.Pharmacy TLD Featured in Interview With Neustar
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 […]
Read More ›NABP PMP InterConnect Will Remain Free to Participating States Past 2018
The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) is pleased to announce that it will provide state prescription monitoring programs (PMPs) with access to NABP’s PMP InterConnect®at no cost so states can focus their resources and federal grants to support PMP operations. Currently, 42 states have executed memorandums of understanding to be part of PMP […]
Read More ›Over Forty States Are Now Members of PMP InterConnect
Alabama, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania have joined 38 other states by executing a memorandum of understanding with NABP to participate in NABP PMP InterConnect®. These states/jurisdictions will be working toward a live connection with other states in the coming months. “A key enhancement of the Massachusetts Prescription Awareness Tool (MassPAT) is the […]
Read More ›NABP Aims to Increase Consumer Awareness of Counterfeit Medications; Offers Safe and Legal Online Pharmacies Through .Pharmacy TLD Program
NABP issued a report discussing the Association’s expanded efforts to raise consumer awareness about the dangers of medications purchased from unapproved and unknown online sources and the solution offered by the .Pharmacy Top-Level Domain (TLD) Program, which provides a means for finding safe Internet pharmacies. As detailed in the Internet Drug Outlet Identification Program Progress […]
Read More ›Bing Revises Online Pharmacy Advertising Policy to Recognize .Pharmacy TLD
Online pharmacies and drug information sites approved by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) to register a .Pharmacy Top-Level Domain (TLD) are now eligible to advertise prescription medications with Microsoft Bing Ads in the United States and Canada effective April 13, 2016. Under Bing’s previous advertising policy for pharmacy and health care products […]
Read More ›NABP Debuts Redesigned Print and Electronic Newsletters
This new design for NABP e-News complements NABP’s redesigned and renamed printed newsletter, Innovations, which is mailing to members and subscribers this week. The goal of both redesigns was to provide readers with contemporary and visually captivating looks, making for more engaging and reader-friendly publications. Innovations, the printed newsletter, will retain all of the original […]
Read More ›NABP Invited to Discuss Best Practices for Restricted TLDs With US Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator
The Office of the United States Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator held a meeting to discuss the implementation of restricted new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs). The objective of the meeting, held on March 15, 2016, was to address the issues impacting restricted gTLDs, such as best practices in operations, consumer awareness, and public policy. Carmen A. […]
Read More ›Three Additional States Sign Agreement to Participate in NABP PMP InterConnect
The Alaska Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP), Maine Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP), and Montana Prescription Drug Registry recently executed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to participate in NABP PMP InterConnect®, joining 31 other state PMPs who have agreed to participate. To date, 30 of these state PMPs – Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, […]
Read More ›AWARXE Prescription Drug Safety Program Launches a Redesigned Website, Site Granted a .Pharmacy Domain
The AWARXE® Prescription Drug Safety Program is pleased to announce the relaunch of its website to provide consumers and pharmacists with an easier way to find timely and relevant information on preventing the misuse and abuse of prescription drugs. In addition to the new look and easier navigation, the site has a new address: www.awarerx.pharmacy. […]
Read More ›PMP InterConnect Integration Projects Bring Data Into Pharmacy Workflow, Ohio Supports Additional Deployments With $1.5 M In Funding
Recognizing the importance of expanding the use of prescription monitoring program (PMP) data in pharmacists’ workflow to enhance prescription drug abuse and diversion prevention efforts, NABP has been working to integrate other PMP services with NABP PMP InterConnect®. Most recently, PMP Gateway – a service that works in tandem with PMP InterConnect – has been […]
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