In a recent unanimous opinion, the Supreme Court of the United States recognized a subjective standard for interpreting the “usual and customary” requirement in the submission of pharmacy claims to federally funded programs.

David B. Brushwood, BSPharm, JD

Somatropin human growth hormone is available from multiple manufacturers using various brand names (e.g., Genotropin–Pfizer, Humatrope–Eli Lilly, FlexPro–Norditropin, Omnitrope–Novartis, Saizen–EMD Serono, Inc., Zorbtive–EMD Serono, Inc.) and in multiple dosage forms (e.g., pen devices, cartridges to be used with pen devices, vials). The indications for use vary from product to product. This variety of products, indications, and dosage forms can present challenges to specialty pharmacies.

Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Horsham, PA

The Pharmacy Palette: A Colorful Journey Through the World of Pharmacy, is a coloring book that features over 50 pharmacy specialties: a poison control pharmacist, a military pharmacist, a quality assurance pharmacist, and a veterinary pharmacist—just to name a few.

Loren Bonner

In the spring of 2021, protesters gathered outside Sentinel High School in Missoula, MT. They waved signs and held out flyers that claimed the COVID-19 vaccine caused miscarriage and infertility. They screamed “baby killer” at every parent and student who rushed by on their way inside to the vaccine clinic.

Sonya Collins

As if the opioid epidemic in America couldn’t get any worse, a new “emerging drug threat” is contributing to the rise in overdose deaths around the country.

Loren Bonner