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PTCB Exhibits at 2008 NACDS Conference

The Pharmacy Technician Certification Board was an exhibitor at this week’s National Association of Chain Drug Store (NACDS) Pharmacy & Technology Conference alongside more than 320 exhibitors and 150 leading retail companies.

The PTCB’s exhibit provideed conference participants with solutions for enhanced patient safety and the benefits of pharmacy technician certification in the largest single gathering of retail pharmacy executives from drug, food, and mass retailers and their supplier counterparts.

Continuing Education

Free Law C.E.: Medical Marijuana

The following link will take you to a free law C.E. about the use of Medical Marijuana. The goal it to review the proposed medical uses of marijuana and the effects directed towards its legalization or decriminalization.

It is hosted by TheCESolution.com and requires free registration to take the exam.

Click here to read the monograph. The TAKE EXAM link is at the end of the course.

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HPV vaccine is linked to more adverse incidents

Judicial Watch, a public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, reported that it has obtained new Food & Drug Administration records about Merck’s vaccination for human papillomavirus (HPV) Gardasil. The records show that there have been 10 new deaths since September 2007 and 140 serious adverse events since January 2008. These new data come on top of thousands of adverse event reports that Judicial Watch had obtained previously from the agency. In light of these negative incidents, Judicial Watch urges FDA to refrain from mandating this vaccine for children and reevaluate its safety for minors.

By Judy Chi, DrugTopics.

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