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China’s large-scale pharmaceutical producers have been establishing strategic alliances since 2005 with pharmaceutical trading firms to prevent a further decrease in company profits caused by chaotic competition among the country’s numerous pharmaceutical trading firms.
Source: www.chinadaily.com.cn

Anil Ambani has big retail plans 
Not wanting to be deprived of a slice of the retail pie, Anil Ambani is working on a blueprint for the sector. Retail industry analysts as well as realty sector sources have confirmed that the younger Ambani is looking at his group entering the retail space.
Source: www.agencyfaqs.com

School of Pharmacy nears accreditation 
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy is on its way to its goal of achieving accreditation. The school recently reached the milestone of receiving candidate status from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE).
Source: www.goedwardsville.com

Big Pharma Bankrupting US Health Care System 
Big Pharma is bankrupting the nation’s health care system by convincing prescribing doctors to over-medicate patients with expensive psychiatric drugs and then send the bills to government programs like Medicaid and Medicare.
Source: www.scoop.co.nz

Miss-Lou lacks 24-hour pharmacy 
NATCHEZ With a second Walgreens Drug Store on the horizon, Natchez certainly has its share of pharmacies. But even among the more than dozen Natchez pharmacies already in the phone book, none of them are open 24-hours a day.
Source: www.natchezdemocrat.com

What is open and closed today, Monday 
Here’s what’s open and what’s closed today and Monday for the Labor Day holiday. * In-store banks that are normally open on Sunday will be open today.
Source: www.poststar.com

Deputies have arrested a Marion County pair suspected in several pharmacy burglaries across the state, authorities said Wednesday.
Source: feeds.orlandosentinel.com

SOUTH POINT He wasnt seeking money, but the man who held up the McMeans Pharmacy Monday afternoon was still looking for loot. Authorities said a masked man walked into the South Point drug store armed with a gun, pointed it at people in the store and demanded OxyContin and hydrocodone pills.
Source: www.irontontribune.com

News about area businesses, including awards, grants, office or store openings, and relocations. 
MemberHealth Inc., the pharmacy benefit and discount prescription program manager in Solon, has debuted on the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing companies at No. 10. MemberHealth’s 2,858 percent revenue growth from 2002 through 2005 earned the company its rank.
Source: www.cleveland.com

Express Scripts seems to be riding out litigation 
Litigation rocked Express Scripts Inc. two summers ago. The nation’s third-largest pharmacy benefits manager was sued by some of its largest clients, dozens of state attorneys general had subpoenaed documents relating to its business practices and federal investigators had begun their own inquiries.
Source: www.stltoday.com

Wal-Mart Super Center vote could come tonight 
PENNSVILLE TWP. — The Pennsville Planning Board will meet with Angeloni Development 6:30 p.m. tonight at Pennsville Memorial High School Auditorium for what could be a vote on the proposed Wal-Mart Super Center slated to be built on a site on state Route 49 and Lighthouse Road.
Source: www.nj.com

Centene Provides Additional Information and Financial Clarification to State of Kansas Notification 
ST. LOUIS—-Aug. 28, 2006–Centene Corporation today clarified financial information provided in its press release dated August 25th, 2006. In that press release, the Company indicated that FirstGuard, which includes both its Kansas and Missouri plans, accounted for $240 million of Centene’s 2005 revenue.
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Pharmacy provides free drugs 
People who can’t afford their prescription drugs will have a new resource starting today..
Source: news.enquirer.com

US FDA grants OTC status to Barr’s day-after pill 
Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. reported that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) filed by Barr’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc., to market the Plan B (levonorgestrel) emergency contraceptive Over-The-Counter (OTC) without a prescription.
Source: www.pharmabiz.com