Category Archives: Pharmacy

01-06-2012 12:21 The LEADership Academy at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy is a new approach to developing the next generation of pharmacy leaders. We are working to increase and sustain engagement with prospective students from around the country through three innovative programs. Continued here: LEADership Academy, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy - Video … Continue reading →

A student expelled from the pharmacy school at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Centers Abilene campus is suing for readmission, accusing the university of violating his due process rights in a disciplinary proceeding. Brian Brister, expelled a year ago, accused HSC officials of violating his rights to a fair review of several disciplinary complaints by appointing a review panel that wasnt impartial, and failing to give him reasonable access to information related to the disciplinary investigation before the hearing. According to the suit, filed earlier this month in the 99th District Court in Lubbock, HSC officials accused Brister in the spring of 2010 of: Signing on to a university computer with someone elses user identification and password and changing his grade in a class. Behaving in a disruptive manner when a university official approached him about reimbursing another student for items that were thrown out when a refrigerator was being cleaned out. Being in an area of the Abilene School of Pharmacy that was off-limits to students outside normal hours. Downloading sexually explicit material using Techs computer system. The download used an unauthorized virtual machine software that allows another operating system to run on a host computers environment which also … Continue reading →

Fourth year pharmacy student Stephanie Gordon Elliot always thought she would go into retail pharmacy in a small chain. In the past few years, though, she has realized that she wanted to do something more with pharmacy and that opportunity exists in a small community setting, she said. Elliott, from Jonesville, Va., and Arissa Vaughn, Kingsport, both will get the opportunity to work in a small independent community pharmacy upon graduation from East Tennessee State Universitys College of Pharmacy through a new scholarship provided by Cardinal Health. The scholarship also will provide for half their tuition for their final year of school, which is next year. Elliott and Vaughn are the first recipients of the scholarship at ETSU. It means a lot, Elliott said of the scholarship. Its more than just a scholarship amount, its an opportunity. Steve Lawrence, vice president of independent sales at Cardinal Health, said his company started these scholarships about a year ago at various pharmacy schools for final-year pharmacy students to entice them to go into independent pharmacy. Once they graduate were going to partner them, hopefully, with an independent (pharmacy) owner who is ready to transition their business and that way we can keep … Continue reading →

HALIFAX, June 1, 2012 /CNW/ - STI, innovative solution provider for the Canadian healthcare market, announces the national launch of the STI Pharmacy Partner Program at the Canadian Pharmacists Association Conference this weekend in Whistler, BC. Some of the country's largest chain and banner pharmacies including Pharmasave, PharmaChoice, Canada Safeway, Costco Pharmacy, Murphy's Pharmacies in addition to thousands of independent pharmacies are founding members of the program, which is available to all pharmacies from coast to coast. The STI Pharmacy Partner Program is designed to support pharmacy as they adapt to the changing environment and combat the challenges of generic drug reform. Pharmacy partners can choose to participate in exclusive STI programs such as blood glucose meter reimbursement, patient insight, co-branded promotions and patient benefit card distribution. These programs promote pharmacy loyalty leading to an increase in overall pharmacy business. The STI Pharmacy Partner Program comes with a members-only website that provides pharmacy with easy access to STI program information and allows for an open communication channel with pharmacy. The program website provides tools such as: online customer support, store level activity reporting, and card ordering, all packaged for pharmacy at no cost. "STI was founded on the belief that … Continue reading →

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Joseph A. LoCicero, President & CEO of The Segal Company has announced that Ritu Malhotra, PharmD, Vice President and Clinical Pharmacy Consultant, has been named National Pharmacy Benefits Practice Leader. Mr. LoCicero said, As National Pharmacy Benefit Practice Leader, Ritus role is to be a thought leader on prescription drug benefit plan design, cost savings strategies, clinical management strategies, practice development and market trends. Her experience in integrating clinical knowledge into managed care settings has been especially effective for our clients. We are looking forward to her leading our PBM technical team and the Rx consulting group. Dr. Malhotra will also support marketing and sales efforts and serve as the primary spokesperson on Rx- related matters. She will continue to work directly with clients on pharmacy benefit programs. Dr. Malhotra holds a Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of the Sciences, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and a BA in Biology from Lehigh University (Bethlehem, PA). She is an active member of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP). Dr. Malhotra works out of the firms Chicago office and reports to Ed Kaplan, Senior Vice President and National Health Practice Leader. The Segal Company (www.segalco.com) is an independent, … Continue reading →

