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Home national Pharmacy Council to hear cold medicine case The Nation February 28, 2012 1:00 am The council's ethics committee will soon hear the case of the unnamed 40-year-old official, who is accused of forging reports that 65,000 tablets of pseudoephedrine-based medicine, contained in 130 bottles, had been delivered to a health-promoting hospital at tambon level, when in fact he had sold them. She said the official's conduct was a violation of professional ethics, but did not give details of the penalties he would be subject to, or whether the case could result in revocation of his pharmacist's license. She did not give a date for when the Pharmacy Council would start hearing the case. "The case has brought the pharmacists' profession into disrepute. The acts were conducted contrary to the models of a pharmacist's role and ethics, and clearly in violation of the law," she said. Pseudoephedrine is a cheap and effective drug used to treat basic colds and fever. Formerly sold over the counter, it was recently made a prescription item and can be distributed internally only within government hospitals. Pseudoephe-drine-based medicines are to be upgraded to a Type 2 addictive substance, which would make it more difficult … Continue reading →

By Justine Griffin February 28, 2012 10:30 AM Navarro Discount Pharmacy will open its first Broward County store in Pembroke Pines next week. The new 16,000-square-foot store is located at 15825 Pines Blvd. in Pembroke Pines. The store will open Thursday, March 8 at 8 a.m. This is an area in West Broward where Navarro hopes to target Puerto Rican and Venezuelan Hispanics living in the area, said Jeanne Becker, spokeswoman with Becker Public Relations. The South Florida-based pharmacy brand has 30 locations in Miami-Dade County. The pharmacy will offer its own private label brand called Vida Mia inside the Pembroke Pines store. Each store sells pharmacy supplies, personal care and household products, limited grocery selections, some electronics and has a fragrance counter. Navarro Discount Pharmacy stores also offer photo processing services and sell cell phones from a select few major service providers. Navarro Discount Pharmacy holds a 17 percent market share in South Florida with reported annual sales near $320 million, according to a press release. Three ways to keep up with the latest deals: "Like" our Sentinel Deals page on Facebook; follow Justine Griffin on Twitter@SunBizGriffin and sign up for Deals text alerts. You share in the SunSentinel.com … Continue reading →

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PharMerica Corporation (NYSE: PMC - News), a national provider of institutional pharmacy and hospital pharmacy management services, today announced that Michael J. Culotta, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will make a presentation regarding the Company at RBC Capital Markets’ 2012 Healthcare Conference in New York City, on Wednesday, February 29, 2012, at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The Company also announced that a live broadcast of its conference presentation, as well as any written materials accompanying the presentation, will be available on the “For Investors” tab of the Company’s website, http://www.pharmerica.com, under “Webcasts and Presentations.” In addition, the webcast, transcript and written materials will be archived on the Company’s website following the event. About PharMerica PharMerica Corporation is a leading institutional pharmacy services company servicing healthcare facilities in the United States. PharMerica operates institutional pharmacies in 44 states. PharMerica’s customers are institutional healthcare providers, such as nursing centers, assisted living facilities, hospitals and other long-term care providers. The Company also provides pharmacy management services to long-term care hospitals. Read more from the original source: PharMerica to Present at 2012 RBC Capital Markets’ Healthcare Conference … Continue reading →

The University is encouraging a better lifestyle for 65 employees through the Healthy Dawgs Wellness Program, an initiative set in place to educate employees about their prescription medications and to promote healthier habits. The program, which is in its second year, targets employees in select departments and with the assistance of third year pharmacy students, teaches them how to take medications, helps them to understand their diseases and gives them tips on how to lower risk of disease. Each year, the program is only available to a certain amount of people due to limited space, even though there is a large willingness to expand, said Lindsey Welch, a public service assistant for experience programs. This year, the program is working with the Physical Plant and University Housing. Welch said the program started because the College of Pharmacy saw a need for more wellness initiatives on campus for employees and realized more students needed more practical experience working with patients. “It’s a win-win situation,” she said. “We had a need, we saw a need and we were able to fill that need.” The pharmacy students work one-on-one with each employee-patient, meeting with them twice in the fall and twice in the … Continue reading →

Q: I am a cardiologist with a patient who had elevated cholesterol in 2010. Her total cholesterol was 245, and her LDL was 156. I put her on Pravachol. It brought her cholesterol down to under 200, and her LDL to around 100. Last year, her insurance company switched her from Pravachol to generic pravastatin. It came from India. After two months on this generic medication, her total cholesterol had risen to 249, and her LDL was 151, basically back where she started. I was not pleased, so I prescribed a generic from an Israeli company. Within six weeks, her cholesterol was back to 196, and her LDL was 113. While she was on the generic from India, it was as if she were taking nothing at all. A: In the past decade, we have heard from thousands of people who have experienced generic-drug failures. Sometimes it happens when they are switched from a brand to a generic. Other times it occurs when one generic product is substituted for another. One way to tell if generic drugs are doing the job is to test the results and keep careful records, as you did with your patient. Q: I need cataract … Continue reading →

