Directors for the 2016-2019 term. Leonard Edloe, M.Div, PharmD, was elected to serve as President, following a term as Vice President.