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The 340B Program "mega-guidance" just released by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) clarifies how patients can receive deeply discounted drugs.

Kristene Diggins, FAANP, CNE, NEA-BC, DNP, DCC, MBA, manager of professional practice at MinuteClinic, talks about the benefits and risks of aggressive glycemic controls.

Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors for type 2 diabetes may cause severe and disabling joint pain, the FDA has warned.

Adding Afrezza insulin inhalation powder to oral diabetes medications significantly reduces HbA1C in adults with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes.

Many people want to become pharmacy owners, but who is best suited for it?

The pharmacist of tomorrow will be unrecognizable.

Bruce Berger, PhD, president of Berger Consulting LLC, discusses the major differences between motivational interviewing and traditional patient counseling techniques with respect to medication adherence.

Rupal Mansukhani, PharmD, clinical assistant professor at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers, talks about the utility of high-dosage flu vaccine in the 65 and older population.

More than half of atrial fibrillation patients discontinue or interrupt warfarin therapy within 1 year of starting treatment.

Pat Basu, MD, MBA, chief medical officer of Doctor on Demand, discusses the major benefits of introducing new technology to community pharmacy.

Amgen is seeking FDA approval for etelcalcetide, the first calcimimetic agent administered intravenously after dialysis to treat secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Erin Dorval, community assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Palm Beach Atlantic University, discusses how pharmacists overcome the challenges of appropriating OTC management of URTIs.

Jessica Kerr, PharmD, CDE, and assistant department chair at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville talks about the biggest roadblocks to controlling type 2 diabetes.

An independent pharmacy will pay a $46,000 settlement over an alleged lack of break times for its employees.

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As hookah becomes more popular in the United States, some students may be spending time smoking in hookah lounges.

Pharmacist certification has become a trend in the pharmacy profession.

Pharmacists must prepare for full enforcement of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) in order to avoid significant penalties associated with noncompliance.

Customer satisfaction with supermarket and drugstore chain pharmacies has improved in the last year, while ratings for mail-order and mass-merchandiser pharmacies have dropped, according to the J.D. Power 2015 US Pharmacy Study.

Kimberly Henderson, MD, JD, medical director for the Health Systems Alliance at CVS Health and regional medical director for MinuteClinic, discusses some strategies pharmacists can use to support COPD management.

The historically black and Catholic Xavier University College of Pharmacy has received an $8.3 million grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services to encourage more African-American students to enter the pharmacy field.

The FDA today approved evolocumab (Repatha) injection, a new treatment for patients unable to get their low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol under control with current treatment options.

Celgene Corporation today announced it has closed its acquisition of Receptos, Inc.

Angela Patterson, MSN, chief nurse practitioner officer of the CVS MinuteClinic, talks about the roadblocks that pharmacists face in treating acne, and talks about how to overcome these problems.

Drug manufacturers spent $3.4 billion on advertising the top 10 brand-name prescription drugs last year.

Pharmacies are now stocking Mylan's generic version of Pfizer's Zosyn injection.