In Arkansas, John Kirtley, PharmD, executive director of the Arkansas Board of Pharmacy, said that several pharmacies in the state have been threatened with the loss of their ability to purchase controlled substances.

Loren Bonner

CDC will soon take a proven pharmacist-led hypertension program and bring it to predominantly Black populations in the southeastern United States.

Loren Bonner

The rights of patients and the responsibilities of health care professionals are the subject of significant litigation in the area of pregnancy termination and pregnancy prevention.

David B. Brushwood, BSPharm, JD

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has published several cases of medications being dispensed to patients before they were properly reconstituted. Most of the cases involved pediatric patients who received overdoses of antibiotics when their parents administered the drug powder to their children.

Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Horsham, PA

Pharmacists, in collaboration with physicians, public health officials, and other immunization stakeholders, are recognized as important members of the immunization neighborhood and are developing solutions to increase access to vaccines and other public health services.