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August 23rd 2025
Patients in an outpatient oncology unit expressed willingness to receive a pneumococcal or influenza vaccine from a pharmacist if offered.
Nonclinical Experience for Entrepreneurial Pharmacy Students
July 5th 2016The majority of P4 focuses on clinical training and preparation for residency, so entrepreneurial pharmacy students looking for leadership and management experience may need to get creative with their elective rotation choices.
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NCPA Commends Court Decision to Nullify Credit Card Settlement
July 1st 2016National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) CEO B. Douglas Hoey, RPh, MBA, issued the following statement today regarding a federal appeals court decision to nullify a proposed settlement of an antitrust lawsuit brought by a group of merchants and trade groups.
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Opdivo Receives Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Advanced Bladder Cancer
June 30th 2016The FDA has granted Bristol-Myers Squibb's nivolumab (Opdivo) breakthrough therapy designation for the potential indication of unresectable locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma that has progressed on or after a platinum-containing regimen.
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While there is a reasonable body of research on many of the diverse causes of medication nonadherence, there are much fewer data on the effectiveness of various interventions.
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When Should Patients Pay Cash for Prescriptions?
June 30th 2016Community pharmacists are certainly accustomed to telling patients to use less expensive generic alternatives when they're available, but how many are advising patients to pay with cash instead of using prescription drug insurance?
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