NABP President Jeanne D. Waggener, RPh, DPh, received the 2017 William J. Sheffield Outstanding Alumnus Award from the College of Pharmacy at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin. Ms Waggener was presented with the award, which is named to honor former Associate Dean William J. Sheffield and is the highest honor paid by the […]

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Becoming an accredited business with the Better Business Bureau (BBB) is an honor not accorded to all businesses, because not all businesses meet eligibility standards. The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) is pleased to announce today that it has met all BBB standards and is now an accredited business. “Accreditation in the BBB […]

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NABP has released its Internet Drug Outlet Identification Program Progress Report for State and Federal Regulators: March 2017. The report stresses how rogue internet drug outlets contribute to the rise of antibiotic resistance by not requiring prescriptions to purchase medications. The increase in bacterial infections that are resistant to antibiotics prompted Congress to appropriate $160 […]

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With technological advances leading to new ways for patients to access health care, challenges and concerns for patient safety have arisen, notes patient safety advocates at FaegreBD Consulting. For example, consumers are increasingly turning to the internet for less expensive medicines even though 88% of United States consumers believe they do not have enough information […]

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A new website was launched by the Verified Top-Level Domains (vTLD) Consortium, a voluntary association of registry operators that verify all registrants prior to permitting use of a domain name. The vTLD Consortium’s website, www.vtld.domains, aims to enhance public knowledge about the unique value of vTLDs as legitimate and trusted channels for products, services, and […]

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The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) has released its Internet Drug Outlet Identification Program Progress Report for State and Federal Regulators: October 2016. The report stresses the importance of critical patient care provided through legitimate online pharmacies and the dangers posed by lack of such patient care options on rogue internet drug outlets. […]

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NABP is sad to announce that Sister Margaret Wright, RSM, PhD, a Sister of Mercy for 63 years and a former member of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, passed away on Sunday, October 16, 2016. Her contributions to NABP, state boards of pharmacy, and the protection of public health were significant. Sister […]

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Google now recognizes the .pharmacy Top-Level Domain (TLD) as meeting requirements for pharmacies and related entities to advertise online. Since 2010, Google has allowed pharmacies or other prescription drug-related entities to advertise online in the United States and Canada only if they are accredited or approved by NABP. As of mid-October 2016, Google advertising policies […]

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State prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) were connected to the prevention of nearly one opioid-related overdose death every two hours on average nationwide, reports a new study led by Vanderbilt University. The study, “Implementation of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Associated With Reductions in Opioid-Related Death Rates,” analyzed mortality data and data on states’ PDMPs from […]

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Carmen A. Catizone, MS, RPh, DPh, NABP executive director/secretary, discussed the .pharmacy domain name and its benefits for the domain name industry, registrants, and public health during an interview with Neustar, a company that provides top-level domain (TLD) registry services. Other topics of discussion included the process for registering a .pharmacy domain name, Bing’s revised […]

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