NABP is pleased to announce New Mexico as the tenth prescription monitoring program (PMP) to deploy NABP PMP InterConnect®, just one month after the Association celebrated the program’s one-year anniversary. New Mexico joins PMPs in Arizona, Connecticut, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, and Virginia, which have implemented use of the NABP InterConnect, […]

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Prescription monitoring programs (PMPs) in the states of Idaho, Louisiana, and South Dakota have executed a memorandum of understanding with NABP to participate in the NABP PMP InterConnect®, the system that facilitates the secure sharing of data between state PMPs, a key element for early detection, intervention, and prevention of substance abuse and diversion of […]

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The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) is pleased to announce its one-year anniversary of sharing prescription monitoring program (PMP) data through its NABP PMP InterConnectSM program. The NABP InterConnect allows authorized users in participating states to request patients’ prescription data and receive the information from other participating states’ PMPs. Sharing prescription drug data […]

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Developed to help fight prescription drug abuse, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has launched an online prescription monitoring program (PMP) to provide controlled substance prescription dispensing history to authorized health care providers and law enforcement. The PMP, known as Prescription Access in Texas (PAT), has been available to a select group of health […]

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A domain name dispute complaint involving unauthorized use of two NABP trademarks – NABP® and VIPPS® – has been decided in favor of the Association by the National Arbitration Forum. On June 13, 2012, NABP filed a complaint with the National Arbitration Forum against Tarien Kunkleman c/o YourNameMonkey.com (Respondent), regarding registration of the domain name […]

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The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) today issued a report about the continually increasing online counterfeit drug supply and the urgent need for international collaboration among regulators and other public agencies as well as private sector entities. As described in the Internet Drug Outlet Identification Program Progress Report for State and Federal Regulators: […]

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The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) is pleased to announce that CPE Monitor™ integration among continuing pharmacy education (CPE) providers is well underway with over 550,000 CPE activity records now stored in the CPE Monitor system. CPE Monitor is a national collaborative service from NABP, the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and […]

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The launch of pilot programs as part of the Enhancing Access to PDMPs Project, in which NABP is participating, was announced by the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). As described in the press release, two pilot projects taking place in Indiana and Ohio […]

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Several pharmacies in the Charlotte, NC, area have been approached by questionable drug wholesalers attempting to sell them drug supplies that may be fake, reports WSOCTV. One pharmacy owner indicated that he received calls from companies claiming to be new wholesalers on a daily basis. He indicated further that he avoids working with such companies […]

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The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®), with the support of a global coalition of stakeholders, has applied to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to own and operate the new .PHARMACY generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD). At a time when the vast majority of Web sites selling prescription drugs online are […]

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