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Adapt Pharma adds new U.S. operations president
DUBLIN — Adapt Pharma on Monday announced the appointment of Mike Kelly to be president of its U.S. operations. Kelly will report to the company’s COO Eunan Maguire.Kelly has been in the industry for almost 30 years, and joins Adapt Pharma— maker of Narcan Nasal Spray (naloxone HCl) — from Covis Pharmaceuticals, where he was CEO and a member of its board. Before joining Covis, Kelly was a founding member of Azur Pharma and then SVP sales and marketing for Jazz Pharmaceuticals following a merger.Calif. pharmacists now furnishing Rx birth control to patients
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Regulations that allow pharmacists to directly provide prescription contraceptives to patients took effect April 8. Besides allowing pharmacists to provide hormonal contraceptives, the legislation also allows them to furnish prescription smoking cessation services, travel medications, an expanded list of immunizations. The legislation also create an Advanced Practice Pharmacist license.