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Digital Connections Help Attract, Retain Patients in Competitive Pharmacy Landscape | McKesson ideaShare

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Dispensing data can also help identify patients who are good candidates for pharmacogenomic testing, for packaging services for pharmacy care at home, and even weight loss programs. By keeping the patient at top of mind and prioritizing this engagement, reviews are also becoming a more essential part of driving traffic to the pharmacy.

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Nitrosamine contamination in medicines: risk, regulation and reality

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

Nitrosamines are a class of chemical compounds formed via nitrosation – the reaction of a nitroso group (–NO) with an amine. This included antibiotics such as erythromycin and tetracyclines and other compounds such as imipramine. N-Nitroso compound contaminants in prescription and non-prescription drugs. 3 Krull I et al.

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Pharmaceutical Compounding Calculations, Part Two–Bulk Drugs

PharmTech

Pharmacist weighing chemical | Image Credit: © Kzenon - stock.adobe.com Performing calculations for the formulation of pharmaceutical dosage forms and related preparations is a key activity in compounding. Calculating the active moiety amount for compounding follows. Pluta Nishant B. The medication order identifies the active moiety.

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Hypertension: A Silent Killer Requiring Novel Therapies

Pharmacy Times

While the results of this study were presented at the American College of Cardiology meeting in 2023, the completed study results have yet to be published. The addition of beta blockers or other drug classes are indicated when BP goals are not achieved or if concomitant comorbidities are present. Presented at ACC/WCC 2023.

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Lorundrostat Shows Clinically Meaningful Outcomes in Patients With CKD and Hypertension

Pharmacy Times

Because these conditions are linked—sustained hypertension may contribute to impaired kidney function, and progressive decrease in kidney function may lead to worsening blood pressure control—the risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality rises significantly when CKD is present in patients with hypertension.

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FDA Posts Slate of Seven Warning Letters Following Company Inspections

PharmTech

. | Image Credit: © Tada Images - stock.adobe.com In a June 10, 2025 update, FDA posted seven updated Warning Letters, issued between the beginning of 2025 and the present, to its online database, which stores more than 3400 such letters dating back to 2020 (1). American Behavioral Research Institute Boca Raton, Fla. –

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HIV Reporting Meets the Front Line: How Pharmacists Translate Global Health Into Local Care

Pharmacy Times

In June 2025, the White House submitted a formal rescissions package to Congress that proposed eliminating billions in foreign aid funding—including over $8 billion allocated to USAID. 2 These information access challenges compound a broader media environment that’s already overwhelmed by both content saturation and misinformation.