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John Nosta – Digital Health Philosopher, with Nosta Lab returns to the Pharmacy Podcast Show to discuss Pharmacy, Digital Health, and Big Pharma. (32:55 minutes)

CDC estimates that 47% of the population age 6 months and older was vaccinated during the 2014-2015 season,...Coverage remains highest among children age 6 months through 23 months at 75%, the only age group that met the public health vaccination coverage goal of 70%. Children age 2 years through 4 years followed at 68%....vaccination among children age 5 years through 12 years is still above the national average, at 62%...In contrast to younger children, the estimated vaccination rate for adults age 18 years through 49 years has yet to top 40%.

Pharmacy Podcast Ron Lanton talks with the president of Trovita Health Science nutritional products for patient’s special needs – William Brown. (podcast 19:23 minutes)

Lisa Kroon, PharmD, CDE, professor and department chairperson of clinical pharmacy at University of California, San Francisco, School of Pharmacy, talks about gaps in pharmacy systems' support of smoking cessation.

Pan Drugs received the Warning Letter…with the US Food and Drug Administration citing a number of deviations from GMP (good manufacturing practices) standards during an inspection of the Nandesari, Vadodara facility (India)…failed to maintain, repair, and keep clean its API manufacturing units,…holes in the walls and roof which allowed pigeons access near production equipment…gaps and holes in outside walls for piping and air ducts which allow contaminants to enter the building…We have given the commitment to stop all production while we renovate the facility,…

Southern Nevada Health District will start offering the flu vaccine Monday at all of its centers...The health district is offering injectable, quadrivalent flu vaccine,...two influenza A viruses and two influenza B viruses. The cost of the vaccine is $41...The trivalent high-dose vaccine for people age 65 and over is $59...

Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner (New Zealand) has found a man wrongly took a chemotherapy drug (cyclophosphamide) for three weeks because a pharmacy dispensed the wrong medication…The 79-year old man was supposed to be taking an immuno-suppressant (cyclosporine), following a kidney transplant…He took the chemotherapy drug for about three weeks before asking the pharmacist why his tablets had changed…The pharmacist checked the records and found a technician had filled the prescription, but that he had signed it off... he did nothing further, he didn't complete an incident form, he didn't alert the owner of the pharmacy…the pharmacist was also remiss for not offering any counselling to the patient…pharmacist has been ordered to apologise to the man in writing, and further action could follow.

PharmTalk is a special production from the University of Arizona, College of Pharmacy that features Keith and Kevin Boesen.

PharmTalk team visits one of the nation’s oldest poison centers. The Tucson-based center not only knows all about poison and drugs, but has a "special specialty" in venomous creatures, including scorpions.

As pharmacists from across the nation gathered in Washington, D.C., for meetings with their congressional representatives, ASHP President John Armitstead reminded his colleagues that they are not alone in advocating for the profession's priorities…referring to Georgia Representative Buddy Carter, the only licensed pharmacist in Congress…"Provider status is very important," emphasized Carter,..cosponsor of the Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act, which would recognize pharmacists as healthcare providers under Medicare in specific circumstances…Legislative Day is part of ASHP's annual Policy Week activities, which include council meetings and a trip to Capitol Hill for attendees to talk pharmacy with their elected officials.

Ashley Talamo, Publisher: Pharmacy Times...(PTNN) This weekly video program highlights the latest in pharmacy news, product news, and more. (video)