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Pharmacies Are Awful—But These Startups Could Fix Them
SO, YOU NEED to pick up a prescription. During lunch or after work you'll go to the nearest pharmacy, where you'll stand in line at a counter. The pharmacist will ask you to wait 20 minutes, so you'll contemplate a new shampoo or flip through magazines. Maybe you'll leave with your pills, but maybe the pharmacy won't have your meds in stock.
Or: Maybe you'll be able to use an app, or a slick chat interface, or pill bottles with sensors. Those are the kinds of things two startups—Capsule and Round Refill from Circadian Design—are working on. Both companies also deliver prescriptions, and their approach could save billions in healthcare costs.
The key to that savings lies…
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The Pharmacist's Manifesto
Pharmacists do not become pharmacists to just dispense medications. They do not do it just to make a lot of money. They do not go through 6-8 years of study to feel important or to walk around being patted on the back.
Pharmacies Are Awful—But These Startups Could Fix Them
SO, YOU NEED to pick up a prescription. During lunch or after work you'll go to the nearest pharmacy, where you'll stand in line at a counter. The pharmacist will ask you to wait 20 minutes, so you'll contemplate a new shampoo or flip through magazines. Maybe you'll leave with your pills, but maybe the pharmacy won't have your meds in stock. Or: Maybe you'll be able to use an app, or a slick chat interface, or pill bottles with sensors.
Eye on FDA
Mark Senak is an authority on regulatory aspects of communications and medical products, with particular emphasis on pre-approval communications; strategist to help pharma and biotech companies prepare best case for advisory committee approval.
Pharmacist Jamie
Real life pharmacist, real life pharmacy.
Pharmacy is Right for Me
Pharmacy is Right for Me provides students, parents, and educators with interactive tools, resources, and first-person testimonials that give insight into the exciting and diverse career opportunities that exist within the field of pharmacy.
Pharmalot
Taking stock of the drug industry, from the lab to the medicine chest.
The Angry Pharmacist
Rants from the most trusted profession.
The Blond Pharmacist
Educating people about medicine, health and wellness.
The Digital Apothecary
A space for pharmacists to learn about recent technological innovations and their impact on pharmacy.
The Honest Apothecary
The Honest Apothecary is the blogging home of pharmacist Jason Poquette. My career has included work in retail pharmacy management, managed care and outpatient hospital
The Pharmacist Blog
f you’re considering pharmacy school, resources abound on The Pharmacist Blog - Pharmacy School HQ.
Therapeutics Education Collaboration
As the name implies, Therapeutics Education Collaboration focuses on rational drug therapy. Podcasts are typically case-based and encourage participants to think critically about appropriate treatments - Pharmacy School HQ
CafePharma.com
Cafe Pharma is a site for drug reps by drug reps. We hope you find a sense of community here--a place where you can meet with others in our industry and share your successes and struggles, etc. Here, you may learn which companies are hiring and firing; which companies you want to work for and which ones you don't.
Drug and Device Law
This blog contains various topics that arise in the defense of pharmaceutical and medical device product liability litigation.
Drug Injury Watch
Prescription drug side effects news and information.
Healthy Skepticism
Healthy Skepticism is an international non-profit organisation for health professionals and everyone with an interest in improving health. Our main aim is to improve health by reducing harm from misleading drug promotion.
Pharma Marketing Blog
John Mack is the publisher of Pharma Marketing News, a monthly e-newsletter. Read the newsletter for a more unbiased presentation of facts, product reviews and coverage of pharma industry conferences -- all based upon interviews with experts in the field of pharmaceutical marketing.
PharmaGossip
Looking beyond the spin of Big Pharma. But encouraging gossip. Come in and confide, you know you want to! " I'll publish right from wrong. Fools are my theme, let satire be my song."
Prescribing Advise for GPs
More recently, with the connection of all doctors'' surgeries to the Internet and the wider use of so-called Web 2.0, it occurred to me that technology could be used to make information available more widely to guide treatment decisions and encourage discussion. This website is the result!
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