Community/Retail

Rite Aid Corp. recently opened 24 RediClinics inside select community pharmacies situated across 2 large metropolitan markets, following the pharmacy chain's acquisition of the retail clinic operator in April 2014.

The news of Margaret A. Hamburg, MD, resigning from her long-standing post as FDA Commissioner stirred memories of her success with improving access to emergency contraception, but more so her struggles with regulating drug compounding following a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak traced to a compounding pharmacy's tainted drugs.

Sanofi and MannKind Corp. have announced the US launch of their Afrezza Inhalation Powder, the first and only insulin approved for administration via inhalation.

Medications and cognitive therapy aren't the only treatments available to patients with mental illness.

Despite having adequate knowledge on cardiovascular risk factors, pharmacists and other health care professionals showed significant increases in systemic arterial hypertension and excessive weight gain across a 20-year study.

Pfizer and Hospira today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Pfizer will acquire Hospira, the world's leading provider of injectable drugs and infusion technologies and a global leader in biosimilars, for $90 a share in cash for a total enterprise value of approximately $17 billion.

The American Pharmacists Association (APhA), issued the following statement on the important role childhood and lifespan vaccinations play in protecting personal and public health.

After nearly 6 years overseeing public health initiatives, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, MD, will be stepping down.

Senators John McCain and Amy Klobuchar have reintroduced the Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act, which would allow individuals to import prescription drugs from Canada.

Merck has announced the US launch of its insomnia medication, suvorexant, an orexin receptor antagonist indicated for the treatment of adults who have difficulty falling or staying asleep.

University of Oklahoma pharmacy student Latosha Zugelder talks about what she's learned from creating a business plan.

Latosha Zugelder, University of Oklahoma pharmacy student, discusses what the most important issue is facing independent pharmacies.

Author William Sydney Porter's first job as a pharmacist aided him in several ways over his lifetime.

Stephen F. Eckel, PharmD, MHA, BCPS, FASHP, editor-in-chief of Pharmacy Times Health-System Edition, talks what he's looking forward to for the 2015 ASHP Midyear meeting.

While aspects of the U.S. economy have improved, money continues to be a top cause of stress for Americans, according to the new Stress in Americaâ„¢: Paying With Our Health survey released today by the American Psychological Association.

The roles that community pharmacists play in human immunodeficiency virus prevention, testing and care are explored in several research and experience articles in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. The four articles discuss community pharmacists' roles and pharmacists' perceptions of their patient care services among people living with HIV.

Even though most patients and their caregivers want to know about sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), if and when health care professionals should provide related information remains up in the air.

A recent study suggests that co-administering the muscle relaxant, baclofen, with the proton pump inhibitor (PPI), omeprazole, may be more effective than PPI monotherapy in reducing heartburn and regurgitation in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

Shire recently announced that the FDA has granted Fast Track designation to its investigational treatment for neurocognitive decline associated with Hunter syndrome (MPS II).

The pill bottle may be in for some drastic changes in the near future, due in part to technological advances.

Essential oils are being used to treat everything from nausea and vomiting, to infections, to cancer.

What has me the most excited about Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf's time in office is his willingness to sign a medical cannabis bill into law, as well as greatly expanding on what was previously proposed.

A Hawaii man who allegedly threatened to blow up a pharmacy last fall has been found fit to proceed in his court case, according to West Hawaii Today.

Hospira, Inc, of Lake Forest, IL, has announced a voluntary nationwide recall of one lot of 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, USP, 250 mL (NDC 0409-7983-02, expiration August 1) due to the presence of particulate matter.

President Obama's 2016 budget includes nearly doubling the amount of federal funding for efforts aimed at combating and preventing antibiotic resistance.

NABP has issued a report underscoring the need for the .Pharmacy Top-Level Domain Program as a public health initiative to help consumers distinguish legitimate online pharmacies from rogue online drug sellers.

More than a third of reproductive-aged women enrolled in Medicaid, and more than a quarter of those with private insurance, filled a prescription for an opioid pain medication each year during 2008-2012, suggesting that many women may unknowingly expose their unborn children to these medicines.

The Corrective Action Plan that federal Medicare officials have requested of Aetna is an important first step and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should go one further by issuing new guidance to all Medicare Part D prescription drug plan sponsors to prevent a 2016 repeat of the Aetna problems experienced in early 2015.

As the role of the pharmacist continues to expand to meet the health care needs of patients nationwide, Parata Systems and Pharmacy Times are gearing up for the sixth annual program recognizing outstanding pharmacists, technicians, student pharmacists and industry advocates. The NextGeneration Pharmacistâ„¢, the industry's leading national awards program, begins accepting nominations today for these prestigious awards.