The Dispensary of Hope is pleased to announce that sanofi-aventis U.S., the U.S. affiliate of sanofi-aventis, a leading global pharmaceutical company, has become the latest pharmaceutical company to participate in the Dispensary’s Continued Access Program, which provides uninsured patients with access to medicines that they otherwise couldn’t afford…
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The Wall Street Journal: “Rite Aid Corp. agreed to pay $1 million to settle potential violations of government privacy rules after regulators said it failed to protect customers’ and employees’ financial and medical information…
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The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), in partnership with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Office of Pharmacy Affairs in the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), has completed a baseline evaluation of the integration of the “Science of Safety” into the curriculum of the Doctor of Pharmacy degree at accredited colleges and schools of pharmacy…
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ASHP and the ASHP Foundation announced the participants in the upcoming Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative Summit, which will be held November 7-9, 2010, in Dallas as part of the ASHP and ASHP Foundation’s Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative. The attendee list, which includes participants and observers, is available online…
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A side effect, also known as an adverse effect, adverse event, or undesirable secondary effect is when a treatment goes beyond the desired effect and causes a problem; the treatment, which may be a medication, surgical procedure or some kind of therapy has an undesirable secondary effect which occurs in addition to the desired therapeutic effect…
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Outcomes Pharmaceutical Health Care® (Outcomes®) has been selected by the State of Iowa Department of Administrative Services to administer a Medication Therapy Management (MTM) program for the state employee health plan…
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The Wellcome Trust has awarded £473,000 to a team of King’s researchers, to be led by Dr Kaspar Althoefer, Reader in Sensing and Embedded Systems, for the creation of a system that can identify counterfeit and substandard drugs…
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Since launching its Reconciliation service in 2006 years, Cardinal Health has helped independent pharmacies recover nearly $20 million in pharmaceutical reimbursements. With new service features announced this week at the company’s annual Retail Business Conference in Denver, Reconciliation 2.0 is easier to use than ever before, and is now able to reconcile claims from all insurance companies…
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At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Marshals seized $39,000 worth of products labeled as cyanide antidote kits from Keystone Pharmaceuticals in Laguna Hills, California. The seizure warrant was issued by the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California…
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To kick off its annual retail pharmacy trade show, Cardinal Health launched Order Express, a completely new, user-friendly online ordering system for independent pharmacies…
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