Prescription Drugs

The Drug Enforcement Administration's recent effort to collect unused prescription drugs has netted nearly 47,000 pounds in part of the Midwest.The DEA's…

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Updated at 4:26 p.m. to correct name of Jennifer Mallon's association. It is the National Community Pharmacists Association, not the National Association…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 18, 2012 - Ed Timm has heard the rap on orphan drugs before.“Understand that it is enormously…

Last year's fight between Walgreens and Express Scripts over prescription drug prices overshadowed the much bigger issue of whether health reforms have…

A doctor from rural central Missouri faces four federal felonies for allegedly selling drugs, including narcotics and anti-depressants.U.S. attorney…

Residents in St. Charles County will soon need a prescription to purchase cold and allergy pills containing pseudoephedrine, the key ingredient in…

Two of the nation's largest pharmacy benefits management companies could become one in the first six months of next year.The $29.1 billion merger between…

About 20 percent of seniors and people with disabilities will lose prescription drug coverage because of cuts in the Illinois state budget.State officials…

The nation's largest drugstore chain is locked in a contract fight with one of the St. Louis area's largest employers.Walgreen Co. revealed during an…