OIG examines effectiveness of REMS program

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General has reviewed FDA's Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies program. You may be surprised by the findings. » More

Continuing Education

New CPE Series: February activity available now

Welcome to the sixth activity in our CPE series: Medication Therapy Management (MTM) in Patients with Diabetes, which has been designed for pharmacists who take care of patients with diabetes. You can earn up to 14 credits from September 2012-March 2013 with 7 monthly knowledge-based activities. The February activity covers psychosocial considerations in the management of diabetes.

To read and print the article with TEST QUESTIONS, click here. To proceed to the online exams and earn up to 2 CPE credits, click here to login.

Announcement: Welcome to the new user registration process. This new process requires all pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to provide or update their NABP e-Profile ID in order to electronically keep track of CPE credits from ACPE-accredited providers. If you have not done so, you can obtain your NABP e-Profile ID now at www.MyCPEmonitor.net. This profile will enable you to have one login for all the NABP programs and services you will need throughout your career.

TODAY'S HEADLINES

NCPA issues report on LTC pharmacies' costs

Long-term care (LTC) pharmacies face dispensing costs that are 25% higher than those of traditional retail pharmacies, according to the National Community Pharmacists Association's (NCPA) LTC Division—and that's something payers need to take into account when considering new payment models, says NCPA CEO B. Douglas Hoey, RPh. » More

Vitamin C supplementation does little for colds

The age-old wisdom that vitamin C can help reduce the incidence of colds recently had another setback in a study from Finland, published in Cochrane Database of Systemic Reviews. » More

FDA approves first generic version of Suboxone

FDA has approved generic buprenorphine hydrochloride (HCl) and naloxone HCl dihydrate sublingual tablets, the first generic versions of Suboxone sublingual tablets for maintenance treatment of opioid drug dependence. » More

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