PHARMACY

A decade ago, Rhode Island passed the first “statewide collaborative practice agreement,” allowing pharmacists to accept prescribing authority delegated to them by physicians.

With telepharmacy, pharmacy techs with additional training dispense drugs in remote locations under the auspices of a pharmacist located elsewhere.

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

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.

​​​​​​​Cimerli is the only biosimilar approved for all five Lucentis indications.

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

With the acquisition, ANI said it expects to launch four generic products in 2023.

Stelara provides a new therapeutic option for children six years of age and older living with active psoriatic arthritis.