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 Launches New Consumer Website
The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) is pleased to announce the launch of www.safe.pharmacy as an NABP-branded site featuring consumer-oriented information on September 4, 2019. Consumers will find information on preventing prescription drug abuse, how to safely use medication, how boards of pharmacy and pharmacists can serve as resources, and where to find […]
Read More ›NABP Unveils New Branding, Logo
The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) is excited to unveil a new look for its brand today. In addition to a new logo, updates to the typeface, colors, and imagery used in Association publications and various other materials are also being implemented. The previous NABP logo has been a mark of leadership in […]
Read More ›NABP 115th Annual Meeting Features Topics Addressing Current Pharmacy Practice Issues and Offers Up to 4.5 Contact Hours of CPE Credit
The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) offers attendees the opportunity to earn up to 4.5 contact hours (0.45 CEUs) of Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)-accredited continuing pharmacy education (CPE) credit at its 115th Annual Meeting, themed “Working Together as a Team Makes Anything Possible.” The meeting’s knowledge-based CPE activities are designed to […]
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 ›NABP’s Verified-Accredited Wholesale Distributors® (VAWD®) Program: Protecting the Prescription Drug Supply Chain
Maintaining a secure medical supply chain is critical to the health and safety of our nation. Although the United States’ medication supply chain is one of the most secure in the world, NABP witnesses firsthand ongoing threats to the integrity of this supply chain. Countering those threats requires a multifaceted approach centered around state licensure […]
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 ›Snapchat Requires NABP .Pharmacy Verification, Joins Search Engines, Twitter in Raising Standards for Pharmacy-related Advertisers
The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) is pleased to announce that Snapchat now requires United States and Canadian pharmacies that wish to advertise on its platform to be verified by NABP. Snapchat’s new advertising policy, found in the Pharmaceutical & Healthcare section, comes at a time when greater regulation of online pharmacies on […]
Read More ›Mastercard Recognizes NABP’s .Pharmacy Program As A Third-Party Verification Service
The NABP .Pharmacy Verified Websites Program is now considered a recognized third party for verification of pharmacy merchants under a Mastercard policy related to card-not-present transactions. Under Mastercard’s policy, a merchant who is engaged in non-face-to-face selling of prescription drugs in a card-not-present environment must be verified by a recognized third party, such as NABP’s .Pharmacy […]
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