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Young adults reported having trouble navigating HealthCare.gov for a health insurance plan during the first Affordable Care Act (ACA) open enrollment period.

The FDA has taken action against more than 1040 websites selling unapproved prescription drugs and medical devices.

Mollie Scott, PharmD, discusses the ways in which health-system pharmacists can work to improve patient outcomes.

Here are new drugs for 2015 pharmacists can expect to handle.

The FDA has determined the current labeling for the anti-seizure medication ezogabine (Potiga) adequately describes its risks of vision loss and skin discoloration.

The Daytona Beach News-Journal published a joint op-ed on June 17 by Rick McAllister and National Association of Chain Drug Stores President Steven C. Anderson.

J M Smith Corporation has named Jeff Foreman, RPh, as President of Smith Drug Company. Foreman replaces Ken Couch, RPh, who will retire on May 31 after 35 years with the organization.

To meet rising demand for convenience and healthy living, The Kroger Co. and its King Soopers division today launched the new natural and organic eCommerce website KingSoopers.com/LiveNaturally.

CVS Health today announced the official opening of its Digital Innovation Lab in Boston, a facility that is focused on developing cutting-edge digital services and personalized capabilities.

GPhA applauds Reps. Steve Stivers and Peter Welch for introducing the Fair Access for Safe and Timely Generics Act.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Microchips Biotech, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a partnership.

Merck Manuals today announced the launch of Global Medical Knowledge 2020 " a worldwide initiative to make the best current medical information accessible to nearly three billion people by 2020.

Shaun Ellen Gleason, PharmD, MGS, assistant professor at the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, talks about what characteristics good pharmacists need.

Mollie Scott, PharmD, describes how newer anticoagulants have changed the pharmacist's role in providing transitions of care services.

Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD, DPS, FASHP, President of the Institute for Safe Medicine Practices (ISMP), discusses the guidelines in place to avoid having drug products with similar names. He also discusses instances in which product names have been the source for error.

Ethan Wahl, pharmacy student at Purdue University College of Pharmacy, talks about what made him interested in pharmacy.

Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD, DPS, FASHP, President of the Institute for Safe Medicine Practices (ISMP), discusses the recent strategies to reduce medication errors that have proven to be most successful.

Mollie Scott, PharmD, discusses how health-system pharmacists, who have traditionally held a dispensing role, can prepare themselves to be closely aligned with more clinical outcomes.

Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD, DPS, FASHP, President of the Institute for Safe Medicine Practices (ISMP), discusses occasions in which reporting medication errors may have negative consequences.

Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD, DPS, FASHP, President of the Institute of Safe Medicine (ISMP) outlines the role pharmacists can play in reducing medication errors that occur at discharge or during other transitions of care.

Mollie Scott, PharmD, discusses how ambulatory care pharmacy services can help improve medication adherence.

Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD, DPS, FASHP, President of the Institute of Safe Medicine (ISMP) discusses current medication error trends that pharmacists should be keeping an eye out for.

Adam Smith, pharmacy student at Purdue University College of Pharmacy, talks about how he became interested in pharmacy.

Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD, DPS, FASHP, President of the Institute of Safe Medicine (ISMP) discusses how computerized order entry systems may be a source of medication error.

Mollie Scott, PharmD, discusses the role pharmacists can play in meeting new quality measures under a value-based care model.

A male suspect carrying an orange traffic cone and a firearm allegedly robbed a Rite Aid pharmacy before carjacking a priest in the parking lot to escape.

Eli Lilly and Company and Sarah Cannon Research Institute today announced a strategic partnership to co'develop an investigational oncology compound, LY3023414, a PI3K/mTOR dual inhibitor.

Eli Lilly and Company and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute today announced a multiyear collaboration to research new medicines under development to fight cancer.

Dietary supplements are intended to supplement the diet, not to cure, prevent, or treat diseases or replace the variety of foods important to a healthy diet.

More than half of consumers don't understand sun protection factor (SPF) values, providing pharmacists important opportunities to offer sun safety counseling.