CVS Caremark Helps Customers and Communities after Hurricane Sandy In late October, Hurricane Sandy pounded the East Coast with high winds, heavy rains and rough seas, leaving massive destruction in its wake. Many communities - especially in New York and New Jersey - were devastated by the storm, and are still trying to recover. Deeply connected to these communities through its CVS/pharmacy stores and charitable partnerships, CVS Caremark has been working to help communities that were overwhelmed by the storm. From setting up mobile pharmacies and temporary stores in order to provide access to important medications and supplies, to establishing a co-pay waiver program for customers in hard hit communities, to providing significant donations to the American Red Cross and local social service organizations -- CVS Caremark has provided support to relief efforts since Sandy hit. To learn more about the challenges faced by some of the hardest hit communities and the support provided by CVS Caremark and its colleagues, please watch the following community-specific videos. Full Story: 3blmedia.com By: 3blmedia … Continue reading →

Pharmacy Talent Show 2013 Pharmacy Talent Show Filmed and Edited by LIUTV LIU-TV 2013 By: LIUTVBK … Continue reading →

Supersized Nnation - Jennifer Ericksen, PharmD Candidate 2008 -USC School of Pharmacy Obesity Overweight as an Independent Risk Factor: - Obesity trends/statistics - Body mass index (BMI) - Associated risks/disease - CHA detection project findings - A little can do a lot...examples - Future strategies... -US Economic Consequences... "Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things" By: ProPharmaRx … Continue reading →

AHF Groundbreaking: Columbus, OH - NBC 4 News at 5:30 PM WCMH (NBC) Columbus 01/24/13 AHF hosts groundbreaking ceremony to commemorate the beginning of construction of its newest all-in-one facility mdash;an Out of the Closet Thrift Store, AHF Pharmacy and HIV testing site mdash;in the hip, Short North district of Columbus, (1230 N. High St., on the corner of N. High and 5th Ave.). The facility, to open in early summer, will also serve as a hub for the organization's advocacy in the region and will join the newest AHF Healthcare Center mdash;which opened earlier this month in Columbus mdash;in providing high-quality HIV/AIDS services to the community, regardless of ability to pay. By: aidshealth … Continue reading →

VCU GOT TALENT! Don't forget to sign up your talent for VCU SOM's 4th Annual Talent Show for Charity! When: Friday February 22, 2013 6pm Where: The Hippodrome (528 N 2nd Street) Who can attend: ANYONE- all VCU and MCV students, family and friends Entrance: $5 Voting: 25 cents or canned food item Proceeds will go to CHAT, Virginia Central Food Bank and the American Heart Association Winner of cash prize decided by the crowd and panel of judges selected from the medical, dental and pharmacy schools! Sign up now! There will be plenty of food, fun and entertainment!!! Sign up on this document: docs.google.com Questions/Concerns Marie K Moorman moormanmk@vcu.edu By: Tu Nguyen … Continue reading →

by Sarah Hawley shawley@civitasmedia.com Point Pleasant (Wv) Register POMEROY A former pharmacy technician was arraigned Monday on 14 charges related to theft, trafficking and possession of drugs. Stacy A. Hawk, 33, sat silently at the defendants table as Meigs County Common Pleas Judge I. Carson Crow read the 14 counts of the indictment. Hawk was charged with five counts of theft of drugs, one count possession of drugs, three counts aggravated possession of drugs and five counts trafficking in drugs. Theft of drugs, as charged, is a felony of the third degree, while the other nine counts are third degree felonies. According to the indictment filed with the court, the alleged theft of drugs involved various strengths of hydrocodone with acetaminophen from Fruth Pharmacy No. 6 (Pomeroy) on Nov. 9, 16, 23, 26 and 28. The single count of possession of drug occurred on or about Nov. 9. According to the indictment, Hawk did knowingly obtain, possess or use a controlled substance. The drugs were described as 500 tablets of hydrocodone with acetaminophen 5/325 mg tablets, a schedule III substance, with the amount being five times greater, but less that fifty times the bulk amount. The three counts of aggravated … Continue reading →

COLCHESTER, VT--(Marketwire - Jan 28, 2013) - Karen Glass, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences' Vermont Campus, has been awarded a three-year research grant totaling $353,400 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Glass will seek to identify new ways to prevent and treat a type of leukemia called Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). What is AML?AML is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. In AML patients, cells that would typically develop into white blood cells, important for the immune system, grow at an abnormal rate, thereby interfering with the production of normal blood cells. Research ProjectSubstances such as proteins regularly bind to our DNA, and in so doing, cause genes to be expressed or repressed (these binding substances are called "transcription factors"). The resulting series of interactions contribute to a range of bodily processes, one of which is the development of blood cells, including bone marrow cells. Genetic mutations, however, can cause these cellular processes to break down. In AML, there is a mutation known as chromosomal translocation, where a chromosome breaks and incorrectly re-fuses to another chromosome. Factors including environmental toxins, benzene exposure, and drugs … Continue reading →

BOSTON (Reuters) - A bankruptcy judge on Monday froze the assets of the owners of the pharmacy linked to a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak. Orders signed by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Henry Boroff temporarily restrict the owners of New England Compounding Center (NECC) from selling their luxury homes or spending up to $21 million they received last year in salary and shareholder distributions. NECC filed for bankruptcy protection in December after U.S. authorities shut down its pharmacy operations amid a meningitis outbreak that has killed 44 people and sickened nearly 700 others, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Boroff also ordered three companies affiliated with NECC, including Ameridose LLC, from paying money to the individual owners. Ameridose has paid money to NECC, though, to fund its legal defense and bankruptcy counsel, court filings show. "This is a victory for the creditors committee," said Anne Andrews of Andrews & Thornton of Irvine, California, a co-chair of the creditors committee. The judge's rulings came in response to an emergency motion of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors. The group launched an investigation after the payments to the owners were revealed January 18 in court filings. The creditors' group, which includes meningitis … Continue reading →