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March 2, 2021

CVS, Walgreens look for big data reward from COVID-19 vaccinations

As they help to vaccinate the nation against COVID-19, pharmacies are compiling loads of consumer information on people who schedule appointments.

March 1, 2021

Washington State pharmacists retain “diagnosing” authority

A December 2020 opinion issued by Washington Attorney General (AG) Bob Ferguson affirmed pharmacists’ standard of practice under collaborative drug therapy agreements (CDTAs).

March 1, 2021

FDA clears Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose Janssen COVID-19 vaccine

FDA granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to Janssen’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday, February 27, for adults ages 18 years and older.

March 1, 2021

FDA authorizes J&J's single-dose coronavirus vaccine, adding to the nation's arsenal against the pandemic

Johnson & Johnson received FDA emergency use authorization late Saturday for its coronavirus vaccine, which is recommended in a single dose for adults aged 18 years and older. Not only is the need for a booster injection eliminated, but the new vaccine also will not have to remain frozen until use.

February 25, 2021

Johnson & Johnson's vaccine works well and may curb virus spread

New analyses by FDA and Johnson & Johnson demonstrate that the company's single-dose vaccine has overall efficacy of 72% against COVID-19 in the United States and 86% efficacy against severe cases of the disease. Efficacy was slightly lower in South Africa, which is in the grips of a mutated strain of the virus.

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by Scott Knoer

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February 25, 2021

Goodbye to a hero, mentor, and friend

A true pharmacy icon, Dr. Joseph A. Oddis, left the Earth this week. He began his life of service to pharmacy and its patients as a young man, going on to become the CEO of ASHP for 37 years and the…

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It was the summer of 2020, and COVID-19 had pulled back the curtain on historic inadequacies in the American health care system—too little personal protective equipment, an unreliable drug supply…

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March 2, 2021

APhA, Physicians and Nurses Urge Bolstered Collection of Race and Ethnicity Data During COVID-19 Vaccinations

The American Pharmacists Association today joined two other leading national health care advocacy organizations to urge urged all health care professionals to redouble efforts to collect and report race and ethnicity data when administering COVID-19 vaccinations.

February 27, 2021

American Pharmacists Association Comment on Authorization of Janssen Vaccine: “We are Ready to Continue this Work”

Statement from Scott J. Knoer, MS, PharmD, FASHP, executive vice president and CEO of the American Pharmacists Association, upon the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision today to authorize emergency use of Janssen Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine.

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