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April 26th 2025
New research confirms hydroxyurea's long-term effectiveness in reducing hospital visits for children with sickle cell anemia, supporting its use as standard treatment.
Dispensing Clean Needles to Injectable Drug Users
September 21st 2016The great debate of whether pharmacies should dispense clean needles and syringes to injectable drug users has resurfaced. Although some critics view it as pure evil, I find it purely necessary. When patients come in for the needles, I gladly sell them.
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Type 2 Diabetes Treatment Invokamet XR Approved
September 21st 2016The FDA has just approved Janssen's Invokamet XR, a once-daily, fixed-dose combination of canagliflozin (Invokana) and extended-release metformin hydrochloride, for first-line treatment for type 2 diabetes in adults as an adjunct to diet and exercise.
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Late-Night TV's Seth Meyers to Keynote 2016 NACDS Foundation Dinner
September 21st 2016Emmy-award-winning writer and Saturday Night Live alumnus Seth Meyers will headline the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation Dinner, which will be held on December 1, 2016, in New York City.
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The Bloody Scales: Weighing the Risks and Benefits of Long-Term Aspirin
September 20th 2016Overwhelming research confirms aspirin's net benefit for secondary prevention of cardiovascular (CV) events. However, the latest CV guidelines suggest providers should weigh the risks and benefits of aspirin for primary prevention.
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GPhA Presenting Sponsor of Celebrity Bowling Tournament to Help DC's Sickest Children
September 19th 2016The Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA) is the presenting sponsor of this event which supports Hope for Henry, a Washington, DC area nonprofit that provides exceptional quality-of-life-saving care for children fighting cancer and other serious illnesses at Children's National, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and Sinai Hospital of Baltimore.
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