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The top 200 drugs list changes every year. Here's a way to keep up and help your classmates.

Learn about the new products and expanded indications approved by the FDA in August 2016.

Two nationally recognized managed care pharmacy experts have been appointed to influential advisory panels of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) based on joint nominations by the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) and AMCP Foundation.

The Generic Pharmaceutical Associations (GPhA) shares Secretary Clinton's desire to make medicines affordable and accessible.

This weekly video program provides our readers with an in-depth review of the latest news, product approvals, FDA rulings and more. Our Week in Review is a can't miss for the busy pharmacy professional.

Routine vaccination declines significantly as patients enter adolescence.

Interventions to improve medication adherence tend to focus on short-term nonadherence and ignore sustained social issues.

Sanofi has submitted updated information to the FDA as part of a previously submitted New Drug Application (NDA) for its investigational once-daily, fixed-ratio combination of basal insulin glargine 100 units/mL (Lantus) and lixisenatide (Adlyxin) to treat type 2 diabetes in adults.

The FDA is adding its strongest possible warnings to the drug labeling of prescription opioid pain medications, opioid cough medicines, and benzodiazepines concerning serious adverse effects seen with concomitant use.

The FDA has granted Fast Track designation to Lilly and AstraZeneca's investigational treatment for Alzheimer's disease.

Pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists must take responsibility for mitigating the environmental consequences of medicines, the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) says.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the generic drug manufacturing industry including representatives of generic pharmaceutical manufacturers, active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturers and contract manufacturing organizations have reached agreement on a package of program enhancements and resource commitments to reauthorize the Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2012 (GDUFA), which are set to expire next year.

Students need to learn proper etiquette and technique for using telehealth to interview and assess patients.

One of the most frequent questions patients ask is, Can I travel with my medications?"

Many exciting clinical trial results are being presented at ESC Congress 2016 and published simultaneously this week.

Select Family Fare and D&W pharmacies in the greater Grand Rapids area are piloting an Opioid Safety Project program, the first of its kind in the state being offered by a major grocery retailer.

When it comes to chronic kidney disease, providers don't necessarily need to cast aside diet management in favor of newer treatments.

Non-profit organizations across the country have been awarded grants from the Cardinal Health Foundation to help fight prescription drug misuse by improving their communities' medication disposal programs.

Monoclonal antibodies are a source of confusion for many pharmacists.

The burgeoning body of evidence supporting complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for depression should encourage providers to employ it in patients with mild-to-moderate disease and those resistant to pharmacologic and psychologic therapies.

Roche recently launched an innovative blood glucose monitoring system designed to simplify everyday diabetes management with features like a spill-resistant test strip vial.

A statewide standing order enhances pharmacists' ability to provide naloxone to patients at high risk for opioid overdose.

To help accomplish the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy's mission to spread the word about pharmacy as a profession, 7 pharmacy schools have banded together for a biannual event.

Rite Aid has announced that naloxone, a medication that can be used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, is now available at their pharmacies in 13 states without a prescription.

Universities, professional organisations and authorities around the world have been enabled to take steps towards ensuring that pharmacists are capable and competent thanks to resources produced by FIP Education (FIPEd), the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) has found.

Mylan has just announced that it will launch the first generic EpiPen auto-injector at a price of $300 per generic epinephrine 2-pack carton in both 0.15 mg and 0.30 mg strengths.

The drug received breakthrough therapy designation for this pending indication in July 2016.

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