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Randy McDonough, RPh, co-owner of three independent community pharmacies in Iowa, has been named the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) 2016 Willard B. Simmons Independent Pharmacist of the Year.

In recognition of his commitment to improving medication adherence, Joshua Jones, PharmD, President of Integrity Pharmacy in Springfield, Mo., was honored with the 2016 NCPA Innovation Center Outstanding Adherence Practitioner Award, which is sponsored by Mirixa at the NCPA 2016 Annual Convention held from Oct. 15 - 19.

A team of pharmacy students from the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy was named the winner of the 13th annual 2016 Good Neighbor Pharmacy NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition.

Comprehensive diets may be the panacea for migraine prophylaxis.

The Biologics & Biosimilars Collective Intelligence Consortium (BBCIC) this month reached a significant new phase of operation, posting research protocols that will lay the groundwork for comparative effectiveness and safety studies of biosimilars currently available or projected to enter the market next year.

Urges pharmacists to volunteer and vote for the candidates of their choice to raise awareness of pharmacy's engagement and value

West Virginia University Medicine is a 500+ bed academic teaching hospital located in Morgantown, West Virginia. Services offered include a level I trauma center, a level III NICU, and a state-of-the-art cancer center. The hospital has an outpatient pharmacy onsite and in 2012 launched a Transition of Care Pharmacy to offer a bedside consulting service and postdischarge prescription service to any patient within our facility.

Here are 5 headlines worth highlighting from this week!

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Smith Drug Company is launching a variety of services designed to give independent retail pharmacies access to offerings and information that have previously only been available to major chains.

HIV-positive patients experience sudden death more often than the general population, but scant evidence connects HIV severity and highly active antiretroviral therapy regimens.

QS/1 has released an interface from its workflow process to the eNGAGE patient management platform.

The Agency has opened a public comment period and seeks input from the FDA.

In response to the FDA's warning about the safety of homeopathic teething tablets and gels, Hyland's has voluntarily decided to discontinue distributing its teething products in the United States, while CVS has immediately pulled all of its own brand of homeopathic teething products from its shelves, as well as Hyland's and Baby Orajel Naturals.

The FDA has approved its quadrivalent formulation of Protein Sciences' Flublok influenza vaccine for protection against 4 strains of influenza-3 of the same strains found in its trivalent version, along with an additional B strain. It is the first high-antigen-content quadrivalent flu vaccine approved by the FDA.

A comprehensive medication management program designed to optimize therapy and boost adherence to hepatitis C virus medications saved a state Medicaid program nearly $3.8 million in avoided costs, according to a new study in the Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy (JMCP).

Learn about the new products and expanded indications approved by the FDA in September 2016.

A Tennessee pharmacist was arrested and charged with TennCare fraud for false billing of expensive medications and selling fraudulent prescriptions.

SilverScript Insurance Company has announced its new Medicare Prescription Drug Plan options for 2017.

The Rite Aid Foundation has announced a $125,000 donation to the American Red Cross to help the victims, families, and communities across the Southeastern United States that were affected by Hurricane Matthew.

Current guidelines for type 2 diabetes management recommend metformin as the first-line medication.

The FDA has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation status to Roche's Actemra/RoActemra, also known as tocilizumab, for the treatment of giant cell arteritis.

Community pharmacy based pilot helps expand pharmacists' role in direct patient care services

Over the years, a number of landmark clinical studies on CHF have been published, shaping how we treat the disease today.

The PCAT and GRE have verbal testing components, which may not coincide with a student's science heavy preparation, so here are some tips on improving your word game fast.

Price Chopper and Market 32 have introduced a new mobile app in partnership with mscripts to help customers manage prescriptions on the go.

Adolescents underestimate their risk of contracting HIV, and 60% of infected patients are unaware of their status.

An attempted armed robbery turned deadly at a Medicap Pharmacy on Thursday, October 6, when a pharmacist was injured in a shooting.

Baxter has voluntarily recalled all unexpired lots of 50-mm 0.2-micron filters with the product code H93835.

It's time to focus on verifying the missing element to antibiotic prescriptions: the indication.