Applied DNA Sciences installs first pharmacy security systemSecuring PharmaApplied DNA Sciences has installed its smartDNA anti-intruder mist system at a pharmacy in Long Island, USA, in response to a spate of pharmacy robberies there in recent months.

USA TODAYDEA: Oxycodone orders by pharmacies 20 times averageUSA TODAYBy Donna Leinwand Leger, USA TODAY Two Florida CVS pharmacies ordered more than 3 million oxycodone pills in 2011, more than 20 times higher than the national average, DEA agents said Monday.

WGN RadioSkepticism grows around Medco/Express Scripts dealReutersBy Diane Bartz | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Objections to Express Scripts' $29 billion plan to buy rival pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions are accumulating as US antitrust regulators weigh whether they have enough evidence to stop the .

USA TODAYMemo offers new account of ATF agent's NY shootingUSA TODAYGARDEN CITY, NJ (AP) – A document accidentally posted on a prosecutor's website cites a pharmacist's version of the friendly fire shooting death of a federal agent during a New Year's Eve robbery and differs from an account offered by an attorney for .

Will Big Pharma Start Hacking Humans?Lew Rockwell (blog)Last year, USA Today reported that: Americans may waste as much as $258 billion a year by not taking prescribed medications because the missed doses lead to emergency room visits, doctors' visits and in-patient hospitalizations, according to a study by .