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Babbitt pharmacy victimized by fire, then the times
Sat, 26 May 2012 12:51:22 -0700
Last fall, a fire destroyed the small town's pharmacy. The trend toward big retailers and mail-order drugs is making it hard to replace.
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Health, service groups reeling from Medicaid cuts
Fri, 25 May 2012 20:36:27 -0700
Hardly any aspect of medical care for Illinois' poorest residents - from hospitalizations, ambulance services and prescription drugs to eyeglasses, wheelchair repairs, and incontinence supplies - escaped the impact of lawmakers' vote to slash $1.6 billion from the Medicaid program. Local health care providers and social service agencies, still reeling from the aftershocks of Thursday's vote ...
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Health care leaders: Drug shortages a ‘major threat’ to patients
Thu, 17 May 2012 22:54:06 -0700
A dozen health care leaders testified before the Joint Committee on Public Health today about the effects of the growing problem of drug shortages linked to manufacturing problems and the rise of the “grey market,” in which drug suppliers stockpile medications then sell them at inflated prices. The shortages are particularly severe among drugs that are injected intravenously, including one to ...
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Pharmacists get generic drug pricing 'transition period'
Fri, 25 May 2012 10:49:57 -0700
New Brunswick pharmacists will be allowed a 10-day transition period to help them adjust to the province's new generic drug pricing policy, Health Minister Madeleine Dube announced Friday.
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Student Health Center pharmacy fills about 19,000 prescriptions in past year
Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:09:10 -0700
By: Brian SibilleBirth control, allergy medicine, antibiotics top list The Student Health Center pharmacy has filled nearly 19,000 prescriptions since June 2011, and a look at the most frequently prescribed drugs tells a lot about the LSU student body. Birth control, allergy medicine and antibiotics were filled most o...
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MMRGlobal Launches MyMedicalRecords Personal Health Record at Mickey Fine Pharmacy
Fri, 04 May 2012 05:35:00 -0700
LOS ANGELES, CA-- - MMRGlobal, Inc. , a leading provider of Personal Health Records , MyEsafeDepositBox storage solutions and electronic document management and imaging systems for healthcare professionals ...
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Aetna Pharmacy Management Introduces Five New Patient Safety Programs
Mon, 14 May 2012 09:58:00 -0700
Aetna today announced that it is adding five new capabilities to Aetna Rx Check®, a collection of programs designed to promote safety and prevent the misuse of various prescription drugs such as pain medications and antibiotics.
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Prescription drugs being tracked
Fri, 25 May 2012 18:41:13 -0700
New measures to track prescription drugs should encourage abusers to seek help, says a local pharmacy manager. “(Drug abusers) will know there is a way to track them, so they will start to stop,” Romani Nasrallah, of Ben’s Pharmacy in Rama First Nation, said this week.[...]
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UCSD Doctoral Pharmacy Students' Manuscripts Addressing Metabolism of Five Most Prescribed Pain Medications Published ...
Thu, 17 May 2012 08:00:00 -0700
SAN DIEGO, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Millennium Research Institute (MRI), a nonprofit national research center formed in 2010, and the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the ...
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Armada Health Care to Move Corporate Headquarters, Expands Service and Technology Divisions
Tue, 15 May 2012 09:08:49 -0700
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Armada Health Care (Armada), the nation's largest group purchasing and channel management organization for the Specialty Pharmacy market, reports it has signed a four year lease for ...
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