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1. State going after gifts to New Jersey’s doctors
(Health/Healthquest)

... the impact of potential conflicts on patient care, and set forth new policies to be considered by the state Board of Medical Examiners, the state Board of Pharmacy, the state Department of Health and Senior ...

2. Save money with New Jersey’s prescription drug registry
(Health/Healthquest)

BY IRENE CARD AND BETSY CHANDLER NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE Since 2007 New Jerseyeans have had the ability to determine which pharmacy in their town has the best price for 150 of ...

3. H1N1 swine flu causes 6 more deaths in New Jersey
(Health/Healthquest)

... Flu Shot" button. The website can also be accessed at www.google.com/flushot. Individuals can contact their physician, community health center, local pharmacy, local or county health department, hospital ...

4. New Jersey received 1.1M H1N1 swine flu vaccine shots
(Health/Healthquest)

... "Find a Flu Shot" button. The website can also be accessed at www.google.com/flushot. Individuals can contact their physician, community health center, local pharmacy, local or county health department, ...

5. If the government can’t handle challenge of the H1N1 swine flu, how can it manage health care?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... visitors under the age of 18; surgical masks are flying off pharmacy shelves; hand sanitizer companies have become growth stocks; public schools are offering classes in proper hand washing. In classic ...

6. pain
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... Pharmacy in Palmer, Massachusetts on Wednesday evening.Lussier was arraigned Thursday on charges including drug trafficking and larceny of a controlled substance. He was ordered held on $100,000 bail. ...

7. Essex pharmacist pleads guilty in prescription drug ring
(N.J./State)

... Aly was also required to surrender his state pharmacist license for life. In pleading guilty, Aly, a pharmacist at RGN Pharmacy in Newark, admitted that, in exchange for money, he knowingly filled or ...

8. Four Essex County pharmacists among those charged with Medicaid fraud
(N.J./State)

... U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Office of Criminal Investigations and the state Division of Taxation. The investigation uncovered a scheme in which pharmacy owners and employees bought completed ...

9. The one that didn’t get away from New Jersey
(Life/Style)

... monthly with Rutgers scientists at the Waksman Institute of Microbiology. And in summer of 2008, he did an internship in the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy. Shen became interested in engineering when ...

10. Major N.J. prescription drug bust nets doctors, pharmacists
(N.J./State)

... Hoboken, and Amir Tadros, 32, pharmacist in charge at Five Corners Pharmacy, 591 Summit Ave., Jersey City. Six other individuals were arrested as alleged street-level distributors for the narcotics rings. ...

11. Pharmacist Victor Fakondo charged with defrauding insurance company of $237,000
(N.J./State)

... H. Fakondo, 53, of Piscataway worked part time at an Elizabeth pharmacy where, according to the investigation, he submitted at least 290 false claims to insurance company MedCo, said Romankow. According ...

12. Corzine cuts $205 million from New Jersey’s current state budget as tax revenue falls $190 million short
(N.J./State)

... savings from the new pharmacy benefits manager contract for the State Health Benefits program; and nearly $20 million in additional debt service savings achieved from the 2009-10 fiscal year debt restructuring ...

13. Speaker Pelosi predicts that house health bill will have public option
(Health/Healthquest)

... a county assessment and an independent appraisal say it was worth. The buyer: an Arkansas-based pharmacy chain with a keen interest in how the debate plays out." The real estate was sold to USA Drug for ...

14. Three sentenced to prison for roles in Newark-Bronx narcotics ring
(N.J./State)

... knowingly filling the forged prescriptions at his pharmacy, RGN Pharmacy on Elizabeth Avenue in Newark. The charges against Aly are pending. Prescriptions were also filled at other pharmacies. Hassanain ...

15. The case for consulting the Value Line Investment Survey
(Money/Economy)

... company manages pharmacy benefit programs. Another New Jersey corporation that Value Line gives high marks to is Bed Bath & Beyond, in Union, the home-furnishing store, which gets a 2-1. "We expect ...

16. Report: Michael Jackson's doctor to be charged with manslaughter
(Entertainment/Movies)

... told Fox that Murray is to be arrested as soon as investigators complete one more search next week, probably at a Los Angeles pharmacy. Police expect to arrest him the following week, according to the ...

17. Less discussed, more dreaded ‘shingles’ has its own vaccine
(Health/Healthquest)

... it comes with strict storage and administering requirements (kept in a freezer and injected within 30 minutes of thawing). It’s also expensive, costing pennies less than $200 at one Mercer County pharmacy. ...

18. N.J. taxpayers projected to save $540M on new pharmacy benefits contract for active and retired public employees
(N.J./State)

The Corzine administration announced Tuesday that the state is about to award a contract designed to save the state approximately $540 million over the next five years in the cost to deliver pharmacy benefits ...

19. Man arrested after robbing same N.J. bank six years apart
(N.J./State)

... Pharmacy in Egg Harbor Township on the same day the Marmora bank was hit. Over the next week, State Police detectives worked with the FBI and the Egg Harbor Township police to build a case. On Tuesday, ...

20. Popular breast cancer drug tamoxifen used with certain antidepressants puts New Jersey women at risk
(Health/Healthquest)

... pharmacy. "Women taking tamoxifen along with an SSRI should speak with their doctor immediately to discuss modifications to their medication regimen to ensure they are getting the full benefit of their ...