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2012 VIP Day at the Capitol Save-the-Date FEATURE ARTICLES
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Kelly J. McLendon Receives GSAE - Emerging Leader Award
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Board of Pharmacy President’s Message: But I Just Stepped Out for a Moment...
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NPLC Nomination Form GPhA New Members GPhA Website Tutorial Pharm PAC Contributors Pharm PAC Contribution Card Steve Wilson Thank You GPhA’s Academy of Employee Pharmacists Networking Dinner Program 22 2012 Award Nomination Form 30 GPhA Board of Directors 30 Masthead
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GPhA Works with NCPA to Urge Investigation of Merger of Two of Largest Pharmacy Benefit Managers
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NCPA Press Release: Senators Express Concern Over Express Scripts-Medco Pharmacy Merger
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Merger Letter from Senators Chambliss and Isakson
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GPhA is Advocating for You!
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The 2011 Southeastern Pharmacists’ Recovery Networks Conference
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CPE Opportunity: Horizant, Caprelsa, Yervoy, and Zyriga
Pharmacists Mutual Companies Logix, Inc. EC Retail Studio Barbara Cole, Attorney at Law Financial Network Associates Melvin M. Goldstein, P.C. GPhA Convention Information AIP GPhA Workers’ Compensation UBS
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President’s Message Editorial
The Georgia Pharmacy Journal
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January 2012