By now, most of us have heard in the news about the Father’s Day incident on Long Island about the pharmacy murders, leaving two pharmacy employees victims of armed robbery as a result of a gunman attempting to obtain controlled substances for his wife. Prior to that, there was a prominent news story about an [...]
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Pennsylvania state pharmacy technicians may be required to be registered and certified by the state Board of Pharmacy to practice if House Bill 320 gets passed. Rep. Anthony DeLuca introduced the bill six years ago with 13 other state representatives after getting word that one of his constituents had a mother who was given a [...]
The Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) reports that a record number of pharmacy technicians continue to seek certification. Over 400,000 pharmacy technicians nationwide have earned the PTCB Certified Pharmacy Technician credential since 1995, including 55,000 candidates that took the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam in 2010 alone. This confirms the Bureau of Labor Statistics projection of [...]
Consumer Reports released a survey in their May issue which found that 94 percent of its readers are highly satisfied with their experiences with independent pharmacies. The survey included responses from 43,793 readers of Consumer Reports and was conducted by Consumer Reports National Research Center. According to an April news release, a senior editor at [...]
