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Veterans who obtain their prescriptions at a VA pharmacy will see their copays remain steady through 2016.

A Facebook page can be a useful tool for cultivating patient loyalty, promoting pharmacy services, and educating patients.

Pharmacist Jamie Mask talks about the upcoming virtual conference Pharm2Table.

A group of Target pharmacy workers have won an initial ballot to form a union.

Rite Aid's new marketing campaign to stop the flu goes right to the heart of where most people actually get sick: at work.

Indiana has recently seen a rash of young suspects attempting pharmacy robberies.

Just one follow-up phone call can keep asymptomatic adolescents with sexually transmitted infections (STI) adherent to treatment.

Bristol-Myers Squibb will take part in Leerink Partners Immuno-Oncology Roundtable on October 1.

Pharmacists everywhere are preparing to celebrate World Pharmacists Day tomorrow.

Scot Hendricks has been promoted to president of Kroger's Delta division, which operates stores in Western Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Arkansas and Missouri.

The FDA is considering a label expansion for Amgen's carfilzomib (Kyprolis) in relapsed multiple myeloma.

Pharmacies in areas affected by wildfires in California can provide prescription medications to evacuees under a waiver granted by the state's pharmacy board.

University of Mississippi pharmacy students recently spent a week in Honduras to provide medical services for those who could not afford health care.

CVS Pharmacy is reinforcing its longstanding commitment in the fight against the nationwide epidemic of prescription drug abuse with a number of efforts launching this month.

Pharm2Table is coming to a computer near you.

Amid public uproar over its steep price increase for pyrimethamine (Daraprim), Turing Pharma announced last night that it would lower the drug's cost.

Successful business owners never do an employee's job.

The tongue-in-cheek adage pertains to pharmacists' roles today.

Confusion over the drug strength displayed for the new antibacterial agent Avycaz could cause medication errors, the FDA is warning pharmacists.

Up to 60% of patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) continue to have symptoms despite proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy.

While college students acknowledge the importance of being financially responsible, many don't actually have good financial habits.

Old drugs with new price hikes add another dimension to the national drug pricing debate.

Citing a rare yet serious risk of slowed breathing, the FDA is evaluating the use of the opioid pain medication tramadol (Ultram, Ultram ER, Conzip) in the pediatric population.

Abbott's commitment to support working mothers with progressive benefits and extraordinary career opportunities was recognized today by Working Mother magazine.

National Community Pharmacists Association CEO B. Douglas Hoey, RPh, MBA, issued the following statement regarding today's hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights.

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Pregabalin and gabapentin are often considered first-line treatments for various neuropathic pain syndromes, generally irrespective of cause.

The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) has updated the practice standards used by hospital pharmacists worldwide.

The more orders pharmacists have to verify, the more likely they are to make mistakes.

Draft guidelines from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) could sharply reduce the role opioids play in primary care-based pain management.