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Lindsay Bebout, one of the winners of the 2014 Good Neighbor Pharmacy NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition, gives advice to pharmacy students interested in business.

The Supreme Court of Texas recently heard arguments in an appeal from a state appellate court decision that sided with a woman who sued a pharmacy and its pharmacists after she became blind due to a compounded drug.

The extent and severity of inflammatory gum disease is closely related to heart attack severity.

The Generic Pharmaceutical Association and its members congratulate Kathleen "Cook" Uhl, M.D. on her selection as permanent director of the Office of Generic Drugs.

The introduction of sodium glucose transporter 2 inhibitors has marked a turning point in the management of patients with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Julie Kalabalik, PharmD, assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Fairleigh Dickinson University, talks about how pharmacy students can stand out.

The Kroger Co.'s Board of Directors today declared a quarterly dividend of 18.5¢ per share to be paid on March 1, 2015, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 16, 2015.

A Fortune 1000 company and a family foundation have announced major pledges for a pharmacy school at William Carey University, which will make it the second university in Mississippi to have a pharmacy school.

A California drug manufacturer must recall and destroy all of its dietary supplements after a federal court determined that it failed to follow FDA manufacturing practice regulations.

Dale Coker, RPh, FIACP, owner/pharmacist of Cherokee Custom Script Pharmacy, in Canton, Ga., has been elected President to the 2015 International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists Board of Directors by the IACP membership. Mr. Coker will serve as President through January 2016.

Do educational curricula within pharmacy support a framework for developing a professional identity?

Most pharmacists are making more money than they did a year ago and are happy in their jobs, but they are also experiencing increased on-the-job stress related to an increased workload.

Mylan has announced the US launch of its lamivudine tablets, the generic version of GlaxoSmithKline's hepatitis B virus (HBV) treatment, Epivir-HBV.

Karen Ryle, MS, RPh, associate chief of pharmacy at Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses some red flags that may appear when a patient presents a controlled substance prescription.

Lindsay Bebout, student at University of Oklahoma Tulsa College of Pharmacy, discusses why she decided to go to pharmacy school.

Pharmacy Development Services has announced an exceptional line-up of professional keynote speakers for its 11th annual independent business growth conference in 2015. The PDS Conference will take place from February 18 " 21, 2015 at the Renaissance Hotel in Orlando, Florida.

Children who receive a high-dose intravenous infusion of a common antibiotic for drug-resistant bacterial infections have an increased risk of kidney damage.

Walgreens today announced that, effective immediately, Walgreens Infusion Services will serve as a limited network home infusion provider for BLINCYTOâ„¢ (blinatumomab), a therapy for the treatment of patients with Philadelphia chromosome-negative (Ph-) relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). BLINCYTOâ„¢ can now be obtained through and administered by Walgreens Infusion Services.

Half of health care professionals surveyed in a recent study were unaware of the role pharmacists play in nuclear medicine departments.

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores Regional Chain Conference, which will be held February 1-3 in Naples, Florida, will include for the first time the Meet the Retailer sessions that have been made popular by the NACDS Total Store Expo and NACDS Annual Meeting.

Although the FDA previously warned health care professionals not to inject Wallcur's Practi-0.9% sodium chloride intravenous solution, given that the non-sterile product was for medical training purposes only, it was mistakenly administered to patients and is now being recalled.

The National Community Pharmacists Association today announced its 2015 line-up of Ownership Workshops and Front-End Profit Building Seminars, educational programming designed for future community pharmacy owners or current owners looking to strengthen their management and merchandising skills.

Amiodarone has been shown to inhibit Ebola virus entry into host cells.

Older diabetics with multiple comorbid conditions often receive aggressive treatment regardless of their health status or blood sugar levels.

Two elderly health care professionals in Houston were recently charged with peddling 1.6 million pain medications over a 3-year period.

Lindsay Bebout, student at University of Oklahoma Tulsa College of Pharmacy, discusses what kind of role business and ownership play in pharmacy.

Provider status would recognize pharmacists as a valued part of the health care team.

Antithrombotic therapy is an essential element of treatment after patients experience acute coronary syndrome. Fortunately, prescribers can draw from a considerably larger selection of antithrombotics than ever before, as prasugrel, ticagrelor, fondaparinux, and bivalirudin have joined warfarin, unfractionated heparin, and the low molecular weight heparins in evidence-based guidelines.