Voice of the Pharmacist

COMMUNITY REPORT

Walgreens facing class action lawsuit over 'herbal' supplements

A month after New York ordered Target, Walmart, Walgreens, and GNC to stop selling herbal supplements that often did not contain the ingredients advertised, one of the retailers has been hit with a class action lawsuit. More

Treating Big Pharma's Bad Reputation
According to the 2015 Harris Poll Reputation Quotient, the pharmaceutical industry's corporate reputation among consumers just went from bad to worse. Why does big pharma maintain such a poor reputation? Read more

FDA

Insulin pen labels to warn against sharing devices

With the hopes of reducing the risk of infection spread, the FDA has ordered manufacturers of multi-dose insulin pens to display the warning "For single patient use only" on the products. More

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Is pharmacy, prescriber lock-in the antidote for Rx abuse?

In an effort to curb prescription drug abuse, at least one state has embraced the concept of limiting some people to a specific prescriber and pharmacy for controlled substances. And the concept is also gaining some traction nationally. More

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