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Make Your Voice Heard: Participate in the 2009 APhA Elections!
The deadline to cast your ballot is July 17, 2009. APhA Members who indicated that they wanted to vote online will receive an email with the detailed instructions on how to access their e-ballot. Hard copy ballots are in the mail. Review candidate biographies and election statements in the 2009 Voter’s Guide, and view the Board of Trustees Candidate Videos.

Health Care Reform Hub ›› All HCR News

Host a Member of Congress at your pharmacy to demonstrate your MTM Services—Guidance on how to arrange a visit when Congress is on summer break from the end of July through Labor Day is available on pharmacist.com: Conducting an In-Pharmacy Visit With an Elected Official

›› $30 Billion: Pharmacists quantify MTM economic benefits at White House session - Menighan, Ellis, Herbert Thomas participate in primary care session with DeParle.

›› Anticoagulation clinic pharmacist asks Obama for HCR inclusion - Pharmacy advocates share their stories on healthreform.gov.

›› Ellis: Chronic disease a ‘threat to America’s global competitiveness’ - Foundation’s CEO joins with NCL, ACP Foundation, Aetna, and Verizon for briefing on Capitol Hill.

›› Public option for HCR the linchpin of cost containment, experts say - Robert Reich, Jacob Hacker argue for public health insurance plan to control costs.

›› APhA–PAC hosts Ohio’s Rep. Space - Local APhA-PAC governor focuses on health care reform.

Current News ›› All Current News

›› Acetaminophen must be made safer, FDA panelists agree - FDA convenes medical community experts to vote on ways to make acetaminophen safer for consumers (Updated 7/3 with information for pharmacists).

›› Studies suggesting potential link between insulin glargine and cancer prompt call for further research - Patients with diabetes should not stop taking their insulin therapy and should discuss their concerns with their pharmacist.

›› Acetaminophen must be made safer, FDA panelists agree - FDA convenes medical community experts to vote on ways to make acetaminophen safer for consumers.

Pharmacy Today Feature Articles

›› MTM Tip: Working for appropriate medication changes

›› Golimumab: New TNF-alpha blocker

›› Bill Evans: St. Jude’s ‘Father of Pharmacogenomics’

›› FDA's Sentinel Initiative: Postmarket risk identification and analysis

›› APhA Participates in White House Health Care Stakeholder Discussion

›› APhA Information for Pharmacists on Acetaminophen and Recent FDA Activity

›› APhA Submits Recommendations for the Term “Meaningful Use” in the Development of Policy Related to Electronic Health Records

›› APhA Advises Consumers on Acetaminophen Use

›› APhA Welcomes New Leader

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