Pharmacy

Spring is well underway, which means I am deep in triathlon training (“are you nuts, WHY?”) I have many reasons for choosing triathlon; among them the physical challenges and mental preparation, the break from work and winter hockey coaching it provides, the highlighting importance of proper sleep and nutrition and…

My mechanic tells me the hardest part on an engine is the ignition. Like the work a cold engine needs to do to ignite a spark and release fuel into the combustion chamber, causing a reaction that generates energy for motion, pressing the mental START button is the hardest part…

Last month, Janssen Pharmaceuticals released its 5th annual U.S. Transparency Report with a notable new addition: a detailed synopsis of how rebates, now hard-wired into insurance benefit design, essentially derail patients from accessing affordable medication. These access to care issues occur even as an elite group of Fortune 15 insurers…

Dr. John Pemberton, at Jacobs’ Pharmacy in downtown Atlanta, sold the first glass of Coca-Cola on May 8, 1886. Coca-Cola was a novel refreshment in its early years, serving nine drinks a day. Here’s the backstory on how it all started. Dr. John Stith Pemberton, a local pharmacist, made the…

By Stephanie Smith Cooney, Pharm.D. — Admit it. As a pharmacy owner in today’s world, you’ve fantasized about what your life might be like if you just sold your store and got out. You’ve likely spent nights wondering how you were going to make it work when so many of your operations were beyond your control…

Yoon Yeo is a professor and the associate department head of industrial and physical pharmacy in Purdue University’s College of Pharmacy. She also is a professor in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering. Yeo leads a Purdue team developing biocompatible nanoparticles that treat sepsis systemically through intravenous injection. Yeo generously…

I have been in pharmacy for over 20 years, 13 of which as a pharmacist. I have all of the experience and skills that would make for a tremendous pharmacy manager. I have zero interest in doing it, and neither do most of our best and brightest community pharmacists. Pharmacy…

Author: Pharm Evwaire Oghenetega World Malaria Day 2022 was celebrated with the theme “Harness innovation to reduce the malaria disease burden and save lives.” It is important to note that no single tool that is available today will solve the problem of malaria. Despite steady advances in lowering the global burden…