U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week: NACDS Advancing Community-Based Antibiotic Stewardship
This campaign raises awareness about the threat of antibiotic resistance and the importance of appropriate antibiotic use.
NACDS Praises FDA Move to Delay Enforcement of Certain DSCSA “Track and Trace” Requirements Until November 27, 2024
This delay is an acknowledgement of a much needed delay – advocated by NACDS, along with supply chain and other pharmacy partners – to address technical and operational issues that had the potential to create supply chain disruptions and adversely impact patients’ access to needed medications.
Poll Shows Support for Extending Implementation Date for Prescription Drug “Track and Trace” to Prevent Drug-Shortage Risk 72% who support track and trace, and 70% of those who have experienced a medicine or health product shortage, back an extension of the DSCSA’s final implementation date
Seventy-two percent who support track and trace, and 70% of those who have experienced a medicine or health product shortage, back an extension of the DSCSA’s final implementation date.
Pharmacy and Pharmacist Groups Urge FDA to Adopt Phased Approach to Implementation of Enhanced Drug Distribution Security Requirements of Drug Supply Chain Security Act in Order to Prevent Interruptions to Patient Care “Specifically, we request FDA use its authority under the law for dispensers to comply with the EDDS requirements no earlier than February 27, 2026.”
“Specifically, we request FDA use its authority under the law for dispensers to comply with the EDDS requirements no earlier than February 27, 2026.”
NACDS Welcomes FDA’s Action on Pharmacist-Prescribed COVID-19 Antivirals; Urges Next Steps for Lawmakers, CMS and Commercial Payers to Make Better Access a Reality
NACDS today welcomed the announcement by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that it revised the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir and ritonavir), “to authorize state-licensed pharmacists to prescribe Paxlovid to eligible patients, with certain limitations to ensure appropriate patient assessment and prescribing of Paxlovid.”
Senate Committee Moves FDA User Fee Bill with Five NACDS-Backed Provisions
Diverse NACDS-backed provisions would enhance patients’ access to OTC hearing aids and to biosimilar and generic medications, and would maintain flexibility in drug disposal options.
FDA Approval of Interchangeable Biosimilar Means Patients Will Have Greater Access to Affordable Medications Provided by Local Pharmacists, Pharmacies
In an historic move last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Semglee (insulin glargine-yfgn) as the first interchangeable biosimilar product.
NACDS Applauds Indiana Law Extending Convenient Access to Pharmacy-Based Care New law empowers pharmacists to optimize patient-centered care models, advance access to immunizations, essential medications and more
New law empowers pharmacists to optimize patient-centered care models, advance access to immunizations, essential medications and more.
NACDS Asks CMS to Fix State Calculations That Make Medicaid Pharmacy Reimbursement Even Worse Using discount-card drug prices in tally of “usual and customary” pharmacy charges is not lawful, wrongly depresses payments to pharmacies, and ultimately could harm patients
NACDS says using discount-card drug prices in tally of “usual and customary” pharmacy charges is not lawful, wrongly depresses payments to pharmacies, and ultimately could harm patients: "For consumers on tight budgets who rely on third-party discount cards to pay for their medications, the potential loss of access to these discounted medications would be devastating.”
90-Day Prescription Progress in Georgia
On Wednesday, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed HB791 into law, the end result of a joint advocacy push between NACDS and Georgia industry stakeholders.
