Wegmans Joins Giant, Offers Free Antibiotics
One week after supermarket chain Giant Food LLC announced it would offer free antibiotic prescriptions to its customers, rival Wegmans Food Markets Inc. says it is doing the same.

Weight loss shakes do a fat lot of good
Australian pharmacists are now feeding people a substance that will make them heavier, give them heart disease and encourage diabetes, writes David Gillespie .

£1aday diet pill can 'help rapid weight loss'
A pill that costs just £1 a day and claims to help women rapidly lose weight could be sold in British pharmacies within months.

State drug czar seeks anti-meth legislation
Iowa?s drug czar wants to ward off an anticipated uptick in domestic methamphetamine protection by more closely monitoring sales of the key ingredient used to make the highly addictive drug.

Time to put pharmacists under the microscope
Pharmacists require much more scrutiny, writes Dr David Monash .

State govt's failure in recruiting pharmacists hit functioning of district, taluk hospitals
Failure of Tamil Nadu government in recruiting adequate number of pharmacists is seriously hitting the functioning of a large number of rural, taluk and district level hospitals in the state.

Banks to sell UK interests of German mogul Adolf Merckle
Banks moved swiftly yesterday to put up for sale the UK operations of Adolf Merckle, the German billionaire who committed suicide on Monday night amid the collapse of his empire.

Ex-pharmacist Burger to be arraigned next month
ST. CHARLES ? The former head pharmacist at the now-closed Burger Drugs will be arraigned Feb. 13 on charges he illegally sold prescription drugs.

2 more drugstores robbed by gunman
Armed robberies were carried out at pharmacies in West Rutland and Whitehall, N.Y., Monday night by an unidentified man that State Police said matches the description and habits of a man who used a gun to steal drugs from the Rite Aid pharmacy in Rutland last week. State Police said both stores Monday gave similar descriptions of the suspect. ... - By Brent Curtis

Masked Man Accused Of Pharmacy Robbery In Court
BUTLER COUNTY -- Police said Robert Gourley, suspected in several area pharmacy robberies, was in court on Wednesday on charges of robbing a Saxonburg pharmacy.

3M to Acquire Futuro Product Line from Beiersdorf
- Acquisition Expands 3M's Consumer Health Supports Business - ST. PAUL, Minn. & WILTON, Conn.--3M and Beiersdorf announced today that 3M has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Futuro health supports and compression hosiery product line from Beiersdorf. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Health supports are widely used by active consumers, including those who ...

Wal-Mart settles drug records accusation
Associated Press - January 7, 2009 2:54 PM ET BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Wal-Mart has agreed to a $637,000 fine to settle allegations that it violated drug record keeping regulations at its...

Keene suffers brain aneurysm
Early Friday morning, one of Americus? own, Cheryl Keene, wife of Randy Keene, owner of Doctor?s Pharmacies, suffered a brain aneurysm. According to step-daughter, Natalie Keene Bradley, the family has created a blog website to help keep friends and others updated on the situation. The site can be found at http://cherylkeene.wordpress.com/ to see updates from the family.

Drug firm to pay Miss. $3.9M in settlement
The 2005 lawsuit claims Dey L.P. inflated prescription drug prices and overcharged the state's Medicaid program.

Ten Ways to Trim Your Health Care Costs
DALLAS (December 18, 2008) -- The one expenditure that a lot of people assume they have little or no control over is health care costs.

Pharmacies forced to ratchet up security measures: SavMor plans to pull OxyContin from shelves
Gary Trenary spent more than $10,000 recently on security measures for his Missoula SavMor Pharmacy, and has decided not to keep the painkiller OxyContin in stock any longer - all in an attempt to deter drug addicts from robbing the store and endangering his family.

Chelsea Community Foundation awards grant
The Chelsea Community Foundation, an affiliate fund of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, awarded a grant of $25,000 to Western-Washtenaw Area Value Express (WAVE).

Dioxane-tainted shampoos pulled from store shelves
JEDDAH: Eight types of shampoos found by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) to contain a possible cancer-causing compound are being removed from store shelves.

California pharmaceutical company to pay $3.9M to Mississippi in settlement of overcharge case
A California-based subsidiary of drug maker Mylan Inc. will pay Mississippi $3.9 million in a settlement of a 2005 lawsuit that claimed the

Calif. pharmaceutical firm settles Miss. lawsuit
(AP:JACKSON, Miss.) A California-based subsidiary of drug maker Mylan Inc. will pay Mississippi $3.9 million in a settlement of a 2005 lawsuit that claimed the company inflated prescription drug prices and overcharged the state's Medicaid program.