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FLAVORx Helps Retail Partners Improve the Pharmacy Experience by Personalizing Medication for Young Children

When it comes to influenza treatment, oseltamivir is often the first medication considered, but could peramivir be an alternative in inpatient settings?

Pharmacists should know about the rising popularity of carfentanil, a drug more powerful than fentanyl and often so potent that one dose of naloxone isn't enough to reverse an overdose.

How micronutrients affect adenocarcinoma of the prostate has been long debated.

Greenstone LLC has just launched nitroglycerin sublingual tablets, an authorized generic version of Pfizer's Nitrostat.

To date, medication therapy management and annual wellness visits are the primary services that have demonstrated benefits regarding improvements in health outcomes and cost savings when pharmacists are integrated specifically within an ACO.

Little else you'll do in your pharmacy business will be so fruitful as hiring the right individual, and little else will be so damaging as hiring the wrong one.

I recently attended the 76th FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) is furthering its support of global improvements in patient care through volunteer leadership.

Physical textbooks continue to plague many pharmacy students.

Prescription opioid pain medications like hydrocodone, oxycodone, and morphine can elicit similar effects to heroin when taken incorrectly and at higher doses than prescribed.

If we can pull components of a combo meal by assembly line, why can't we do the same with simple pharmacy orders?

It's astonishing to think a stroke can occur at any time and possibly leave an individual disabled for the rest of his or her life.

From October 15-19, thousands of pharmacists from around the world will gather in New Orleans for NCPA's Annual Convention.

The Rite Aid Foundation has announced that more than 400 students have been named recipients of Folds of Honor educational scholarships through its KidCents program.

CVS Health today announced that it has partnered with the YMCA of the USA to help expand two programs that provide critical support to people across the country.

Erin L. Albert, MBA, PharmD, JD, weaves together the full recap of all 5 parts of the series with special questions from our valued listeners directed at our series participants.

A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finds that prices for generic drugs in Medicare Part D fell 59% from the first quarter of 2010 to the second quarter of 2015.

Four U.S. Senators today introduced bipartisan legislation to boost transparency in Medicare Part D drug spending and to prohibit retroactive "DIR fees" in response to concerns raised by National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) members and staff.

Although America's uninsured rate has fallen to a historic low, cost and quality of health care seems to fluctuate from state to state.

Health care professionals are increasingly confronted with incorporating dietary supplements many of which are prescribed by clinicians for a wide range of conditions into their care plans.

The FDA has expanded the use of Amgen's blinatumomab (Blincyto) to treat Philadelphia chromosome-negative relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in pediatric patients.

Much attention has been paid to the high cost of certain drugs.

The local pharmacy has become the place where many immunizations are administered.

In recognition of World Suicide Prevention Day, pharmacy technicians should consider staying up-to-date on the latest research on suicide risk factors and prevention strategies.

Team-based Care Models Rely on Pharmacists' Expertise to Optimize Patient Outcomes.

Physicians are spending twice as many hours maintaining electronic health records and other administrative tasks as they're spending face-to-face with patients.