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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.

Labopharm comments on outcome of patent-infringement litigation initiated by Purdue Pharma

Labopharm Inc. today commented on the outcome of patent-infringement litigation initiated by Purdue Pharma Products L.P. against Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. relating to Ultram(R) ER (tramadol hydrochloride extended-release tablets). The patents-in-suit are owned by Purdue and are licensed to Ortho-McNeil, Inc., the marketer of Ultram(R) ER.

18 Aug 2009

Labopharm comments on outcome of patent-infringement litigation initiated by Purdue Pharma

17 Aug 2009

African American groups call on health insurers to dismiss restrictive practices

To protect the health of African Americans in Maryland, the Black Nurses Association of Baltimore and the Greater Baltimore Urban League have joined together to support a National Health Insurer Code of Conduct from the American Medical Association.

13 Aug 2009

CVS Caremark announces results of 2009 Health IQ study

CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS) announced today the results of its 2009 Health IQ study which examined consumer attitudes and behaviors around health care and prescription usage. Among its findings, the study underscores the need for expanded health care coverage along with cost savings realized by improving health care delivery.

13 Aug 2009

Arcadia resources announces Q1 2009 financials

Arcadia Resources, Inc. (NYSE Amex: KAD), a leading provider of home care, medical staffing, and pharmacy services under the Arcadia HealthCare(SM) brand, today announced results for its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, 2009.

13 Aug 2009

Tiotropium - corticosteroid combination improves lung disease survival

Sufferers of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have a greater chance of survival when treated with a combination of drugs that includes tiotropium, according to research at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

12 Aug 2009

Providers, patients in States face budget squeeze

Local newspapers report on health care issues in Delaware, Lousiana and Hawaii. In Delaware, The News Journal reports on a Medicaid-related agreement regarding the state and prescription drug costs.

12 Aug 2009

Children of deployed parents at greater risk for psychosocial problems

About one-third of children with a parent deployed in the Global War on Terror are at high risk for psychosocial problems, suggests a study in the August issue of the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health and pharmacy.

11 Aug 2009

Widespread general use of fluoroquinolones is creating drug-resistant tuberculosis

Use of a common antibiotic may be undercutting its utility as a first-line defense against drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB). Fluoroquinolones are the most commonly prescribed class of antibiotics in the U.S. and are used to fight a number of different infections such as sinusitis and pneumonia. They are also an effective first line of defense against TB infections that show drug resistance. New research shows, however, that widespread general use of fluoroquinolones may be creating a strain of fluoroquinolone-resistant TB.

11 Aug 2009

Automated dispensing unit provides more accurate pharmacy automation

For central fill and mail order pharmacies looking to move their unit-of-use dispensing and pre-pack dispensing from A-frames to more accurate pharmacy automation, Tension International Automation Solutions (TIAS) offers the ADU-3500L. The automated dispensing unit (ADU) automates the dispensing, labeling and verification of pre-packaged products, and pharmaceutical and nutraceutical units-of-use.

10 Aug 2009

CHRISTUS Health strikes partnership with Elsevier for implementing CDS solutions at 25 hospitals

Elsevier has announced that Dallas-based CHRISTUS Health, one of the top 10 Catholic health systems in the U.S., will install five of Elsevier's online clinical decision support (CDS) solutions to meet the diverse and evolving clinical decision support needs of its physicians, nurses and pharmacists.

10 Aug 2009

ISI to host eSolutions Conference in September 2009

Image Solutions Inc. (ISI), a leading provider of electronic submissions management and publishing solutions for the life sciences industry, has unveiled a prestigious line-up of speakers for its annual eSolutions Conference in Barcelona, Spain, this September to support an agenda aimed at reinventing the regulatory function.

10 Aug 2009

Electronic health records cut cardiac deaths by 73 percent

An innovative program that cut cardiac deaths by 73 percent by linking coronary artery disease patients and teams of pharmacists, nurses, primary care doctors, and cardiologists with an electronic health record also kept the patients healthy two years after they left the program by keeping them in touch with their care givers electronically, according to a randomized study by Kaiser Permanente published in The American Journal of Managed Care this month.

9 Aug 2009

American Oriental Bioengineering launches new product for rhinitis and allergies

American Oriental Bioengineering, Inc. today announced that the Company has launched a new product for the rhinitis and allergy market, called Jingwei Capsules ("Jingwei"). Jingwei will be manufactured by the Company's Boke subsidiary, and will be marketed throughout China utilizing AOBO's distribution network, including the Company's national hospital and pharmacy distribution network.

7 Aug 2009

Botanicals do not have an effect on hot flashes or on cognitive function in menopausal women

Two studies conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Northwestern University have found that commonly used botanicals do not have an effect on hot flashes or on cognitive function in menopausal women.

6 Aug 2009

Physician practices help Michigan become a leading adopter of e-prescribing

Hundreds of physician practices in Michigan have teamed with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to help a movement that has made the state one of the national leaders of e-prescribing.

6 Aug 2009

In Massachusetts, a radical idea for changing how doctors are paid

Dr. Richard Lopez is chief physician at Atrius Health in Boston. He says "global payments" allow health care providers to innovate to keep patients out of the hospital. (Richard Knox/NPR)

6 Aug 2009

Take Care Health Systems now offering nebulizer treatments for acute respiratory distress

Take Care Health Systems is now offering nebulizer treatments, when clinically appropriate, for clinic patients exhibiting acute respiratory distress.

6 Aug 2009

World shortage of molybdenum may hinder nuclear medicine services

Problems with the world production and supply of molybdenum are leading to shortages of radioisotopes for nuclear medicine imaging tests, according to an editorial in the journal Nuclear Medicine Communications, official journal of the British Nuclear Medicine Society (BNMS).

5 Aug 2009

Adding a drug called neostigmine to epidural analgesia reduces dose needed during labor

Adding a drug called neostigmine to epidural analgesia during labor can reduce the amount of anesthetic drug required, while avoiding potential complications caused by morphine-like "opioid" drugs, according to a study in the August issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS).

27 Jul 2009

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Labopharm comments on outcome of patent-infringement litigation initiated by Purdue Pharma

Labopharm comments on outcome of patent-infringement litigation initiated by Purdue Pharma

African American groups call on health insurers to dismiss restrictive practices

CVS Caremark announces results of 2009 Health IQ study

Arcadia resources announces Q1 2009 financials

Tiotropium - corticosteroid combination improves lung disease survival

Providers, patients in States face budget squeeze

Children of deployed parents at greater risk for psychosocial problems

Widespread general use of fluoroquinolones is creating drug-resistant tuberculosis

Automated dispensing unit provides more accurate pharmacy automation

CHRISTUS Health strikes partnership with Elsevier for implementing CDS solutions at 25 hospitals

ISI to host eSolutions Conference in September 2009

Electronic health records cut cardiac deaths by 73 percent

American Oriental Bioengineering launches new product for rhinitis and allergies

Botanicals do not have an effect on hot flashes or on cognitive function in menopausal women

Physician practices help Michigan become a leading adopter of e-prescribing

In Massachusetts, a radical idea for changing how doctors are paid

Take Care Health Systems now offering nebulizer treatments for acute respiratory distress

World shortage of molybdenum may hinder nuclear medicine services

Adding a drug called neostigmine to epidural analgesia reduces dose needed during labor

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