Pharmacies

Print Your Own Prescription Pills With A 3D Printer

Posted 04.24.2012

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Scientists at the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom have made strides in research they believe could lead to the development of at-home drug...

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Cash-Strapped State Gets Enormous Reward For Google Investigation

AP | LAURA CRIMALDI | Posted 06.03.2012

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PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) — Rhode Island law enforcement agencies that participated in an investigation that resulted in Google Inc. forfeiting ...

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PBM Merger Means More Bad News For Consumers

Eva M. Clayton | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Express Scripts, Pharmacy, Pharmacy Benefit Managers, Pharmacies, Medco Health, Mergers, Business News

American consumers, still worried about finding or keeping their jobs and paying their bills in today's troubled economy, could receive another blow if a major health-industry merger between Express Scripts, Inc. and Medco Healthy Solutions is approved.

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Child's Play: The PBM Merger That Can Learn From Childhood Lessons

John Horton | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Pharmaceutical Industry, Pharmacies, Health Care, Mergers, Business News

As regulators consider the Express Scripts/Medco merger, they should consider the patient's point of view -- and whether the market is already so concentrated that the proposed merger will simply make an existing problem worse.

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Little Neck, NY: For Local Drug Store, The Prescription Is Personal

littleneck.patch.com | Posted 01.10.2012

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"We know our customers on a one-on-one basis, by their names. We try to help them on a personal level."...

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Iceland Trying To Make Cigarettes Prescription-Only

Newser | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Prescription-Only Cigarettes, Smokers, Smoking, Cigarettes, The Guardian, Smoking Ban, Prescription, Pharmacies, Iceland, World News

In Iceland, you may soon need to head to the pharmacy to get your cigarettes. The country is considering a counter-intuitive measure that would make c...

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Duane Reade To Further Ruin Williamsburg

freewilliamsburg.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: NY Real Estate, Williamsburg, Pharmacies, Duane Reade, Brooklyn, Gentrification, New York News

According to the "I'm Boycotting Duane Reade to Save Williamsburg" facebook group, a Duane Reade will be opened on Bedford, directly across from Kings...

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Big Box Prescription Bargains -- Less Than Meets the Eye?

Yolanda Reid Chassiakos | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Pharmacies, Big Box Stores, Pharmaceutical, Generic Drug Companies, Advertising Campaigns, Make a Profit, Drug Companies, Health Care, Healthcare, Health, Healthy Living News

Big box stores are in business to make money, not to subsidize your health care. Be aware of the research and study that have gone into making the attractive product displays.

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7 Independent Pharmacies Still Surviving In NYC

Posted 05.25.2011

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For years now New York has been rapidly taken over by the big chain pharmacies. While they're great for a Tide stick and the occasional bottle of wat...

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Drugstore Owners Look to Cash in on Health Care Reform

Hilary Kramer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Independent Drugstore Owners, Pre-Existing Illness, Health Care Reform, Generic Drugs, Big Pharma, Pharmaceutical Industry, Health Insurance, Pharmacies, Health Care, Health, Business News

The American people need to realize that the price being paid for this health care reform is high.

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Duane Reade at Death's Door?

Gothamist | John Del Signore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walgreens, Debt, New York City, Pharmacies, CVS Pharmacies, Business, Duane Reade, New York, New York News

Despite (or because of?) its ubiquity, Duane Reade is deeply in debt, and last week its corporate parent, private-equity firm Oak Hill Capital Partner...

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Recession Pushing Cost of Drugs Out of Reach

nytimes.com | KEVIN SACK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drugs, Pharmaceutical Industry, Prescription Drugs, Healt Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Pharmacies, Health Care, Health Care Costs, Business News

OCKY MOUNT, N.C. -- A year or so ago, when customers buttonholed the pharmacists at Almand's Drug Store here the questions were invariably about dosin...

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Pharmaceutical Drug Pushers Lead to National Overdose

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 05.25.2011

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I only hope that some woman is lucky enough to be with a man who becomes afflicted with one side effect Viagra claims, a condition known as priapism, ...

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Happy Holidays, New York.

Joan Malin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Rape, Holiday Season, George W. Bush, Pharmacies, Health Insurance, Rape Victims, Planned Parenthood, New York City, Planned Parenthood of New York City, Emergency Contraception, Health, Emergency Rooms, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News

Thanks to one stroke of pen by George W. Bush, New Yorkers can no longer go to the Emergency Room and trust that a provider's sole motivation is to give the best care available.

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Corporate Policies Can Play Role In Pharmacy Errors

USA Today | Kevin McCoy, Erik Brady | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prescription Drugs, Walgreens Pharmacy, Pharmacies, Pharmacy Chains, Prescription Errors, CVS Pharmacy, Business News

Pharmacy chains say they've spent billions of dollars on safety technology and other improvements that have cut their prescription-error rates to a fr...

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