…National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) is an independent, international, and impartial 501(c)(3) nonprofit association that assists its state member boards and jurisdictions for the purpose of protecting the public…
More ›…additional information, including updates to examination blueprints and other noteworthy trends in test scores, in future publications. This blog was adapted from an article that originally appeared in the January…
More ›…for pharmacists in expanding access to the opioid overdose reversal drug, naloxone. Nearly 17,000 people died from an overdose involving an opioid analgesic in 2011, four times the number of…
More ›…an interest in developing a similar inspection program with NABP. These inspections are currently underway and NABP is working with the Iowa Board of Pharmacy to share any resulting action…
More ›…number of heroin overdose deaths increased from 1,779 in 2010 to 3,635 in 2012, representing a rate increase of 1.0 to 2.1 per 100,000. The number of opioid pain reliever…
More ›…state-by-state breakdown of known infections and fatalities, are available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. International information is available from WHO. NABP continues to collect information about how…
More ›…Passport if the state license/registers interns and the state has included interns in their emergency declarations. NABP Passport for facilities (including pharmacies and other supply chain businesses) is slated to…
More ›…33% overall increase in vaccines included a 45% increase for influenza vaccines, 31% for pertussis, and 7% for pneumococcal vaccinations. There was also a 5% decrease in herpes zoster vaccinations….
More ›The number of people abusing prescription medications in 2012 rose to 6.8 million users from 6.1 million users in 2011, a 10% increase, as indicated in the latest National Survey…
More ›…in the annual survey, which is now in its 40th year. Results were made available by researchers at the University of Michigan and the National Institute on Drug Abuse on…
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