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Medication dispensing errors happen regardless of the countless safeguards pharmacists put into place to prevent their occurrence.

The FDA today approved peramivir injection, an IV neuraminidase inhibitor intended to treat acute uncomplicated influenza in patients 18 or older who have been symptomatic for no more than 2 days.

Representatives proposed legislation that would require generic drug manufactures to pay a rebate to Medicaid if product prices rise at a rate greater than inflation.

A Tampa-based pharmacist could face a maximum of 20 years in federal prison after a jury found him guilty of conspiracy to distribute and dispense oxycodone.

Lundbeck will cease further development of its experimental desmoteplase compound for ischemic stroke.

Routine pediatric multivitamin use is not endorsed by any major medical association because it is considered unnecessary for almost every young patient. Regardless, many parents rely on multivitamins for their children, especially in households where balanced nutrition is difficult or impossible due to time or money constraints.

Erin Fox, PharmD, director at the University of Utah Drug Information Service, discusses how pharmacists can help avoid drug shortages.

Hae Mi Choe, PharmD, describes how pharmacists can help ensure consistency across health care providers.

Erin Fox, PharmD, director at the University of Utah Drug Information Service, discusses how pharmacists can manage during drug shortages.

Hae Mi Choe, PharmD, describes the challenges associated with metrics and tools for health-system pharmacy.

Responding to a request from state officials to provide greater access to naloxone, CVS Health, Walgreens, and other chain pharmacies will stock and dispense the opioid overdose antidote in stores across Maryland, as well as train their pharmacists on administering the lifesaving medication.

A new FDA-approved drug could help treat complicated intra-abdominal infections and complicated urinary tract infections among adults.

Aaron Steffenhagen, PharmD, BCPS, a clinical pharmacy manager at the University of Wisconsin Hospital, discusses what areas pharmacists should focus on during acute stroke codes.

Erin Fox, PharmD, director at the University of Utah Drug Information Service, discusses how strategies to mitigate drug shortages can threaten patient safety.

Taking another step toward preventing and treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), an international team of investigators has determined that the gut bacteria behind Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis may be inherited, and antibiotics can make those patients' gut imbalance worse.

Aaron Steffenhagen, PharmD, BCPS, a clinical pharmacy manager at the University of Wisconsin Hospital, discusses a pharmacist's door-to-door discharge role when managing an ischemic stroke patient.

A collaborative, pharmacist-led intervention targeted at health care professionals improves statin prescribing and lowers the risk of atherosclerotic events in patients with cardiovascular disease.

Binita Patel, PharmD, MS, explains the role telehealth and telepharmacy will play in patient management.

Aaron Steffenhagen, PharmD, BCPS, a clinical pharmacy manager at the University of Wisconsin Hospital, discusses how pharmacists can enhance stroke care.

Binita Patel, PharmD, MS, discusses how provider status would affect reimbursement models in ambulatory pharmacy.

Baxter International is voluntarily recalling 2 lots of its 0.9% sodium chloride injection due to complaints of particle matter.

Aaron Steffenhagen, PharmD, BCPS, a clinical pharmacy manager at the University of Wisconsin Hospital, discusses measures of gauging stroke.

"Game changers" was the phrase Cedarville University School of Pharmacy Dean Marc Sweeney, PharmD, MDiv, used to describe his students.

Flu activity tends to peak in January or later and can sometimes go into May, so it's not too late for individuals to protect themselves by getting vaccinated.

The FDA today approved ombitasvir, paritaprevir, and ritonavir tablets copackaged with dasabuvir tablets to treat individuals with chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection, including patients with cirrhosis.

Department of Health and Human Services' Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today that HHS is collaborating with the nation's largest pharmacies to encourage enrollment through the Health Insurance Marketplace at thousands of locations across the country. Ahold USA Companies, Bi-Lo Holdings, CVS Health, H-E-B, Kroger, Rite Aid, Walgreens and Walmart are playing an important role in providing information about the Health Insurance Marketplace to people across the country.

Olaparib treats women with advanced ovarian cancer associated with defective BRCA genes.

The majority of fatal poisonings in 2012 resulted from prescription drug use.

In a letter to the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission today, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores emphasized the substantial health-boosting and cost-reducing benefits that the pharmacist-patient relationship can produce for military families and veterans, and for the Department of Defense.

A mother in the United Kingdom started to worry about her 13-month-old daughter when she noticed Mollie staring straight ahead in the car and not responding to her name.