Rite Aid became the first U.S. drugstore chain to offer Harmonyx genetic testing to customers on Thursday. Read More »

During an invitational conference hosted by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) Oct. 29 to Oct. 30, leaders in pharmacy, health care and education came together to explore opportunities and challenges in continuing pharmacy education. Read More »

The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Digest recently released its 2015 annual report on the pharmacy industry's economic climate, prompting Drug Channels Institute CEO Adam Fein to offer his own analysis of the data. Read More »

President and CEO Jill Krueger said transition to an ESOP represents a significant milestone. Read More »

Pevonedistat showed promising results in the treatment of lymphoma. Read More »

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists honoring those who have made biomed literature contributions. Read More »

Combination of grazoprevir, MK-3682 and MK-8408 warrants further clinical studying. Read More »

Renaming comes on heels of CSL's acquisition of Novartis' flu vaccine business. Read More »

Positive data has been received from the Phase II trial for anifrolumab, according to an announcement from MedImmune, which is the development and research portion of AstraZeneca. Read More »

Genentech's drug Cotellic was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week as a combination treatment for advanced melanoma. Read More »

Allergan has applied for a prior approval supplement (PAS) for Restatsis -- a medication to help patients who suffer from chronic eye dryness increase the production of tears -- according to a Nov. 11 announcement. Read More »

Elsevier will be the publisher of all American Pharmacists Association (APhA) publications starting Jan. 1. Read More »

ZS Pharma is set to be acquired by AstraZeneca, according to announcement today from AstraSeneca. Read More »

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation recently promoted Sara Roszak to research programs director. Read More »

An analysis of clinical trials of Praluent showed that trial participants had a lower LDL cholesterol after the eight-week trial, according an announcement from Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.  Read More »

The Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative has been renamed Practice Advancement Initiative (PAI), according to an announcement from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Foundation and the ASHP. Read More »

Out of concern for the individuals that use its branded medicines, Horizon Pharma announced Wednesday that it is re-evaluating its relationship with pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts. Read More »

Hospice Pharmacy Solutions of Dallas, a pharmacy benefit management (PBM) service, announced Monday that it has merged with Sacramento-based hospice PBM Outcome Resources. Read More »

Clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Novavax said Monday it has started a Phase 3 clinical trial of its vaccine for the protection against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in older adults. Read More »

Walgreens recently said it will begin implementing Epic System's electric health record (EHR) platform across its more than 400 in-store health care clinics around the nation early next year. Read More »