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The Pharmacy Technician Educators Council (PTEC) last week named Jack Bruggeman, M.B.A., director, ASHP Special Publishing, as recipient of the 2015 PTEC Phil Naut Award.

Spending most of your time at home on your smartphone could signal depression.

Six patient deaths and other serious adverse events have been linked to SentreHeart's Lariat Suture Delivery Device, the FDA is warning health care professionals.

Daniel Kraft, MD, chair of medicine at Singularity University and chair/founder of Exponential Medicine, defines the "quantified self."

Opioids produce less pain relief and more side effects in chronic lower back pain patients with high levels of depression and anxiety.

The Pharmacy Quality Alliance has announced an expansion of its team that includes a new role designed to maximize the connections among its members and drive member value.

The benefits of extending warfarin treatment following a first episode of pulmonary embolism (PE) are not sustained after discontinuation of oral anticoagulation.

Cardinal Health has announced plans to acquire OutcomesMTM, a privately owned company that contracts with more than 40 US health plans throughout the United States.

There are multiple OTC options for nasal steroid sprays

Eisai Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to transfer ownership of its Research Triangle Park-based manufacturing facility in North Carolina, the United States, to Biogen Inc.

Young male patients tend to receive antipsychotic prescriptions more often than their female counterparts.

The Medical University of South Carolina and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company today announced that they have entered into a translational research collaboration.

The Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition today praised California Governor Jerry Brown for signing into law AB 627, which brings badly-needed reforms to abusive PBM pricing and reimbursement practices.

Pharmacy majors receive the second-highest median earnings among bachelor's degree holders.

Jeffrey Yang, pharmacy student at Rutgers' Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, offers a few traits needed to be a good pharmacist.

Alex Wei, Rutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy student, shares why he wanted to go to pharmacy school.

The FDA recently approved Veloxis Pharmaceuticals' tacrolimus extended-release tablets to prevent organ rejection in kidney transplant patients.

Did you know that these past and present figures have a history in pharmacy?

One resource that provides relevant information on medication use during lactation is LactMed.

Opioid addiction is destroying this country.

The National Community Pharmacists Association announced three teams of pharmacy students as finalists in the 2015 Good Neighbor Pharmacy NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition.

The National Community Pharmacists Association announced today that 3 teams of pharmacy students have been named finalists in the 2015 Good Neighbor Pharmacy NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition.

The entire July 2015 issue of Heart Failure Clinics is devoted to team-based care.

Boehringer Ingelheim welcomes the international evidence-based 2015 ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT Clinical Practice Guideline: Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis " An Update of the 2011 Guideline.

Five leading U.S. public health organizations called on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Board of Directors to withdraw from the Chamber unless it stops fighting measures to reduce tobacco use.

Sandoz has launched a generic version of the injectable anticoagulant, bivalirudin (Angiomax), following a completed supply and distribution deal with The Medicines Company.

Simon Lu, pharmacy student at Rutgers University's Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, talks about a big issue in pharmacy.

Paola Acevedo, Rutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy student, talks about a current trend in pharmacy.

Stephen F. Eckel, PharmD, MHA, Pharmacy Times Health-System Edition editor, talks about the challenges that health-system pharmacists are currently facing.

Mylan is urging health care professionals to check their inventories for certain lots of calcium chloride intravenous infusion prefilled syringes that were withdrawn from the market in April.