In this Issue

Key developments, including the creation of an infrastructure for statewide protocols in 2016 and a provider status bill, have expanded pharmacists’ scope of practice.

Amazon is a force, but a tried-and-true strategy of differentiation could help retail pharmacy compete.

Uncle Bud’s Hemp & CBD has formed a health-and-wellness partnership with the U.S.-based boxing promoter Golden Boy.

The Evergreen State was the first to let pharmacists prescribe oral contraceptives and other narcotic and non-narcotic drugs under collaborative drug therapy, or CDTA, physician agreements in 1979.

For many services, pharmacists in the state can bill as a healthcare provider just like physicians.

COVID-19 pushed Florida’s system to the brink, forcing state legislators to acknowledge pharmacists’ capabilities.

Pharmacists prove themselves during the pandemic, eye additional authorities.

Oregon passed landmark legislation that requires payers to reimburse pharmacists for any clinical services within the state’s pharmacy scope of practice in 2015.