Early in my career, when I was practicing in Alabama there was a bill before the state legislature related to pharmacy technicians. The state pharmacy association strongly supported the bill, yet one of the big hospitals in the state opposed the bill. I can distinctly remember visiting a legislator’s office to ask for support for the bill and the senator said, “Michael, why do you expect me to support something you can’t even get your profession to agree on?” It was a humbling moment.

WASHINGTON, DC – A coalition of organizations representing pharmacies and pharmacists across all practice settings released a statement today ahead of a Tuesday, July 23 U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing titled, “The Role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers in Prescription Drug Markets Part III: Transparency and Accountability.”

On April 22, 2024, Iowa governor Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law that updates the state’s pharmacy practice act and puts in place a standard of care regulatory framework, aligning pharmacists with other providers in the state.

CDC now recommends that older adults who were not immunized against RSV last year, when vaccines first became available, do so late this summer or early this fall ahead of the upcoming RSV season.