Rx Report Highlights Urgency of Acting on Opioid Crisis
The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) released the Rogue Rx: Activity Report, highlighting the continued pervasiveness of illegal online opioid sales. The report, released in November, provides important statistics from the Association’s continuous review of the online pharmacy landscape. Of the 1,543 new pharmacy websites added to NABP’s Not Recommended List in the […]
Read More ›NABP Executive Director Retirement Announcement
The NABP Executive Committee and Executive Director Carmen Catizone are announcing Catizone’s planned retirement from the Association after 35 years of service. Catizone will formally retire from NABP at the end of 2020, following the selection of a new executive director and a transition period of leadership. A Search Committee was commissioned by the Executive […]
Read More ›NABP Receives FDA Funding to Develop Data-Sharing System for Improved Oversight of Compounding Pharmacies
The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) is pleased to announce it has been awarded funding from Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to create a data system to assist with the collection of critical information to protect public health. The new system will enable the collection, management, and sharing of information regarding compounding pharmacies […]
Read More ›NABP and G2 Expand Partnership to Improve Consumer Safety
NABP and G2, the leading global provider of merchant risk management solutions, have further formalized their partnership with the goal of helping consumers more easily find safe online pharmacies and avoid rogue outlets engaging in prohibited practices or the sale of illegal pharmaceuticals. After a series of webinars and presentations at the 10th Annual G2 Summit, NABP will continue […]
Read More ›United States Defense Health Agency Participating in NABP’s PMP InterConnect Data Sharing System
Recognizing the need for military and community treatment providers to deliver appropriate health care based on best-available information, the United States Department of Defense’s Defense Health Agency (DHA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to participate in NABP PMP InterConnect®, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy®’s (NABP®’s) prescription monitoring program (PMP) data sharing system. […]
Read More ›Member Boards Express Concern Over Conditions of Bureau of Justice Assistance Grants, Impact on State PMPs
Following discussion at the NABP Interactive Executive Officer Forum on October 2-3, 2018, several prescription monitoring programs (PMPs) sent joint letters to the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) requesting the agency waive special conditions attached to grant awards for state prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs). One letter, sent by state PMPs that were awarded the […]
Read More ›Social Media Sites: The New Wild West for Illegal Online Pharmacies
The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) published the September 2018 Internet Drug Outlet Identification Program Progress Report for State and Federal Regulators. This report shows how social media sites can lead consumers to dangerous rogue pharmacy sites through simple keyword searches. During a four-week study, the Association performed keyword searches on multiple social […]
Read More ›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 Union (EU) policymakers, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), registrars, registries, and other […]
Read More ›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 licensing boards of pharmacy are enhancing their long-established Electronic Licensure Transfer Program® (e-LTP™), which provides […]
Read More ›How Fraudulent Online Drug Sellers Are Making the Opioid Epidemic Worse
The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) published the February 2018 Internet Drug Outlet Identification Program Progress Report for State and Federal Regulators. The report provides an update on the internet drug buying landscape and how the online sale of counterfeit medications is exacerbating the opioid epidemic in the United States. In a recent […]
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