A recent resolution by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists to require postgraduate one-year residencies for all pharmacists involved in direct patient care, has long-term consequences—and brings long-term controversy.

New studies suggest that widely used antianemia drugs may seriously harm cancer patients.

Changes in the health-care workplace environment have put an increased emphasis on the importance of leadership skills to help address this challenge.

Heart's discontent: Studies of promising heart failure treatments bring one disappointment after another May 21, 2007 By: Elena Beyzarov, Pharm.D.

The much-anticipated results of recently completed studies on new drugs to treat heart failure (HF) have somewhat dampened the prospects of extending patients' lives

Debilitating pain—affecting millions of Americans—was often alleviated by traditional nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and COX-2 inhibitors. But the appeal of these once-popular drugs is declining due to safety concerns.

In the early 1990s, when Health Mart was owned by regional wholesale distributor FoxMeyer, it was little more than a franchise tallying 800 stores. Now it is a pharmacy franchise logging 1,280 stores. The chain has experienced nearly a 400% growth rate over the past 10 months.

What follows is a review of the biggest news of 2006 in just a few categories, along with their new product standouts.

Drug delivery systems are hot. As they expand into more and more therapeutic categories, they are altering the status quo of drug administration for an increasing number of patients. They are also fueling a need for patient education, a need that is perhaps unobtrusively shaping the face of pharmacy.

Going the extra mile. Bending over backwards to serve. That's what sets some independent pharmacies apart. To learn who these standouts are, Drug Topics once again invited wholesalers across the United States to nominate their independent pharmacy customers that excel in four categories.