Current Pharmacy News

[Utterdevotion]

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I've been having some trouble finding good sources with pharmacy news. So I thought we could start a thread and share some, helping all of us out!
(Any help from the pharmD students and pharmacists would be wonderful! 🙂 )

**Wal-Mart $4 drugs/Target and Kmart matches their prices
**OTC Plan B
**Medicaid prescriptions can now be done electronically
**ReNu brand caused serious fungal infections and was recalled. 28 wearers had fungal keratitis.
**Some Acetaminophen was recalled because it has metal pieces in it.
**Medications turned generic – Plavix, Zoloft, Zocor
**iPLEDGE
**Pharmacists can give flu shots (Maryland)
**Medicare Part D
**Pseduophedrine law
**Ecoli spinach virus outbreak
**Schedule II drugs oxycontin locked up in separate drawers.
**CVS merges w/ Caremark
**Rite Aid buys Eckerd

 

[OasisDwlr]

*CA governator Schwarzenegger is proposing a plan to provide all Californians with health insurance, even for those who can't afford it.
*the nasal spray flu vaccine FluMist was just approved in a refrigerated form, allowing for expanded use.
*viable stem cells were extracted from a pregnant woman's amniotic fluid, reopening the stem cell debate in Congress.
*Congress hopes to eliminate the ban on the federal government negotiating with pharm companies for decreased drug prices for those on Medicare.
*Companies nationwide are promoting preventative care health insurance, in hopes of preventing disease and illness before it happens.

 

[Utterdevotion]

**HPV vaccine debate continues
**Medicare Part B premiums will increase next month
**Democrats proving very difficult to close "donut gap" of part D
**Bird flu from China has moved into Vietnam with smuggled chickens
**Increasing trend of doctors taking less Medicaid patients because of hassles with authorizations, etc
**news of vagus nerve stimulator (VNS) implanted in the chest to send impulses to the brain for serotonin, to treat depression

Please help add some!

 

[Farmercyst]

One of many professional publications dealing with pharmacy news.

http://www.pharmacytimes.com/

It's more of a newspaper for pharmacists, unlike most journals put out by ashp, etc. Covers more topics, but less in-depth.

 

[Utterdevotion]

One of many professional publications dealing with pharmacy news.

http://www.pharmacytimes.com/

It's more of a newspaper for pharmacists, unlike most journals put out by ashp, etc. Covers more topics, but less in-depth.

you rock! 😀