Some Elderly Heart Failure Patients Get Little Help From Meds, Study Finds (HealthDay)

(HealthDay News) -- Elderly people suffering from a type of heart disease called diastolic heart failure do not seem to benefit from the commonly prescribed heart failure drugs, researchers from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles report. As the population in the United States ages, more elderly people are being treated for heart failure. But even though they make up the majority of those treated for the disease, little is known about the effectiveness of treatment, researchers say. Read more

Pancreatic Drug Trial Halted on Promising Results (HealthDay)

(HealthDay) Drug maker Pfizer Inc. said Thursday that a late-stage clinical trial of its cancer drug Sutent has been stopped early, because it showed significant benefit for patients with a rare form of pancreatic cancer. Read more

Free CE From PowerPak: Reducing Prescription Medication Errors

Free CE From PowerPak titled “Reducing Prescription Medication Errors: What You Need To Know and What Your Patients Should Be Told.”

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More TV Coverage on Medication Errors, Pharmacy Technicians

Recently, The Oprah Show aired a special on medical mistakes, featuring actor Dennis Quaid and show regular, Dr. Oz.

A giant step to reduce the number of medication errors is to pass legislation that will require the education and certification of Pharmacy Technicians. Read more

Pfizer Grabs Rights to Sell More Generics

(Wall Street Journal) Pfizer is diving deeper into generic drugs.

The company said today it has inked a set of deals with Indian generics maker Aurobindo Pharma for rights to 39 generic oral drugs in the U.S. and 31 in Europe, including 11 in France alone. The drugs are for heart disease and neurological disorders, among other things. The company will sell the drugs in the U.S. through its Greenstone generics unit. Read more

Nevada Supreme Court considers pharmacy liability issue

(drug topics)In a case involving Wal-Mart and other drug retailers, the Nevada Supreme Court will decide whether pharmacies can be held legally responsible for death and injuries to non-customer third parties. A lower court dismissed pharmacists, Wal-Mart, and various other large drug retailers from a case involving a woman who caused a death while under the influence of prescription drugs. The decision was appealed. Read more

ABCNews Attemps To Sensationalize Pharmacst’s Moral Obection.

In an ABCNews produced show titled “What would you do”, producers send in actors with hidden cameras to mingle among the public displaying despicable behavior, then lay and wait for citizens to get involved. Those innocent bystanders who do nothing are backhandedly chastised on national TV. The ones that step in are described as heroes.

Leave it to ABCNews to setp it up a notch. They hired 2 actors, 1 to play a Pharmacist and 1 to play a teenage girl picking up her birth control. The scene. a New Jersey Pharmacy. Can you see where they are going with this one? The Pharmacist refuses to fill the girls medication due to “moral objection”. Now they will point the cameras at the unaware public and see if they intervene.

How convenient that they pick a state that has no conscious clause on the book.

ABCNews’s “What Would You Do” airs on Tuesday at 10PM EST on ABC.

NPTA Membership Winner!

Congratulations to Jackie Vance, a Certified Tech from Ohio.  She has won a 1 Year membership in The National Pharmacy Technician Association.

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Ruling could spur tougher drug warnings

(Todd Wallack – The Boston Globe) Bay State pharmaceutical companies could decide to strengthen safety warnings on their products after Wednesday’s Supreme Court ruling made it easier for patients to sue drug makers for injuries. But overall, the ruling drew surprisingly little reaction from biotechnology companies and industry groups. Read more

NPTA Membership Winner To Be Announced Today

CPhTLink.com will be announcing the winner of the 1 Year NPTA Membership this evening at 6:00 PM EST. There is still time left to enter. The contest will be open until 4PM EST.

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