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OTC medications are typically not covered making them unaffordable and less accessible to the majority of the population.

As a pharmacist, on any given day, how many questions do you answer?

Research demonstrates that pharmacists can make a difference for patients with diabetes.

Launching this month from CVS Pharmacy is the new multi-platform Long Live Skin campaign aimed at increasing awareness around skin health, sun safety and the importance of proper skincare.

Pharmacies are now second only to doctors offices as leading influenza vaccination locations. Unfortunately, vaccination rates are still suboptimal.

This article will detail my personal experience refinancing my loans after graduating pharmacy school and important considerations to think about during the process.

A follow up to an earlier column.

Learn about the new products and expanded indications approved by the FDA in April 2017.

For all these reasons and our own personal safety and that of our staff, we have a duty as pharmacists to “limit the violence” in our workplace.

Chronic hepatitis B (HBV) is still a problem in many parts of the world and the United States, despite the availability of a vaccine.

Having a few alcoholic beverages may be just as effective as some pain medications from the pharmacy, according to research from a new study.

This weekly video program provides our readers with an in-depth review of the latest news, product approvals, FDA rulings, and more. Our Week in Review is a can't miss for the busy pharmacy professional.

The Meijer spring Simply Give campaign will kick off Sunday, following a record-setting year in 2016 that raised $7.8 million for food pantries throughout the Midwest.

McKesson Specialty Health has played a significant role in the recent approval of Tesaro's Zejula.

Each day you encounter patients with multiple and various disease states, alignments, and questions. For some, questions they initially didn’t think they even had.

Overall, postmarket safety events were significantly more frequent among biologics, psychiatric therapeutics, drugs that received accelerated approval, and those with near-regulatory deadline approval.

With the recent rise in student loan rates pharmacy students may want to revisit cost-of-living numbers.

Pharmacists can play an important role in educating parents and teens about the dangers of drug abuse.

Anderson invited to present at Secretary’s listening session on the affordability, accessibility and availability of drugs for patients.

It is important to note that the 60=day rule requires “proactive compliance activities … to monitor for the receipt of overpayments.

As part of an ongoing review of fluoroquinolone antibiotics, FDA is informing the public that patient cases identified by the FDA and findings from published studies currently do not support reports that these medicines may result in detachment of the retina in the eyes, or bulges or tears in the aorta blood vessel.

How many patients does the average community pharmacist see who are nonadherent because they can't afford their medications?

A physician was sentenced this week for operating a drug distribution scheme out of his medical practice and for money laundering, according to a DEA press release.

Many patients with HIV who were on the leading edge of treatment advances are now in their 50s and 60s.

Cardinal Health named Jennifer Dawson the 2017 recipient of its urEssential Award, which recognizes the essential contributions medical laboratory professionals make to patient care.

Biologics, Inc., a McKesson Specialty Health oncology pharmacy services company, has been selected by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited to be a specialty pharmacy provider as part of the distribution network for Alunbrig.

The US Department of Veterans Affairs, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US, and drugstore chain Walgreens announced a collaborative agreement which will help improve mental health care for Veterans through enhanced education, access to resources and outreach.