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• Applied DNA Sciences installs first pharmacy security system - Securing Pharma
  

  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.

• Skepticism grows around Medco/Express Scripts deal - Reuters
  

  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 .

• Memo offers new account of ATF agent's NY shooting - USA TODAY
  

  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 .

• FDA approves first Cushing's syndrome drug, Corcept's Korlym - The Pharma Letter
  

  FDA approves first Cushing's syndrome drug, Corcept's KorlymThe Pharma LetterShares of USA-based Corcept Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CORT) leapt 62% to $4.

• Insurers see costs in Obama birth control rule - Chicago Tribune
  

  Insurers see costs in Obama birth control ruleChicago TribuneAsked what impact the requirement will have on their costs in the year to two years after it goes into effect, 40 percent of the participants said they expect the requirement will increase costs through higher pharmacy expenses.