Official NPTA blog

The NPTA has launched an Official Blog for their organization.  While major news events will be covered by their homepage, and various other outlets, the blog will have a behind-the-scenes look at the industry, as well as other bits of inromation about whats going on in the world of pharmacy technicians and the NPTA.

Click here to visit the NPTA blog.

Pharmacy Technician Day 2009

October 27th 2009 is National Pharmacy Technician Day.   Celebrated in October, part of American Pharmacist’s month, this day is made to take a look at what Pharmacy Technicians do in the workplace. The vital role they play in the safe and efficient delivery of medications in the health care to millions of patients.

So, for all the Pharmacy Technicians that see this site, we say Thank You.  Tell us how you celebrated today.  Post in the comments, or the forums. Share pictures if you can.  Take pride in your career. Read more

Stubborn asthma may signal poor use of meds

(Reuters) People with difficult-to-control asthma are often not taking their anti-asthma medication as prescribed by their doctor, new study findings indicate.

Even when prescribed high doses of steroids, about 5 percent of adults with asthma remain difficult to control, with persistent symptoms and frequent flare-ups, Dr. Liam G. Heaney at Queen’s University of Belfast, Northern Ireland, and colleagues have found. Read more

Big pharmaceutical firms agree to generic drugs for Rwanda

AFP – Three pharmaceutical firms said Monday they support continued efforts by a Canadian generic drug maker to distribute cheaper versions of their patented HIV/AIDS medicines in Rwanda.

GlaxoSmithKline and the Canadian subsidiaries of Shire and Boehringer Ingelheim had two years ago authorized Canadian generic drug maker Apotex to export to Rwanda a “fixed dose triple combination antiretroviral medicine” containing drugs over which each held patent rights in Canada. Read more