Archive for December, 2008

Chains' ties run deep on pharmacy boardsUSA Today - 5 hours agoBy Kevin McCoy, USA TODAY When the Illinois Board of Pharmacy meets, Philip Burgess, national director of pharmacy affairs at Walgreens, …

MLive.com

• Spartan Stores announces its purchase of VG's Food Centers and …MLive.com, MI - Dec 29, 2008… Inc., announced today it has completed the acquisition of 17 retail supermarkets and 15 pharmacies from VG's Food Center, Inc. and VG's Pharmacy, …Spartan Stores Completes the Acquisition of 17 Supermarkets and 15 … WELT ONLINESpartan Stores completes VG's [...]

Man sentenced for pharmacy holdup | KXNet.com North Dakota NewsReiten Television KXMB Bismarck, ND - 33 minutes ago… (AP) An Arkansas man was sentenced to 20 years in the state penitentiary for stealing prescription drugs in an armed robbery at a Vermillion pharmacy. …

Demand for health care help boomingDetroit Free Press, United States - Dec 28, 2008Besides doctors and nurses, fields with the greatest shortages include pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, technologists and technicians of all kinds, …

International Business Times

Aims partners to provide pharmacy tech certificateGreeley Tribune, Colorado - Dec 20, 2008Aims Community College is partnering with a California college to offer a pharmacy technician certificate program. The 27-week program prepares students for …Statement from Melissa Murer Corrigan, RPh, Executive Director and … PR Web (press release)all 5 news articles

Ecommerce Journal

Online pharmacy. What is it? How to buy? And how to protect …Ecommerce Journal, MA - Dec 17, 2008Online pharmacy or an opportunity to purchase a medicine you need without leaving your chair in front of your monitor and going to the nearest drugstore or …

Ecommerce Journal

Illicit e-pharmacy bolstered by ISPs?Ecommerce Journal, MA - Dec 19, 2008IronPort's research revealed that more than 80 percent of Storm botnet spam advertises online pharmacy brands. This spam is sent by millions of consumers' …

Financial Post

Biovail recalls certain lots of pain drug UltramForbes, NY - 13 hours ago… expenses of about million during the fourth quarter. Biovail said it does not expect any product shortages at the pharmacy level due to the recall.Biovail Announces Voluntary Recall of Certain Lots of Ultram® ER … Business Wire (press release)all 33 news articles

Pulse: EJ&E rail fight not over yetJoliet Herald News, IL - Dec 29, 2008The Herald News knew about the 000 that pharmacy owner Harish Bhatt gave in his own name to Gov. Rod Blagojevich 's campaign fund and another 0 sent …

CNET News

Disable Outlook's address-autocomplete featureCNET News, CA - 38 minutes agoEli Lilly and Co. found this out the hard way last year after a lawyer in the company's employ sent a confidential memo intended for a colleague to a report …