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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.

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.

Advertising can be a very successful investment for an independent pharmacy.

Pharmacists should be aware of the mechanism of action of mifepristone and misoprostol for terminating a pregnancy, among other indications.

A Precision Medicine Conference and certificate training program was recently hosted for pharmacists in Orlando, Florida.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni recently signed a law that will force parents who fail to vaccinate their children to spend 6 months in jail.

When the administrator for the West Virginia Board of Pharmacy Controlled Substance Monitoring Program scanned the state's prescription database in 2014, he uncovered a sobering number of suspected doctor shoppers."

By the end of March, influenza activity had decreased slightly but was still elevated across the country, according to the US Centers for Disease and Prevention.

CVS Health has announced that the company's specialty pharmacy has been awarded Specialty Pharmacy accreditation from URAC.

Everything possible should be done for those with autism.

Drug therapy must balance the potential to improve quality of life with the risk of adverse effects. In the context of ever-increasing treatment complexity, striking this balance is getting complicated.

The FDA approved defibrotide sodium (Defitelio) for the treatment of hepatic veno-occlusive disease in adults and children who have additional kidney or lung abnormalities following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Walgreens' community pharmacist intervention program boosts medication adherence rates and lowers related costs for patients with a wide range of chronic diseases, a recent study demonstrated.