Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Pharmacists to be barred from automatically registering as ...

The Pharmaceutical Journal-Jun 27, 2017
Pharmacists will no longer be able to automatically register as pharmacy technicians, as part of a revamp of the standards for the initial education and training 

46 Arrested As 'Full Service Pharmacy' Drug Ring Busted In Chester ...

Patch.com-22 hours ago
46 have been arrested in a massive drug bust; dealers sold MDMA, crack cocaine, meth, Vicodin, and more across Chester County.

Shrouded in secrecy: the Pharmacy Guild resists deeper scrutiny

The Guardian-11 hours ago
'The nation's 5,500 pharmacies [...] will receive more than $18.9 billion from the taxpayer over the five years of the current community pharmacy agreement.

Hospira recall drives 2 other drug companies to pull injectables from ...

Becker's Hospital Review-16 hours ago
PharMedium's injectables are compounded using some Hospira products. ... received reports of adverse events associated with the recalled injectable drugs.

Internet flooded with unfounded claims about 'natural' bioidentical .hormone therapy that Suzanne Somers made famous: study Doctors, pharmacists and naturopaths claim 'bioidentical' hormones are safer than conventional hormone-replacement treatment, but this has no basis in science, experts say

Internet flooded with unfounded claims about 'natural' bioidentical ...

National Post-17 hours ago
Those are drugs that plummeted in popularity after a landmark study ... plants such as soybeans and custom-compounded by pharmacists for individual patients ...