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Community pharmacy, also known as retail pharmacy, is the most common type of pharmacy that allows the public access to their medications and advice about their health. Traditionally known as a chemist, it is the healthcare facility that is responsible for the provision of pharmaceutical service to a specific community group or region.

Leading experts from key sectors discuss challenges in 340B Drug Discount Program

Leading health care policy experts from community health centers, patient and clinician specialty groups, industry organizations and academic institutions convened yesterday to discuss challenges in the federal 340B Drug Discount Program, and the importance of preserving aspects that truly serve vulnerable, uninsured and underinsured patients.

12 Jun 2014

Scientists discover important new biomarker that could improve HER2 targeted cancer treatments

Scientists from the School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Trinity College Dublin have made a significant discovery of a new biomarker which may help overcome resistance to newer and more targeted anti-cancer drugs, such as Herceptin, for HER2 positive cancers. These findings may also help the early identification of patients who will benefit more from these treatments.

11 Jun 2014

Northwest Biotherapeutics initiates Phase III trial of DCVax-L in Germany

Northwest Biotherapeutics, a biotechnology company developing DCVax personalized immune therapies for solid tumor cancers, announced today that it has initiated the Phase III trial of DCVax-L in Germany.

10 Jun 2014

Wolters Kluwer announces feature-rich online platform for LWW Health Library

Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information and point-of-care solutions for healthcare and medical education, today announced a new, feature-rich online platform developed for the LWW Health Library, a portal to a diverse collection of Lippincott basic and clinical science content used by medical and pharmacy schools.

10 Jun 2014

PaxVax partners with UC to develop combination vaccine to prevent genital HSV infections

PaxVax Inc., a specialty vaccine company with a commercial focus on travel and biodefense and a social mission to ensure global access to its vaccines, today announced that it has entered into a research and development collaboration with the University of California, San Diego to develop a combination vaccine to prevent genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections.

10 Jun 2014

Manchester announces multi-year sponsorship deal with Cho-A Pharm

Manchester United has today announced a multi-year sponsorship deal with Korean Pharmaceutical company Cho-A Pharm to become Manchester United's Official Pharmaceuticals partner of in South Korea and Vietnam.

9 Jun 2014

Cigna opens new health care call center in North Fayette, Pittsburgh

Cigna welcomed over 100 new customer service employees at a ribbon-cutting opening the company's new health care call center in North Fayette, as service associates at the new call center began taking customer calls. Fifty more customer service personnel will be hired by year-end.

6 Jun 2014

University of Texas professor to receive Robert K. Chalmers Distinguished Pharmacy Educator Award

The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy will honor Robert L. Talbert, Pharm.D., B.S., professor of pharmacotherapy in the College of Pharmacy at The University of Texas at Austin, for his excellence as a teacher, his outstanding achievements as an author and mentor, and his overall impact on pharmacy education and the profession.

6 Jun 2014

MPS&A launches pilot program to test its Adherence Performance reporting solution

McKesson Pharmacy Systems and Automation (MPS&A) has launched a pilot program to test its Adherence Performance reporting solution.

5 Jun 2014

Democrats tout Medicaid expansion in campaigns

But House Republicans are divided over their promise to vote on a health law alternative this year as millions of Americans are now enrolled in expanded Medicaid and subsidized private coverage.

5 Jun 2014

PruittHealth announces winners of 2014 Guiding Light Caregiver Award

PruittHealth recently announced the 2014 winners of the Guiding Light Caregiver Award program at their annual Spring Conference.

4 Jun 2014

Walgreens reports May sales of $6.57 billion

Walgreens had May sales of $6.57 billion, an increase of 6.0 percent from $6.19 billion for the same month in fiscal 2013.

4 Jun 2014

Leidos Holdings revenues decrease $1.32B to 17% in first quarter FY 2015

Leidos Holdings, Inc., a national security, health and engineering solutions company, today reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2015, which ended May 2, 2014.

4 Jun 2014

Viewpoints: GOP needs to refine its message on health law; battle over school lunches

It was supposed to be so easy this election year for Republican congressional candidates. All they would have to do was shout "repeal Obamacare!" and make a crack about government doctors and broken websites, and they could coast into office on a wave of public fury. ... But it has not quite worked out that way. ... That sentiment conflicts with the Republican playbook, which party leaders are suddenly trying to rewrite. The result has been an incoherent mishmash of positions, as candidates try to straddle a widening gap between blind hatred of health reform and the public's growing recognition that much of it is working (6/1).

3 Jun 2014

Ezyme used as target for antidepressants may also provide way to cure prostate cancer

An international team of scientists including researchers at the Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute and the University of Southern California found that an enzyme commonly used as a target for antidepressants may also promote prostate cancer growth.

2 Jun 2014

State highlights: Mo.'s declining Medicaid caseload; N.C. budget would cut Medicaid rolls; Calif. paid sick leave

Missouri is seeing a bigger decline in its Medicaid rolls than nearly any other state, a ranking that the Nixon administration attributes to an improving economy and critics blame on application snafus.

31 May 2014

QPharma advises sterile pharmacy compounders to comply with new GMP regulations

QPharma, Inc. is advising sterile pharmacy compounders to be aware of their need to comply with new Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) regulations.

31 May 2014

Talyst to showcase acute care pharmacy automation solutions, software products at ASHP Summer Meeting

Talyst, a market leader in pharmacy automation and 340B solutions, will be exhibiting at the 2014 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Summer Meeting in Las Vegas, NV.

31 May 2014

Allowing PTSD patients to choose their own treatment is less expensive, shows study

A cost-analysis of post-traumatic stress disorder treatments shows that letting patients choose their course of treatment - either psychotherapy or medication - is less expensive than assigning a treatment and provides a higher quality of life for patients.

29 May 2014

Spokane Valley Cancer Center partners with SCCA Network to become 12th Member in Northwest

Spokane Valley Cancer Center joined the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) Network to become its 12th Member in the Northwest this month. This relationship will expand access to cancer treatment options and help foster advances in cancer care in the greater Spokane community.

28 May 2014

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Leading experts from key sectors discuss challenges in 340B Drug Discount Program

Scientists discover important new biomarker that could improve HER2 targeted cancer treatments

Northwest Biotherapeutics initiates Phase III trial of DCVax-L in Germany

Wolters Kluwer announces feature-rich online platform for LWW Health Library

PaxVax partners with UC to develop combination vaccine to prevent genital HSV infections

Manchester announces multi-year sponsorship deal with Cho-A Pharm

Cigna opens new health care call center in North Fayette, Pittsburgh

University of Texas professor to receive Robert K. Chalmers Distinguished Pharmacy Educator Award

MPS&A launches pilot program to test its Adherence Performance reporting solution

Democrats tout Medicaid expansion in campaigns

PruittHealth announces winners of 2014 Guiding Light Caregiver Award

Walgreens reports May sales of $6.57 billion

Leidos Holdings revenues decrease $1.32B to 17% in first quarter FY 2015

Viewpoints: GOP needs to refine its message on health law; battle over school lunches

Ezyme used as target for antidepressants may also provide way to cure prostate cancer

State highlights: Mo.'s declining Medicaid caseload; N.C. budget would cut Medicaid rolls; Calif. paid sick leave

QPharma advises sterile pharmacy compounders to comply with new GMP regulations

Talyst to showcase acute care pharmacy automation solutions, software products at ASHP Summer Meeting

Allowing PTSD patients to choose their own treatment is less expensive, shows study

Spokane Valley Cancer Center partners with SCCA Network to become 12th Member in Northwest

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