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Tech-check-tech becomes law

Mon Jan 22, 2007

A new California law, effective January 5, 2007, is designed to give pharmacists more time to work directly with patients to ensure greater medication safety by allowing specially trained technicians to assume time-consuming tasks of filling and checking prescriptions. Research led by the UCSF School of Pharmacy and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center...

Medicare Part D outreach funded by Amgen Foundation

Mon Dec 11, 2006

The UCSF School of Pharmacy has received a US$3.7 million grant from the Amgen Foundation to train student pharmacists in all 7 California schools of pharmacy with the skills they need to help the underserved elderly make the best Medicare Part D choices. Co-principal investigators of the grant are department of clinical pharmacy faculty...

Calls about the abuse of cold medicines increase tenfold in California

Wed Dec 6, 2006

Calls to the California Poison Control System (CPCS) about abuse, primarily in adolescents, of over-the-counter medications containing the active ingredient dextromethorphan, increased tenfold from 1999 to 2004, according to a retrospective review published in the December 2006 issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine...

Lee appointed director of Center for Drug Development Science (CDDS)

Mon Nov 20, 2006

Howard Lee, MD, PhD, is the new director of the Center for Drug Development Science (CDDS).

Tang talks about a turning point in science

Wed Nov 15, 2006

By understanding the complicated systems that make up biology, we will understand more about the individual parts, how they work together, communicate, and mobilize into action, according to Chao Tang, PhD, UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member.

Learn more about Tang's perspective on what he thinks is the next turning...

Wells looks for new ways to fill the drug discovery pipeline

Wed Nov 1, 2006

UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member James Wells, PhD, director of the Small Molecule Discovery Center, describes his approach, which uses precise, sophisticated matchmaking techniques, to improving the success rate of finding chemical compounds with the potential to become drugs.

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Dill speaks to science funding and approach

Wed Nov 1, 2006

Science could benefit from funding for deep innovation and time to dream, says Ken Dill, PhD, UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member and associate dean of research.

Learn more about Dill's perspective in a two-part interview in Science Café, a UCSF weekly highlighting the culture, conduct, and community...

UCSF School of Pharmacy #1 among peers

Mon Oct 30, 2006

The UCSF School of Pharmacy maintains its ranking as the best doctor of pharmacy degree program in the United States, according to a 2005 survey conducted by U.S. News & World Report. Results were published in America's Best Graduate Schools, 2007 Edition.

Funding scarce for deep innovation in science

Tue Oct 24, 2006

Today’s science lacks funding for truly deep innovation, says Ken Dill, PhD, UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member and associate dean of research.

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Science Cafe, Bring Back the Ivory Tower, Part 1 of 2