Tag Archives: Pharmacy

What to Expect from Pharmacy Technician Training Programs

Many states require pharmacy technicians to attend training programs and get national certification. In a few states, the minimum requirement to become a pharmacy technician is a high school diploma or equivalent. Even if states do not require training and certification, having them can boost your confidence and stand out to potential employers. Here’s what… Read More »

Rare Pharmacy Emerges From Specialty, Part 2 – Pharmacy Times

Gordon J. Vanscoy, PharmD, MBA; Pamela Koener, PharmD; and Richard Faris, PhD, RPh Part 1 of this 3-part series, published in last month’s Directions in Oncology Pharmacy™, explored how changes in US federal policy and advances in scientific research have led to the dawn of medical breakthroughs for rare disorders. Part 2 describes how rare… Read More »

Variations in The Specialty Pharmacy Hub Model – Pharmacy Times

Specialty pharmacy hubs have become increasingly popular in recent years, offering a wide variety of services to pharmaceutical manufacturers. Although many hubs offer similar services, no 2 specialty pharmacy hubs and no 2 hub programs are entirely alike. Each program has unique needs based on a manufacturer’s desired network, relevant disease state, services required, and… Read More »

Big Pharmacy Chains Also Fed the Opioid Epidemic, Court Filing Says

Through years of lawsuits and rising public anger over the opioid epidemic, the big American pharmacy retailers have largely eluded scrutiny. But a new court filing Wednesday morning asserts that pharmacies including CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens and Giant Eagle as well as those operated by Walmart were as complicit in perpetuating the crisis as the… Read More »

Lee Highway Pharmacy Homebrewing Hand Sanitizer and Buying Kabobs for the Hospital – ARLnow

An Arlington pharmacy and a neighboring kabob restaurant have partnered to help feed hospital workers. Preston’s Pharmacy (5101 Lee Highway) sits directly across the street from Arlington Kabob (5046 Lee Highway). While business during the pandemic has been active at Preston’s, an essential business, pharmacy owner Frank Odeh said he could tell it’s been hard on… Read More »

Pharmacy Workers Are Coming Down With COVID-19. But They Can’t Afford to Stop Working. – ProPublica

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. At his home in the Bronx, where he lies in bed with a fever, Jose Peralta keeps replaying the scene in his head. It was Monday, March 16, the start of an unusually… Read More »