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Retail sales of prescription drugs will exceed $100 billion this year, according to the National Association of Chain Drug Stores. Ronald L. Ziegler, president and CEO of the association, made the history-making announcement at the 41st NACDS Pharmacy Conference & Managed Care Forum in San Diego in August.

Aside from an alphabet soup of acronyms, what do integrated delivery systems bring to the table?

Ten pharmaceutical companies are among the 100 best companies for working mothers, according to Working Mother magazine.

In highly competitive industries, there are often two types of career-minded individuals, according to Jim Keith, associate director of Horizons at Bristol-Myers Squibb: ladder climbers and ladder builders.

The real cost of jumping from sales job to sales job.

Following a consistent trend of annual or semi-annual expansion, Pfizer will increase its sales force during the fourth quarter of the year.

Treating other reps well can be good for everyone.

How familiar are you with today's technological terms? See if you can match the terms listed on the left with their definitions on the right. (Answers appear at bottom of page.)

More than 130 new medicines are in development to treat infectious diseases, according to a recent survey conducted by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.

Does it all come down to who gives better pens?

Improved understanding, assessment and treatment of chronic pain in older people are the goals of new clinical practice pain management guidelines developed by the New York-based American Geriatrics Society.

Patients diagnosed with hypertension in 1997 were 25% less likely to be treated initially with pharmaceuticals than those diagnosed in 1995, according to a new study from IMS Health, Plymouth Meeting, PA. But, among those who were treated promptly with medicines, the number of women significantly outnumbered men.

Checkpoints pilots use in flight can help reps.

Despite initial enthusiasm, many of the nation's largest health maintenance organizations have begun abandoning public managed care programs for elderly and poor populations.

How to host a perfect meeting.

Drug denials got you down? Know your right to appeal.

Many pharmaceutical sales reps don't have the opportunity to see how the products they sell benefit the lives of patients. However, Ray Liu, a sales rep who promotes biologics for hemophiliac patients for Alpha Pharmaceuticals, is one rep who sees the benefits of his products up close.

Few physicians are taking the time to use the Internet, according to a recent study released by the American Medical Association.

In response to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association, which found that adverse drug reactions may be one of the top 10 leading causes of death in hospital patients (see Pharmaceutical Representative, June 1998), Milwaukee-based Schwarz Pharma Inc. distributed a list of questions patients should ask physicians before taking prescription medicines.

Are salespeople nicer, better drivers than the rest?

Vivelle,® an estradiol transdermal patch, launched in 1996, has been given new life as a result of a new comarketing effort between Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. Inc. and Noven Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Various researchers unveiled new findings that offer encouragement to millions of patients infected with the HIV virus and AIDS at the 12th World

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and numerous patient advocacy organizations spoke out against negative media coverage about recent drug withdrawals from the market.

Do your homework to make your performance reviews count.

Little stress-relievers help you have fun in the field everyday.

Unhappy physicians are turning to labor unions to reclaim their profession.

CHICAGO - Abbott Laboratories, Hoescht Marion Roussel, Pharmacia & Upjohn and Rhone-Poulenc Rorer followed the precedent set by 11 other pharmaceutical manufacturers last month when they tentatively agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit brought against them by Walgreen Co. and other retail pharmacies.

One managed care organization is gambling that combining technology and medicine will improve the health of its plan members, and improve its disease management efforts.