The University of Charleston School of Pharmacy already draws students from around the country but may soon open a branch campus in Kentucky to expand its reach. University officials announced in January the Charleston school is considering a partnership with Midway College, a private institution in Kentucky, to open a branch pharmacy school campus in Paintsville. Midway and UC signed a letter of intent on Dec. 28 agreeing to a 60-day "due diligence" period to work out details of a partnership. That period is now drawing to a close but UC president Ed Welch said there are still a few questions left to answer before the schools move forward with their plans. Welch said the first question is, "Would it be an academically strong program?" "The answer seems to be yes," he said. A satellite campus in Kentucky would utilize distance-learning technology to connect students with teachers here in the Mountain State. That means students would sometimes teleconference with professors, instead of having a live teacher in the classroom. "Other schools have done branch pharmacy campuses," Welch said. "There are ways to use distance education to have a high-quality program." Welch said the second question is, does UC's pharmacy school … Continue reading →

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CVS/pharmacy, one of the largest retail pharmacy chains in the nation, has made a move to enter the central Iowa market. The company received a site plan approval this week from the city of Ankeny for a store at 104 E. First St. Mike DeAngelis, a spokesman for CVS/pharmacy, said the company is in the early planning stages for the store. Construction is planned to  begin in the second half of 2012, with an opening in 2013. Other sites may be on the company’s radar. “We are interested in expanding in the Des Moines market but we have no additional locations to announce at this time,” DeAngelis said. CVS/pharmacy has retail stores in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Davenport, Waterloo and Council Bluffs. It has more than 7,000 pharmacies nationwide. Walgreens also has more than 7,000 drugstores nationwide, including about 70 stores in Iowa. The CVS/pharmacy retail stores are part of the Rhode Island-based CVS Caremark Corp., which includes mail order, retail and specialty pharmacies; retail clinics; and is a provider of Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans. Its retail pharmacies also sell beauty, health and personal care brands, including the proprietary brands Cristophe, Essence of Beauty, Nuprin, Playskool and Skin … Continue reading →

Clinical trials conducted by Burman's Specialty Pharmacy found Incivek and Victrelis to hold much more promise than the previous regimen did of treating Hepatitis C, according to research exclusively shared with Atlantic Information Services's Specialty Pharmacy News. Washington, DC (PRWEB) February 24, 2012 One specialty pharmacy’s real-world data for two drugs approved in 2011 for the treatment of hepatitis C support clinical trials data showing that the new therapies hold much more promise than the previous regimen did of clearing the virus, Atlantic Information Services's Specialty Pharmacy News has learned. The drugs, Incivek and Victrelis, also could cut the current 48-week treatment time down to 24 weeks for certain patients if they achieve an early viral response. With patients who were among the first to be dosed recently hitting the 24-week mark in their regimens, Burman’s Specialty Pharmacy has shared exclusive data with Specialty Pharmacy News on what it has seen so far among about 700 people it has treated with Merck & Co., Inc.’s Victrelis and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s Incivek. Within the patient population naïve to previous hepatitis C treatment, 66% on Victrelis achieved an early viral response. Similarly, among a sample of 77 patients taking Incivek, 75% of … Continue reading →

Public release date: 22-Feb-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Duke Helfand duke.helfand@cshs.org 310-248-6608 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, Feb. 23, 2012 -- During her 34-year career, Rita Shane, PharmD, has earned a reputation as a tireless advocate for patient safety ? one who has transformed the way pharmacists perform their jobs. Now that work has brought Shane, director of pharmacy services at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the highest honor for health system pharmacists. She is the recipient of the 2012 Harvey A.K. Whitney Lecture Award. In choosing Shane, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists cited her commitment to safety and her efforts to expand clinical pharmacy services at Cedars-Sinai. The organization pointed out that Shane has led the creation of a "progressive pharmacy practice model" while at the helm of Cedars-Sinai's pharmacy operation, training pharmacists how to deliver specialized services for patients with diverse medical needs, whether in the Emergency Department, transplant units or other settings. The pharmacist group also mentioned Shane's role as an advocate for regulatory changes in California that allow pharmacy technicians to check each other's work in acute care settings, freeing pharmacists from paperwork to spend more time with patients. "Rita is an exceptional leader, … Continue reading →