For pharmacists, from Drug Topics: News, features, and analysis for pharmacists about state board actions and regulations, and their impact on the pharmacy industry
October 8, 2009
By:Christine Blank, Contributing Editor
With a mail-order pharmacy license granted by the West Virginia Board of Pharmacy, West Virginia Rx becomes the largest charity pharmacy in the nation.
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September 3, 2009
By:Alaina Scott, Senior Editor
The Iowa Board of Pharmacy is now one step closer to making its recommendation to the state?s legislature regarding the use of medical marijuana in the state.
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August 28, 2009
By:Alaina Scott, Senior Editor
In what it describes as an effort to stabilize and possibly decrease costs, a significant portion of which are associated with enforcement of laws and regulations, the Virginia Board of Pharmacy is testing new processes to help increase the efficiency of certain noncompliance issues.
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August 28, 2009
By:Alaina Scott, Senior Editor
The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy will convene a two-day task force Oct. 28 and October 29 to research various prescription-drug monitoring programs and recommend standards or model rules.
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August 20, 2009
By:Alaina Scott, Senior Editor
The Pharmacists Society of the State of New York is fighting mad over the state's plan to contract with mail-order pharmacies to deliver high-cost medications to Medicaid customers.
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August 12, 2009
By:Alaina Scott, Senior Editor
Cardinal Health has agreed to acquire the assets of privately held Biotech, an operator of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) cyclotrons and nuclear pharmacies in the southwestern United States.
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August 10, 2009
By:Ned Milenkovich, PharmD, JD
The death of a teenager led Congress to pass the Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act in 2008, amending the Controlled Substances Act to prohibit delivery, distribution, or dispensing of controlled substances over the Internet without a valid prescription.
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August 5, 2009
By:Christine Blank, Contributing Editor
Iowa proponents have sought legalization of medical marijuana for years. Now the state?s Board of Pharmacy Examiners (IBPE) wants to learn more about the issue.
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July 1, 2009
By:Drug Topics staff
Credentials issued by the Commission for Certification in Geriatric Pharmacy (CCGP) now total 1,500 pharmacists specializing in geriatric issues. The CCGP was established in 1997 to oversee standards in this area of pharmacy practice.
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