Picture: MORGUEFILE THE Vincent Family Pharmacy in East London has been found liable for the injury of a 67-year-old woman who slipped and fell on its freshly washed wet floor. Margaret Louise Ascani is suing the pharmacy, located in the Vincent Park Shopping Mall, for R1.1-million after she slipped on the floor and broke her hip in May 2011. The high court sitting in East London found that a pharmacy had a greater duty of care to its customers because, by the nature of its business, it attracted more vulnerable people than a supermarket. Ascani claims the freshly cleaned floor had been wet and had caused her to slip in one of the aisles in the pharmacy and injure herself. An ambulance had been called and she had been taken to hospital. While the pharmacy admitted the floor had been recently cleaned, it denied it was wet. But Judge Nambitha Dambuza found that the floor had been wet and the pharmacy should have foreseen that the washing of the floor during business hours could result in an injury to customers. It should have taken reasonable and necessary precautionary steps to warn members of the public of the possible danger. She … Continue reading →

A local pharmacy has increased its offer of reward money for the arrest and conviction of the armed robber who struck their store in December and again on Sunday. Detectives Terry Monter and Joe Pileggi are investigating the robberies that took place at the Rite Aid, 3720 Tuscarawas St. W, on Dec. 11 and again at 6:15 a.m. Sunday. Monter said a man in photos they have obtained appears to show a semi-automatic pistol when he robs the pharmacy of undisclosed drugs. Detectives believe the gunman was possibly the same man who robbed the place in December. The store offered a $5,000 reward in December and has increased that reward to $10,000, Monter said. The gunman was described as white, about 5 feet, 8 inches tall and 160 pounds. He wore a blue Nike hooded sweatshirt covering a black hoody, darker jeans, dark shoes and a couple layers of clothing as well as a winter cap. Fliers have been distributed in the area around the pharmacy as police are asking anyone with information to call them at 330-489-3144. Read the original: Pharmacy doubles reward after second robbery … Continue reading →

FLORHAM PARK, N.J., Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Armada Health Care (Armada) announced the formation of the Specialty Pharmacy Association of America (SPAARx), a free-standing, national organization representing the professional and business interests of the specialty pharmacy industry. This new organization is being formed in response to the overwhelming volume of requests from numerous stakeholders asking that Armada take the lead and help fill this void in the healthcare marketplace. The Specialty Pharmacy Association of America (SPAARx) will be neutral to all industry vendors. It will be governed by a board of directors comprised of executives from a diverse group of specialty pharmacies and related organizations. Board members will establish the agenda for shaping the Association's mission, objectives and future activities. The official launch of the Specialty Pharmacy Association of America (SPAARx) will occur at the 9th Annual Armada Specialty Pharmacy Summit which is scheduled for the week of May 6th in Las Vegas, NV. Total participation at this year's Summit is projected to reach a record 2,500 specialty pharmacy industry attendees which will rank the Armada Summit among other highly prominent national pharmacy conferences. Armada Summit attendees will be invited to join the new Association as charter members. Ultimately, … Continue reading →