Federal Pharmacy Research Articles

APhA salutes federal pharmacists

The 16th annual APhA Federal Pharmacy Forum will welcome approximately 120 pharmacists and pharmacy technicians from the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Public Health Service, Indian Health Service, and Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as student pharmacists and others. More than 16 supporting industry partners will exhibit at the forum.

Celebrating the power, promise of pharmacy at APhA’s Annual Meeting

Nearly 6,000 pharmacists and student pharmacists from every pharmacy practice setting converged in Orlando, FL, for the 2014 APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition on March 28 to 31. Attendees heard from thought leaders about changes and challenges facing the pharmacy profession, networked with colleagues, took in resources and information to strengthen their role as patient care providers, and celebrated the achievements of their peers. This year's theme, "The Power & Promise of Pharmacy," captured the changing role of pharmacists in health care.

APhA salutes federal pharmacists

The 15th annual APhA Federal Pharmacy Forum will welcome approximately 100 pharmacists and pharmacy technicians from the U.S. Army (USA), Navy (USN), Air Force (USAF), Coast Guard (USCG), Public Health Service (USPHS), Indian Health Service (IHS), Bureau of Prisons, and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Supporting industry partners will have more than 18 exhibition spaces, and additional industry partners will attend.

APhA–APPM recipients honored for a lifetime of work

The APhA Academy of Pharmacy Practice & Management (APhA–APPM) recognizes the achievements of individuals who have made significant or sustained contributions to pharmacy practice. This year's winners shared their thoughts and insights with Pharmacy Today .

APhA honors outstanding achievements at Annual Meeting

Each year, APhA recognizes exceptional contributors to the profession at the Annual Meeting. The following award winners will be honored at APhA2014 in Orlando.

We’re ‘all in’ on this one, but we’ll need your help!

We’re ‘all in’ on this one, but we’ll need your help!

Bob Nakagawa Takes on Registrar Position at BC College

Bob Nakagawa has left his position as Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) of the Pharmaceutical Services division of the BC Ministry of Health to become Registrar of the College of Pharmacists of BC. A former president of both the College and the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists, Mr. Nakagawa has held numerous posts in hospitals and government for the past 3 decades. He is recognized as an expert in public drug plan management and has provided advice in this area to provincial, federal and international governments. Mr. Nakagawa has chaired the Drug Benefits Committee for BC Pharmacare and the Federal Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee for Canada. He has a pharmacy degree from the University of British Columbia and a residency in hospital pharmacy from Vancouver's St. Paul's Hospital. Mr. Nakagawa joined the College in early April — replacing interim Registrar Suzanne Solven. Ms. Solven, Deputy Registrar, stepped into the role in September 2011, when Marshall Moleschi left to become Registrar at the Ontario College of Pharmacists.

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The strategy of price liberalisation and privatisation had been implemented in Sudan over the last decade, and has had a positive result on government deficit. The investment law approved recently has good statements and rules on the aforementioned strategy in particular to pharmacy regulations. Under the pressure of the new privatisation policy, the government introduced radical changes in the pharmacy regulations. The 2001 Pharmacy and Poisons Act and its provisions established the Federal Pharmacy and Poison Board (FPPB). All the authorities of the implementation of Pharmacy and Poisons Act were given to this board. This article provides an overview of the impact of the pharmaceutical regulations on the quality of medicines on the Sudanese market from the perspective of the pharmacists working with drug importing companies. The information necessary to conduct the evaluation was collected from 30 pharmacists who are the owners or shareholders in medicines’ importing companies. The participants were selected randomly. 89% of respondents considered the medicines on the Sudanese market generally of good quality. The design of the research itself may be considered inadequate with regard to selection process. However, the authors believe it provides enough evidence, and the current pharmaceutical regulations have some loopholes. The Pharmacy, Poisons, Cosmetics and Medical Devices Act-2001 and its regulation should be enforced. The overall set-up including the Act itself needs to be revised. Key words: Quality of medicines, drug importers, the Act, regulatory authorities, counterfeits medicines.

Defense Department sees results on outcomes research

Two years after its launch, the Department of Defense’s Pharmacy Outcomes Research Team, or PORT, is answering questions about how formulary changes affect the health of active-duty and retired service members and their families who receive pharmacy benefits through the military’s Tricare health services program. More than 9.5 million people have outpatient prescription medication benefits through Tricare, according to the program’s website. PORT pharmacoeconomist Shana Trice, speaking March 12 at the 2010 Federal Pharmacy Forum in Washington, D.C., presented data about the effects of a 2005 change in Tricare’s processing of prescriptions for fentanyl transdermal patches. Tricare’s computer system in 2005 began rejecting retail and mail-order prescriptions written for fentanyl patches and issued to patients who had not been prescribed a strong opioid during the previous 60 days. The intent of the change was to prevent opioid-naive patients from receiving the patches, which can be deadly in those who are not opioid tolerant.

APhA federal pharmacy initiatives: Supporting those in harm's way

Federal pharmacists and federal pharmacy technicians play a major role in health care in the United States. The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) supports these pharmacists who serve the United States while in harm’s way and does not forget those pharmacists back home caring for injured soldiers, marines, sailors, airmen, veterans, Public Health Service Officers, and their

Federal pharmacists adapt to changing environment

Forget the Department of Defense (DoD) pharmacy adage, “There’s a train coming—you either get onboard or you get run over,” Army Colonel Isiah M. Harper Jr. said March 17 at the 2006 Federal Pharmacy Forum in San Francisco. “What we’re facing in DoD is, there are trains that are coming

2001 Federal Pharmacy Forum: Marking the start of a new tradition, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians from the federal sector convened for a special “meeting within a meeting.”

2001 Federal Pharmacy Forum: Marking the start of a new tradition, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians from the federal sector convened for a special “meeting within a meeting.”

2001 Federal Pharmacy Forum: Marking the start of a new tradition, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians from the federal sector convened for a special “meeting within a meeting.”

2001 Federal Pharmacy Forum: Marking the start of a new tradition, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians from the federal sector convened for a special “meeting within a meeting.”

Section on Federal Pharmacy

Section on Federal Pharmacy

Surveillance of Controlled Drugs

Surveillance of Controlled Drugs

Section on Federal Pharmacy

Section on Federal Pharmacy

Recent Regulations of the Federal Narcotic Bureau Affecting Federal and Hospital Pharmacy Practices

Recent Regulations of the Federal Narcotic Bureau Affecting Federal and Hospital Pharmacy Practices