Tips: Pharmacy Law

• Manufacturers of generic drugs can market their drugs at lower prices than their brand name counterparts because they don't have new drug development and research costs that the brand name companies have.

• Pharmacy technicians must maintain the privacy and confidentiality of patients' personal health information. This requires appropriate safeguards for pharmacy patient records, discarding patient information in a secure manner, and taking reasonable precautions to maintain privacy of pharmacy conversations about patients.