U.S. News & World Report and Pharmacy Times to Name Top Health Product Recommendations

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

U.S. News & World Report, the nations leading publisher of quality rankings, and Pharmacy Times, the pharmacy industrys leading publication, have announced a new collaboration that will identify the top pharmacist-recommended over-the-counter (OTC) products for consumers.

For the past 16 years, Pharmacy Times has researched and compiled pharmacists insights and preferences in its annual companion publication, titled OTC Guide. Prior to the U.S. News & World Report alliance, this yearly supplement to Pharmacy Times had been a resource provided solely to professionals in the health care industry.

Thanks to this new collaboration, however, consumers nationwide soon will have insight into pharmacists go-to brands in more than 150 categories, from head (migraine, allergy relief and cough/cold) to toe (joint pain and foot cream).

In gathering OTC data, Pharmacy Times conducted a proprietary annual survey that reaches a significant portion of the publications 170,000 pharmacist readers to collect feedback about 14 distinct therapeutic health areas comprising 162 product categories. This research results in the evaluation and ranking of more than 1,000 OTC products.

One of U.S. News signature franchises is its Best" series of guides in key consumer decision areas such as colleges, graduate schools, mutual funds, cars, travel and more. These guides include extensive offerings in the health areas, including rankings of childrens hospitals, adult hospitals, doctors and health plans. In working with Pharmacy Times, U.S. News now extends this series to the area of Health Products.

Through U.S. News website and its portfolio of print outlets, consumers now will have unprecedentedand searchableaccess to the wealth of information produced by the Pharmacy Times annual study. For example, consumers suffering from a cold or flu now can use this resource to find the top pharmacist-recommended cold remedy, cough suppressant, and decongestant as well as 16 other categories in the Cough, Cold, Allergies therapeutic health area.

U.S. News has a rich history of providing consumers credible, quality information that influences important decisions, said Brian Kelly, Editor of U.S. News & World Report. Combining our experience with the expertise of Pharmacy Times allows us to give our readers valuable recommendations to help them take better care of themselves and their families.

Pharmacy Times offers a suite of print and online content for pharmacists across the country, providing practical, clinical information they can use in their everyday practices when counseling patients and interacting with physicians. Select articles from Pharmacy Times are eligible for continuing education credit by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.

Pharmacy Times also will collaborate with U.S. News on supplemental, co-sponsored articles and other content to complement the OTC ranking results.

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U.S. News & World Report and Pharmacy Times to Name Top Health Product Recommendations