Community/Retail

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores announces the selection of Kathleen Wolff as the director, development with NACDS; and director, and strategic partnerships with the NACDS Foundation.

Erin Dorval, PharmD, community assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Palm Beach Atlantic University, discusses pharmacist "need-to-knows" about managing URTI OTC medication.

Corporations are directly contracting with health-systems to provide higher-quality care to their employees at a lower cost.

A joint pharmacy program between 2 South Carolina universities is splitting in half.

Kristene Diggins, FAANP, CNE, NEA-BC, DNP, DCC, MBA, manager of professional practice at MinuteClinic, talks about what CVS is doing to support the role of the pharmacist in diabetes management.

A man in Virginia was knocked unconscious in an altercation with a security guard at an ambulatory care pharmacy and died 2 days later.

Boehringer Ingelheim and Circuit Therapeutics today announced a second collaboration using Circuit's proprietary optogenetics technology platform.

Mylan N.V. is pleased to announce today the launch of new resources featuring Disney content and programming, designed to help families living with potentially life-threatening allergies.

Rehospitalization and mortality associated with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) often boils down to poor cardioprotective medication adherence.

Rite Aid Corporation has announced that seasonal flu shots are now available at all Rite Aid pharmacies nationwide.

Avella Specialty Pharmacy has once again been named in Inc. 5000 Magazine's list of the fastest-growing companies in the country.

Pharmacists' refusal to fill prescriptions for birth control and emergency contraception has sparked national controversy.

Mylan has launched its lidocaine patch 5%, the generic version of Endo Pharmaceutical's Lidoderm.

Mary Jo Goolsby, EdD, MSN, NP-C, FAANP, FAAN, owner of the Institute for NP Excellence, discusses what DOT medical examiners provide to retail pharmacies.

Angela Patterson, MSN, FCP-C, NEA-BC, chief nurse practitioner officer of the CVS MinuteClinic, discusses the importance of health professionals' involvement in acne treatments.

A new mobile app called RXpert helps pharmacy students improve their speed and accuracy with sig codes through a fill-in-the-blank game.

Pharmacists may receive questions from patients about prescription fish oil Vascepa after its manufacturer won a court case against the FDA that will allow the company to market an off-label use.

Just ahead of CVS Caremark, Express Scripts finalized its 2016 formulary with some noteworthy inclusions and exclusions.

Celgene Corporation today announced that the applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 ("HSR") with respect to the previously announced tender offer.

Today, Roche welcomed 100 European university students from 34 countries studying science and art to the Salzburg Festival, the world's largest and most prestigious festival of music and drama.

When a screening program is proposed, policymakers have some questions: does screening improve detection of the target diagnosis; is systematic screening better than opportunistic identification?

Rite Aid has announced that all of the company's nearly 4,600 stores nationwide will begin accepting mobile payments, including Apple Pay and Google Wallet, starting Saturday, August 15.

CVS Health has announced the launch of ScriptSync, a new pharmacy service that enables patients with multiple medications to pick up their prescriptions in a monthly CVS/pharmacy visit.

Allergan today confirmed that it has filed an Abbreviated New Drug Application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeking approval to market Posaconazole Delayed-Release Tablets, 100mg.

A negative culture in the pharmacy can diminish morale.

Hospital and health-system pharmacists must ensure that both internal sterile compounding staff and external sterile compounding facilities meet high standards of practice to ensure patient safety.

Cook Medical is recalling nearly 40,000 angiographic catheters following 26 reports of malfunction, nearly half of which resulted in adverse events.

Roche is seeking FDA premarket approval of its companion diagnostic test for AstraZeneca's investigational therapy for non-small cell lung cancer patients with an acquired resistant mutation.