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I had a great fear of opening the state Board of Pharmacy’s quarterly newsletter and seeing my name connected with a reprimand for a pharmacy mistake…we need mechanisms in place to protect the public safety by weeding out extremely careless pharmacists…many pharmacists are understandably reluctant to report their colleagues…

Patients will be told the price of every drug they are prescribed that costs the National Health Service more than £20 ($31) in a scheme to help reduce waste and encourage patients to complete courses of medicine.Under the plans, drug packets will be marked with a label stating that they have been “funded by the UK taxpayer” along with the total price that the prescription costs the health service.

…. nursing home facilities prescribe antibiotics more often than others, which is tied to increased health risks, even for residents who don’t receive the medications, according to a new study… consistent finding that one-third to one-half of antibiotic treatments are unnecessary or inappropriate,"..

Express Scripts has been named the worst company to work for in the United States, while CVS ranked 12th on the same list.  24/7 Wall St. compiled the rankings using data from career website Glassdoor, which gathers ratings on more than 400,000 companies globally.

Floridians can now get more vaccines at their local pharmacy instead of going to a doctor’s office…pharmacists..have..expanded authority to give additional vaccines like Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, TDAP, varicella, MMR, meningococcal and pneumococcal…

The federal government's release of new data on health-insurer payments under the Affordable Care Act is roiling the industry, including potentially affecting the timing of any deal for Humana Inc., as suitors pore over the detailed information disclosed...

Scientists investigating why a GlaxoSmithKline flu vaccine triggered narcolepsy in some people say they have the first solid evidence the rare sleep disorder may be a so-called "hit-and-run" autoimmune disease… Pandemrix…as withdrawn from the market after the 2009/2010 pandemic..

Ex-DEA Agent Used Undercover Status to Fraudulently Obtain Digital Currency Worth Over $700,000...pleaded guilty today to extortion, money laundering and obstruction of justice, which he committed while working as an undercover agent investigating Silk Road,...

Novo Nordisk… is to stop selling its new long-acting insulin drug Tresiba in Germany following a row over pricing….example of tensions between drugmakers and healthcare providers, many of whom are unhappy about the high cost of modern medicines.

California Association of Health Plans estimates that paying for the patients’… hepatitis C medications in prisons and state hospitals, or through Medi-Cal (Medicaid) and other state programs, could range from $512 million to $5.1 billion..