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January 27, 2015

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TODAY'S HEADLINES

New pharmacy school planned for Miami

Larkin Community Hospital in Florida has announced plans to open a pharmacy school in Miami next year, which would be the first in the city. According to Miami Today, the school will open in September 2016 in a building the hospital recently purchased for $5.5 million. » More

Merck stops production of HCV drug

Merck is voluntarily discontinuing the production and distribution of the hepatitis C virus therapy boceprevir (Victrelis) by December 2015 because of low demand. » More

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Dale Coker named IACP president

Mr. Coker, RPh, FIACP, owner/pharmacist of Cherokee Custom Script Pharmacy, in Canton, Ga., will serve as president through January 2016. » More

Continuing Education

MTM opportunities in caring for the patient with cardiovascular disease

This month's CE activity is the final offering in the year-long CPE series, Medication Therapy Management Considerations for Adult Patients with Cardiovascular Disease. From February 2014 through January 2015, pharmacists can earn up to 24 hours of CPE credit with 12 monthly knowledge-based activities from the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy and Drug Topics.

The goal of this month's activity is to empower pharmacists to engage patients with cardiovascular disease in the practices of self-management.

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Announcement: Our CE activities have moved to a new learning management system to better serve you. The login to the Online CE Center is https://web2.uconn.edu/pharmacyce/login.php. All current user registration information has been uploaded for your convenience. Current users do not need to register. To review your registration page to ensure the data is up to date or to register, go to https://web2.uconn.edu/pharmacyce/program_register.php. For a full list of courses, go to http://pharmacy.uconn.edu/academics/ce/drug-topics-and-uconn-ce/

 

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