Retail pharmacists, store managers can learn from each other
One of the biggest sources of conflict between pharmacists and store managers is a misunderstanding about their respective roles and goals. Store managers may not understand the strict rules governing the pharmacy department and pharmacist practice...
Modern Medicine

Survey: Walmart holiday ads tops with consumers
Walmart has overtaken Target as the company with shoppers’ favorite holiday commercial, according to a Retail Advertising and Marketing Association survey. Target, which claimed the second spot this year, has topped the list since 2005...
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• Deloitte: Consumer spending continues to grow Progressive Grocer
• Study confirms importance of the most loyal shoppers Progressive Grocer
• Gillette to limit marketing featuring Tiger Woods Retailing Today (Sub Req'd)
• Report: Texas, Washington D.C., areas poised for retail success Progressive Grocer
• Survey: Electronics top category this holiday season Chain Store Age (Sub Req'd)
• Target opens urban pop-up stores to attract shoppers Bloomberg
• Nielsen, Catalina Marketing announce joint venture Drug Store News (Sub Req'd)

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• FluSTAR National Report as of 12/11/2009 Roche Laboratories Inc.
• Coming Soon... Welchol(TM) (colesevelam HCl) for Oral Suspension Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.
• Emergency Preparedness Pharmacy Communication MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc.
• FDA Approves 10 mcg Dose of Vagifem(R) for the Treatment of Atrophic Vaginitis Due to Menopause Novo Nordisk Inc.
• Diabetes Population to Double, Diabetes Costs to Nearly Triple, in 25 Years, New Study Shows Novo Nordisk Inc.
• MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS INTRODUCES LEVETIRACETAM TABLETS,1000 mg Bioequivalent to Keppra(R) Tablets Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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Senate rejects importation of prescription drugs
In a victory for President Obama and his allies in the pharmaceutical industry, the Senate this week turned aside a bid by a bipartisan group of lawmakers to make it easier to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada and Western Europe...
The Baltimore Sun

Sanofi recalls 800,000 swine flu shots on potency
Sanofi-Aventis SA recalled 800,000 doses of swine flu vaccine after testing showed the potency of the batches was too low, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said...
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• FDA panel backs new use for AstraZeneca's Crestor Google News/Associated Press
• Extended-release antipsychotics, for extended patent protection Wall Street Journal (Sub Req'd)
• Pfizer eyes China growth Wall Street Journal (Sub Req'd)
• Merck loses effort to dismiss 24 Fosamax cases Reuters
• Targeted breast cancer drug shrinks tumors WebMD
• Dr Reddy's launches omeprazole in U.S. Reuters
• GSK said to have paid $1 billion in Paxil suits Bloomberg

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Tea, coffee may protect against diabetes
Drinking lots of coffee and tea every day -- even decaf -- might keep diabetes away, new research shows...
ABC News

Alzheimer's risk linked to level of appetite hormone
High levels of a hormone that controls appetite appear to be linked to a reduced risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, U.S. research suggests...
BBC News

• Radiation from CT scans may raise cancer risk NPR
• Feds: 32 charged with Medicare fraud CNN
• Study finds many more nearsighted Americans ABC News
• Anti-depressants 'up stroke risk' BBC News
• Tobacco firms await Japan tax Wall Street Journal (Sub Req'd)
• Study: More than 90 percent of people with gum disease are at risk for diabetes Science Daily
• Survey notes drop in meth use among teens while OTC, prescription drug abuse remains high Drug Store News (Sub Req'd)

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