Pharmacy News

Interview With a Board Executive Director

Boards of pharmacy can face unexpected challenges while working to protect the public health. Here, board executive directors talk about how they worked around these obstacles. What is one of the most significant challenges or issues your board addressed in...

CVS Pharmacy Debuts New Prescription Label and Prescription Overview in California

CVS Pharmacy, the retail division of CVS Health, has debuted its new ScriptPath Prescription Label and Prescription Overview in its 1,160 CVS Pharmacy locations in California. The new prescription label and overview, along with the recently released prescription schedule, are all...

Hy-Vee’s First HealthMarket to Open in West Des Moines

Hy-Vee, Inc. has opened its first-ever Hy-Vee HealthMarket store at 375 South Jordan Creek Parkway in West Des Moines. “We can’t wait for Hy-Vee customers to experience this new store concept, which offers products and services to meet all of...

Infographic: National Pharmacy Market Summary

As pharmacy chains move into primary care and insurance, their strength, influence and reach cannot be denied. This IQVIA report identifies the power players you should get to know. View The Infographic

NABP Joins the Coalition for a Secure and Transparent Internet

NABP has joined the Coalition for a Secure and Transparent Internet (CSTI), along with other organizations, to advocate for a transparent internet that promotes safe e-commerce and prevents criminal safe havens online. CSTI advocates before United States and European...

Amplicare Appoints Matt Johnson as Chief Executive Officer

Amplicare announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Matt Johnson, Pharm.D., as Chief Executive Officer effective August 1, 2018. Flaviu Simihaian, Amplicare’s co-founder, will assume the role as Chairman of the Board of Directors and step down...

PDMP Data Interstate Sharing: It’s Happening in A Big Way

Data sharing among state prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) is happening in a big way, thanks to the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy’s PMP InterConnect program. Currently, 45 states have agreed to share data through InterConnect. And the...

Medicine-On-Time Releases New Low Cost Medication Management Products

Medicine-On-Time announced today the release of three new medication management products. The new consumables will provide the marketplace with a low-cost option for multidose packaging to simplify adherence for patients while providing tools for pharmacies to grow their medication...

Good Neighbor Pharmacy Evolves Offerings to Strengthen the Future of Independent Community Pharmacy

AmerisourceBergen and Good Neighbor Pharmacy announced new and enhanced programs that will help independent pharmacies strengthen the core of their businesses and expand their role within their communities. The programs and solutions, which were presented at ThoughtSpot 2018, Good...

Innovations in Pharmacist Licensure Mobility Accelerate

Boards of Pharmacy, NABP Continue 114-Year Partnership of Facilitating License Transfer While Keeping Patients Safe As other professions move to establish mechanisms for license portability such as legislature-approved compacts, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) and its member...