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• 6/05/08 Walgreens to pay $35 million in drug switching.
• 5/29/08 Law prevents marijuana restriction
• 5/28/08 The FDA is proposing to require that labeling include a summary of the risks of using a drug during pregnancy and lactation and a discussion of the data supporting that summary.
• 5/27/08 The Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (FDAAA) to implement a national, integrated, electronic system for monitoring medical product safety (APhA website)
• 5/21/08 Democrats to write their own bill for June's Medicare Bill.
• 5/21/08 Effective July 1,2008 a list of maintenence medications fillable under Medicaid for a 100 count or 90 day supply (what ever is greater).
• 4/1/08 Medicaid's PDL: Brand no-longer preferred
• 3/5/08 Medicaid Tamper-Resistant Pad Update w/ Origin Codes.
• 1/31/08 E-prescribing on the Federal Register...are we ready? Elimination of the E-Prescribing Exemption for Computer-Generated Facsimile Transmissions (hint: Search (binoculars): e-prescribe)(APhA site)
• 1/31/08 MT Medicaid will allow zolpidem to be filled for 34 tablets for a 34 day supply without prior authorization.
• 1/31/08 MT Medicaid's Compound Billing Rules and Instructions ie: "2" in compound field; "8" in submission clarification code; "11" in level of effort
• 1/11/08 DEA Proposed Rule on DEA 222 forms...from triplicate to single sheet.
• 1/11/08 A collaboration New Years information and reminders.
• 12/21/07 Medicaids New Compounding Rule Notice.
• 12/04/07 Medicaid News: (Reminder) CMS will require NPI numbers starting March,1 2008 for both the pharmacy and the prescriber.
• 12/04/07 Medicaid News: (Reminder) Medicaid will start requirements for Tamper-Resistant Pads by April 2008.
• 12/04/07 Medicaid News: Carisoprodol will be required to have Prior Authorization started 12/02/08.
• 11/24/07DEA: Issuance of Multiple Prescriptions for Schedule II Controlled Substances
• 11/11/07 CDC Flu website: explainations of different Influenza, comments, tracking the Flu nationwide with weekly reports, etc. Great resource during this time of season!
• 11/11/07 DEA update on "Meth"... significant progress.
• 11/11/07 FDA approves Zyrtec-D as non-prescription!
• 11/10/07 Articles from Diabetes In Control: ADAG--new equation/ system for reporting blood sugar results and Discontinuation of Exubera.
• 11/10/07--MedGuide link to FDA.gov website added (front page).
• 10/29/07--A great article on "DPP-4 Inhibitors and the Quest for HbA1c Control" by Lisa T. Meade, PharmD, CDE (NC).
• 10/18/07--Carla Cobb, Pharm.D.,
  BCPP, wrote an article entitled "Pharmacists aren't just bottle fillers" published 10/17/07 in Billings Gazette.
• 10/01/07--American Pharmacist Month
• 10/01/07--Final Tamper-Resistant Prescription Pad Notice POSTPONED.
• 9/21/07--DPHHS Warns of Risk of Cryptosporidium Illness from
  Baby's Bliss Gripe Water.
• 09/20/07--Final Tamper-Resistant Prescription Pad Notice.
• 9/11/07--Please read an update from DPHHS on the West Nile Virus warning (esp. elderly) to be cautious this Fall.
• 9/7/07--Please read Sherill Brown's, DVM, Pharm.D. article entitled "Update on Rosiglitazone Safety Concerns" that was published on the Montana Pharmacy Associations Website on September 7th, 2007. Read more (pdf).
• 9/1/07--September is Pain Awareness Month...Click here for more information also please visit www.back.com
• 8/30/07--Montana Medicaid announces final decision on Tamper-Resistant Prescription Pads effective 10/01/07. Read more.
• 8/14/07--GlaxoSmithKline updates prescribing information for Avandia. Read more. in addition...see "Avandia In The News" on GSK website.
• 7/31/07--Takeda announces 'Actos is the only TZD (thiazolidinedione) with safety data from a cardiovascular outcomes trial in its label.' Read more.

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