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HealthSpot's…telehealth stations went live inside 25 Rite Aid locations… first-of-its-kind model pairs licensed healthcare providers with state-of-the-art technology…consumers looking for convenient and quality healthcare… allows users to interact with…providers in a private, 40-square foot station using high-definition videoconferencing and interactive medical devices...

European Union nations have until August 20 to suspend the sale of some 700 generic drugs made in India,...after an Indian firm contracted by drug companies to test the medications was found to have manipulated data...On-site verifications....showed irregularities "in each and every one of the nine trials inspected,"

Immunotherapies are dangling on the edge of a treatment paradigm shift, potentially slipping into the first-line option spot where cytotoxic chemotherapies have been comfortably seated for some time. The promise of immunotherapies, ranging from monoclonal antibodies to interferons and checkpoint inhibitors, has to do with target specificity to reduce toxicity.

Express Scripts.., the largest pharmacy benefit manager in the United States,...said the cost of potent new cholesterol drugs called PCSK9 inhibitors could "wreak financial havoc" among its clients.

online prescription drug seller has agreed to forfeit $450,000 in illegal sales after knowingly dispensing medication without a prescription… Aracoma Drug Company of West Virginia, received electronic, invalid prescriptions…issued from questionnaires completed over the Internet and not after a physician’s examination as required by law….

Expectations in the drug business have been getting extremely high. Hepatitis C drugs are generating some of the biggest annual sales ever. New medicines from Merck and Bristol-Myers Squibb that harness the immune system to fight tumors are generating huge excitement. For a quick sense of what is possible in the pharmaceutical industry, here are the top drug launches of all time,..

Pfizer… won’t bring an over-the-counter version of its cholesterol pill Lipitor to the U.S. market, after a trial found that patients couldn’t take the drug correctly without a doctor’s help…. trial looked at whether (patients)… would check their cholesterol after starting the drug, and take the right medical action after getting the results. The tests found that they couldn’t.

National Association of Boards of Pharmacy…planning to enhance several of its examination and assessment programs to better reflect the evolving practice of pharmacy. The new North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX )… competency statements and revised passing standard…transition to a new administration model..increase in length from 185 items to 250 items…move…to a pass/fail platform...

market for the new class of hepatitis-C drugs is becoming more crowded as a higher percentage of patients seek out therapies with shorter treatment durations and drugmakers pursue indications for more stubborn forms of the infection...

People who avoid taking statins for managing high cholesterol face hurdles to costly new treatments…powerful new class of drugs promises to change the management of heart disease for high-risk patients who struggle to get their cholesterol levels under control…only some of them are likely to get the new medicines.