FLINT, Mich., May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy, the nation's largest, privately owned specialty pharmacy, announced today that CEO Phil Hagerman has received an invitation from the White House Business Council and Business Forward to attend a one-day forum on jobs and the economy. The White House Business Council will host Mr. Hagerman and other business leaders from Michigan on June 1 at the White House for an interactive dialogue about what is working in Michigan and how the private sector and government can collaborate more effectively to foster greater opportunity, innovation, job creation and, in the words of President Obama, "create an American economy that's built to last." "I am extremely honored to represent Diplomat, the state of Michigan and also Flint's business community," said Hagerman. "Diplomat's continued growth has positioned us to be part of the Michigan delegation. In January of 2010 we had 360 employees. Today, as the nation's 4th largest specialty pharmacy, we employ over 700 people and we're hiring every day." The forum at the White House will cover a range of topics as they relate to Michigan business communities. Over the past year, the White House Business Council has hosted meetings with … Continue reading →

The Irish Times - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 CONOR POPE and PAMELA DUNCAN A SECOND large chain of pharmacies has announced it is scrapping its mark-ups on prescription charges. The move will see the cost of many leading drugs fall significantly across the 26 stores trading under the Sam McCauley banner. The pharmacy chain has followed the lead of Boots Ireland, which yesterday announced it was abandoning the traditional 50 per cent mark-up that pharmacists add to the cost price of a drug on top of a 5 dispensing fee, in favour of a single 7 professional services fee that will be added to the cost price of drugs. Boots said its 10 most expensive prescription drugs will fall in price by an average of 25 per cent. This will save people on medications for conditions including asthma and heart disease up to 300 a year. A person with asthma who pays 95 a month for drugs will see the cost drop to just over 70, a saving of about 290 a year. Monthly costs for a person with high blood pressure and cholesterol will fall from 77 to 66, an annual saving of nearly 150. The move on pricing … Continue reading →

A judge has found a man acted out of character when he held up a Brisbane pharmacy armed with a knife last year. Jamie Patrick Raines pleaded guilty to armed robbery and four other charges relating to fraud and forgery in the Brisbane District Court this morning, after spending close to six months in remanded custody. The court heard Raines, 41, described as "normally loving, caring and hard working" by his references, had suffered a marriage break down prior to the events for which he had been charged on December 4 and 5, after one of his two young children became seriously ill. Advertisement: Story continues below Stressed and having suffered health problems of his own, Raines, who worked as a patient care assistant at Greenslopes Private Hospital, was said to have taken a prescription pad and fraudulently used it to acquire the pain killing drug Endone. A pharmacist at the Village Discount Pharmacy in Upper Mount Gravatt queried the prescription with a doctor at the Greenslopes Hospital and Raines received a phone call from the hospital concerning the matter. The court heard Raines, who had already lost his marriage and the family home, perceived he was also about to … Continue reading →

Qatar Universitys College of Pharmacy (CPH) has been officially recognised by the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC), the national certification body for the pharmacy profession in Canada. The move by PEBC recognises the Colleges BSc (Pharm) graduates as graduates of a pharmacy programme accredited by the Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs (CCAPP). This means the colleges graduates will not be required to sit the PEBC Pharmacist Evaluating Examination but will be permitted direct entry to the PEBC Pharmacist Qualifying Examination, which is typically reserved for pharmacy graduates in Canada and the US. The PEBC will also deliver Part 1 of its Pharmacist Qualifying Examination in Qatar on a pilot basis. This will take place in November, allowing CPH students to sit the exam in Doha, making it the first time it will be delivered outside of North America, and which, if successful, will be repeated annually. CPH Dean Dr Peter Jewesson described the recognition as a very important milestone for the new programme, the university and for Qatar-Canada relations. Under the new National Health Strategy, Qatar seeks to improve healthcare outcomes for its citizens by improving services and research aimed at improving the effectiveness and quality of … Continue reading →

CEBU, Philippines - Opening 60 branches within the Visayas region in just two years, retail pharmaceutical company Three Sixty Pharmacy agreed a strategic partnership on technology solutions with IBM Philippines to increase productivity and reduce administrative and support costs. For a robust and scalable storage environment, the drugstore chain selected IBMs Storwize V700 Unified Disk System and the IBM Tivoli Storage Flash Copy Manager to streamline its operations to support its expansion plan. IBM Territory Manager for Geographic Expansion Ana Joy Bellosillo said that the partnership is still at the planning stage and finalization to help Three Sixty Pharmacy in its goals towards growth in terms of information and technology infrastructure. She added that they have implemented upgrades to the storage of the servers for the collection of data from the original set-up. As Three Sixty Pharmacy continues to grow, we made sure that IBM offers the products and services that are robust and very reliable solutions, catering to the expansion plans Three Sixty has made for, she stated during the media briefing at Parklane International Hotel last Sunday. She further said that IBM has tied up with the IT team of the pharmacy before coming up with the right … Continue reading →