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The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump's pick, Scott Gottlieb, MD, to head the FDA, according to several published media reports.

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) is thanking the 65 members of the House of Representatives who sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of Defense James Mattis calling for implementation of the TRICARE Acquisition Cost Parity Pilot Program for Retail Pharmacy.

The FDA has approved edaravone (Radicava, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America) for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the first new ALS therapy approved by the FDA in several years.

Mary M. Bridgeman, PharmD, BCPS, CGP, FASCP, clinical associate professor at the Ernesto Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University, discusses whether pharmacy schools provide adequate OTC training.

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