In what is being hailed as a major victory for Community Health Centers and their patients, a federal judge has upheld a state law that requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to provide access to discounted drugs to contract pharmacies in the state under the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Dec. 10, 2022) – Two years on, the National Community Pharmacists Association is continuing to celebrate the landmark ruling supporting states’ rights to regulate pharmacy benefit managers that was issued by the U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 10, 2020.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Oct. 2, 2022) – Megan G. Smith, PharmD, BCACP, a community pharmacist at The Pharmacy at Wellington in Little Rock, Ark., and an assistant professor of pharmacy practice at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy, was named the recipient of the 2022 National Preceptor of the Year Award by the National Community Pharmacists Association Foundation as part of NCPA’s Annual Convention, which was held Oct. 1-4, in Kansas City, Mo.
The number of people hospitalized with covid-19 in Arkansas fell for the third day in a row Friday as the state s count of cases rose by 446 the smallest daily increase on a Friday in almost four months.