Despite APhA’s concerns that compliance with certain Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) requirements undermines pandemic response efforts, FDA has con rmed that “dispensers,” including pharmacies, must meet a requirement that went into effect on November 27, 2020.

Rachel Balick

An inadvertent error that violates practice standards is not a crime. This is a good thing.

David B. Brushwood, BSPharm, JD

When a patient recently visited a hospital clinic, a practitioner was reconciling external medication information available in the patient’s electronic health record (EHR) via medication history data from Surescripts.

Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Horsham, PA

Medication therapy management, self-care recommendations, point-of-care testing, and administration of vaccinations are some of the critical contributions community pharmacists have made during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent report featured in CDC’s journal Preventing Chronic DiseasePreventing Chronic DiseasePreventing Chronic Disease.

Maria G. Tanzi, PharmDMaria G. Tanzi, PharmD

In August, FDA granted 23andMe clearance for its CYP2C19 pharmacogenetics report on clopidogrel and citalopram, allowing the company to offer more direct-to-consumer pharmacogenetics reports to patients.

Loren Bonner