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Student Pharmacist

Written by student pharmacists for student pharmacists, Student Pharmacist magazine provides the latest on career preparation, leadership, legislative activities and advocacy efforts, patient care projects, APhA–ASP Chapter innovations, life on rotation, tips from new practitioners, and more.

American Pharmacists Association Comments on the Presidential Election American Pharmacists Association Comments on the Presidential Election

American Pharmacists Association Comments on the Presidential Election

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The following is a statement from Scott J. Knoer, MS, PharmD, FASHP, on the election for President of the United States.

“The American Pharmacists Association welcomes the opportunity to work with the next administration and the 117th Congress to continue recognizing pharmacists as medical experts providing patient care. Chief among these are efforts to secure pharmacist provider status for Medicare coverage, and advocating for fundamental payment reform for pharmacists’ services. 

American Pharmacists Association Begins Recruiting for New 2021... American Pharmacists Association Begins Recruiting for New 2021...

American Pharmacists Association Begins Recruiting for New 2021...

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The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) is expanding career opportunities for pharmacists by growing its portfolio of postgraduate training programs. Building on the success of the APhA Foundation Executive Fellowship in Association Management & Leadership, which is funded by the Knowlton Center for Pharmacist-Based Health...

Marialice S. Bennett to Receive Remington Honor Medal, Highest Honor in Pharmacy

Marialice S. Bennett, BSPharm, of Columbus, OH, is the recipient of the 2021 Remington Honor Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and the profession’s highest recognition.  Bennett, the seventh woman to be recognized since the Remington Honor Medal’s inception in 1919, retired as the Director of the Community and Ambulatory Care...

Pharmacy Groups React to Landmark Supreme Court Hearing

The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) and the Arkansas Pharmacists Association (APA), alongside the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations (NASPA), today applauded the Supreme Court for hearing Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA). This historic...

APhA and Washington State University Prepare Pharmacists for Pediatric Immunizations

The American Pharmacists Association (APhA), in partnership with Washington State University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, has launched Pharmacy-based Immunizations for Pediatric Patients, a new program designed to prepare state-licensed immunizing pharmacists to meet the education requirements to administer vaccinations to children 3–18 years of age, in compliance...

American Pharmacists Association and Pharmacy Podcast Network Announce Exclusive Collaboration Agreement

The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and the Pharmacy Podcast Network (PPN) today announced that they have entered into agreement where PPN will be the exclusive distributor of “Locked on Pharmacy,” APhA’s podcast series on pharmacy topics. Under the agreement, APhA will produce at least one podcast per month, while PPN will distribute the podcast on its podcast feeds...

APhA: New Federal Drug Importation Program Puts Patients at Risk

The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) issued the following statement today after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized the rule for the legal importation of drugs from Canada:  APhA is disappointed that FDA would risk the safety and security of our nation’s drug supply by creating a complex and convoluted program allowing legal importation of certain drugs from...

Women in pharmacy face intolerable levels of harassment and intimidation

We want to make this clear right off the bat: APhA is steadfastly opposed to sexism, racism, discrimination, harassment, and intimidation – implicit or explicit – and we are committed to combatting behaviors that undermine any member of our profession. A recent change.org petition called on national pharmacy organizations to address the ways women are silenced: Women risk...

APhA Hails HHS Announcement Authorizing Pharmacists to Administer COVID-19 Vaccines

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today authorized pharmacists to order and administer (and interns to administer) COVID-19 vaccines that have been approved or licensed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to all individuals age 3 or older. Pharmacist interns must do so while acting under the supervision of a qualified pharmacist. “This is tremendous...
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