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Best Practices winners recognized at (Cardinal Health) Retail Business Conference...for implementing programs that demonstrate how independent pharmacies can improve patient outcomes, drive business results in their community and better position themselves to succeed going forward… each receive $3,500…to be donated to the pharmacy school or pharmacy association of their choice.

1. Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy in Whiting, New Jersey
2. Katterman’s Pharmacy in Seattle, Washington
3. El Dorado TrueCare Pharmacy in El Dorado, Kansas

Missouri Department of Corrections has violated the state’s Sunshine Law by refusing to reveal the name of a pharmacy that compounds lethal injections,...compounding pharmacy ....provide pentobarbital for executions.

Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants are increasingly being prescribed to prevent and treat venous thromboembolism and avert stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation....a team of experts recently outlined ways for pharmacists to introduce the therapies to patients more effectively and safely.

bill extending the authority of pharmacists and nurse practitioners to administer certain immunizations..shingles, meningitis, tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough immunizations, in addition to administering influenza immunizations..

Las Vegas Club’s effort to convert some of its property into a drugstore has encountered stiff opposition from other casinos nearby and refueled debate about the sale of packaged liquor in the...tourist-focused part of Fremont Street...A second large pharmacy adds nothing to the tourist experience, and the packaged liquor...creates...crime and medical emergencies...

man who police say may be responsible for committing five recent armed pharmacy robberies has struck again in Kings Beach, CA (NV-CA Lake Tahoe area)  July 16, 2015 the Rite Aid...robbed for a second time..

FDA warning letter, ....was issued to SCA Pharmaceuticals....deficiencies in the company’s production of sterile drug products, including failure to adequately perform investigations of sterility failures and batches of product that contained particulates...

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

health care professionals should play to their personality strengths in order to maximize their productivity and job satisfaction… Student pharmacists..survey…"suggest that student pharmacists are achievement-oriented, enjoy learning, and value relationships, but may avoid confrontation and find it difficult to sell an idea,"…

1. Achiever (40.8%)
2. Harmony (36.4 %)
3. Learner (35.5%)
4. Responsibility (27.3%)
5. Empathy (24.8%)

United Family chain of supermarkets...announced an expansion of its pharmacy services with the launch of Pet Meds....allows customers to fill prescriptions for their four-legged friends in-store and online..."Our guests rely on our pharmacies to fill their prescription needs, and we are thrilled to now be a one-stop shop for guests’ pets as well,"