NABP Shares Online Pharmacy Safety Information at International Pharmaceutical Federation World Congress
At the 2013 International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) World Congress hosted in Dublin, Ireland, NABP presented information on online pharmacy safety and rogue online drug sellers to delegates at a session dedicated to online health. NABP shared its finding with delegates that almost 97% of more than 10,000 Internet Web sites selling drug products and reviewed […]
Read More ›NABP Model Act Amended to Address Shared Service Concept, Medication Reuse Programs, and Internet Pharmacy Safety
The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) recently amended the Model State Pharmacy Act and Model Rules of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (Model Act) in its effort to assist the boards of pharmacy as they work to protect the public health. The Model Act was revised to replace technology-specific language with […]
Read More ›NABP Seeks Volunteer Exam Writers; Pharmacists and Faculty Encouraged to Submit Requests for Consideration
NABP is seeking individuals to serve as volunteer item writers for the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination®, the Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination®, the Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Examination®, the Pharmacy Curriculum Outcomes Assessment®, and the Pharmacist Assessment for Remediation EvaluationSM. Pharmacists in all areas of practice, and faculty from schools and colleges of pharmacy are […]
Read More ›Tennessee Deploys NABP InterConnect; 16 States Now Sharing PMP Data
The Tennessee Controlled Substance Monitoring Database Program has now deployed the NABP PMP InterConnect®, bringing the total number of live participating state prescription monitoring programs (PMPs) to 16. Tennessee joins PMPs in Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Virginia, which have implemented […]
Read More ›Kansas Launches Pilot of New NABP PMP Software
At the request of several prescription monitoring program (PMP) administrators, NABP is working on building PMP software that will work seamlessly with NABP PMP InterConnect®as well as meet the needs of administrators, requestors, and data submitters with more options and flexibility. Five states – Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi, and Nevada – have agreed to test […]
Read More ›Wisconsin Signs Agreement to Participate in NABP PMP InterConnect, System’s Success Highlighted in AHRQ Innovations Profile
The Wisconsin prescription monitoring program (PMP) recently executed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to participate in NABP PMP InterConnectx®, joining 24 other state PMPs who have agreed to participate. With 15 state PMPs now securely sharing data through the NABP InterConnect, the system is helping to address the problems of prescription drug abuse and diversion, […]
Read More ›NABP Surveyors to Assist With New Jersey Compounding Pharmacy Inspections Under Contract With the State
Under a contract with the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs (Division) and the state’s Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa, NABP will assist the Division with inspections of New Jersey pharmacies engaged in the practice of compounding. The planned pharmacy surveys will expand the Division’s already robust inspections of compounding pharmacies. As noted in a […]
Read More ›NABP’s .PHARMACY Proposal Passes Initial ICANN Evaluation
Reaching a critical milestone in the generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) approval process, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) application to own and operate the .PHARMACY domain suffix has passed the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) initial evaluation. NABP intends to launch the .PHARMACY gTLD by the end of 2013, and […]
Read More ›NABPLAW Online Now Includes Laws and Regulations of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands
The complete pharmacy acts and regulations of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands are now included in NABPLAW ® Online, the comprehensive national data bank of state pharmacy laws and regulations provided by NABP. NABPLAW Online’s powerful search capabilities allow users to research subjects one state at a time or across all 50 states and […]
Read More ›Colorado Deploys NABP PMP InterConnect; 15 States Now Sharing PMP Data
The Colorado Electronic Prescription Drug Monitoring Program has now deployed the NABP PMP InterConnect®, bringing the total number of live participating state prescription monitoring programs (PMPs) to 15. Colorado joins PMPs in Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Virginia, which have implemented use […]
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