CVS-Aetna Deal Boosts The Drug Store Chain
Forbes: CVS Caremark, the drug retailer and pharmacy benefit management firm, announced a new agreement with Aetna to help constrain drug costs. "The deal encompasses approximately $9.5 billion in annual drug spending relating to approximately 9.7 million lives. CVS expects significant long-term financial benefits from this strategic relationship" (7/28)...

Rite Aid Agrees To Pay $1 Million To Settle Medical Privacy Questions
The Wall Street Journal: "Rite Aid Corp. agreed to pay $1 million to settle potential violations of government privacy rules after regulators said it failed to protect customers' and employees' financial and medical information...

Dispensary Of Hope Welcomes Sanofi-Aventis U.S. As Latest Participant In The Continued Access Program
The Dispensary of Hope is pleased to announce that sanofi-aventis U.S., the U.S. affiliate of sanofi-aventis, a leading global pharmaceutical company, has become the latest pharmaceutical company to participate in the Dispensary's Continued Access Program, which provides uninsured patients with access to medicines that they otherwise couldn't afford...

What Are Side Effects (Adverse Effects)? What Causes Side Effects?
A side effect, also known as an adverse effect, adverse event, or undesirable secondary effect is when a treatment goes beyond the desired effect and causes a problem; the treatment, which may be a medication, surgical procedure or some kind of therapy has an undesirable secondary effect which occurs in addition to the desired therapeutic effect...

Pharmacy Practice Model Summit Participants Announced
ASHP and the ASHP Foundation announced the participants in the upcoming Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative Summit, which will be held November 7-9, 2010, in Dallas as part of the ASHP and ASHP Foundation's Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative. The attendee list, which includes participants and observers, is available online...

FDA And Academic Pharmacy Create A Groundbreaking Study To Improve Patient Health Outcomes
The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), in partnership with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Office of Pharmacy Affairs in the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), has completed a baseline evaluation of the integration of the "Science of Safety" into the curriculum of the Doctor of Pharmacy degree at accredited colleges and schools of pharmacy...

Wellcome Trust Grant To King's College London To Combat Counterfeit Drugs, UK
The Wellcome Trust has awarded آ£473,000 to a team of King's researchers, to be led by Dr Kaspar Althoefer, Reader in Sensing and Embedded Systems, for the creation of a system that can identify counterfeit and substandard drugs...

State Of Iowa Launches New Medication Therapy Management Program
Outcomes Pharmaceutical Health Care® (Outcomes®) has been selected by the State of Iowa Department of Administrative Services to administer a Medication Therapy Management (MTM) program for the state employee health plan...

Cardinal Health Introduces New Features To Tool That Has Recovered Nearly $20 Million In Prescription Reimbursements For Retail Pharmacies
Since launching its Reconciliation service in 2006 years, Cardinal Health has helped independent pharmacies recover nearly $20 million in pharmaceutical reimbursements. With new service features announced this week at the company's annual Retail Business Conference in Denver, Reconciliation 2.0 is easier to use than ever before, and is now able to reconcile claims from all insurance companies...

Cardinal Health Helps Independent Pharmacies Target Fast-Growing Long-Term Care Segment
Delivering on its commitment to helping independent retail pharmacies diversify revenue and improve profitability, Cardinal Health announced that it has partnered with the American Society of Consultant Pharmacies (ASCP) to offer retailers training, tools and guidance that will help them tap into one of the fastest-growing markets in health care: long term care (LTC). The number of U.S...

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