Archive for October 2019
FDA and NABP Partnership: Information-Sharing for Drug Compounding
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that it awarded a cooperative grant to the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) to create an information-sharing data system to improve the information available to state regulators and the FDA about state-licensed pharmacies that engage in interstate distribution of compounded drugs. The new data system…
Read MoreFDA and FTC Issue Joint Warning to Pharmacy Selling Unapproved Products containing CBD
Earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a warning letter to Rooted Apothecary LLC (Rooted Apothecary) for illegally marketing and selling unapproved cannabidiol (CBD) products with unsubstantiated claims that these products treat teething and ear pain in infants, autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s…
Read MoreCalifornia Board of Pharmacy Investigates Jurisprudence Exam Cheating Scandal
The California State Board of Pharmacy (Board) administers the California Practice Standards and Jurisprudence Exam (CPJE), or pharmacy law exam, for pharmacists to ensure each pharmacist possesses the requisite skills necessary to safely practice pharmacy. To become licensed in California, pharmacists must pass the CPJE, along with a national exam that focuses on the clinical…
Read MoreCalifornia Expands Access to HIV Prevention Drugs
California Senate Bill 159, signed by Governor Gavin Newsom earlier this week, allows pharmacies to offer pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) HIV prevention medications without a prescription in a similar manner to birth control and emergency contraceptives provided certain, specific requirements are fulfilled. California pharmacists, after completing a mandatory training program approved by…
Read MoreDispensing an Emergency Supply of a Chronic Maintenance Drug Without a Prescription
Earlier this year, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed House Bill 19-1077 Concerning Authorization for a Pharmacist to Dispense a Chronic Maintenance Drug to a Patient Without a Current Prescription in Limited Circumstances (HB 19-1077). The new law, slated to go into effect on January 1, 2020, allows a Colorado pharmacist to dispense an emergency supply…
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