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National Community Pharmacists Association is ramping up its support of the MAC Transparency Act with real-world examples of how independents are suffering from below-cost generic drug reimbursements…"Independent community pharmacies should not be consistently underpaid for the products and services they offer,"..

Senator David Vitter today introduced the Safe and Affordable Prescription Drugs Act of 2015, legislation would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow for the reimportation of approved American-made prescription drugs from Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Israel, South Africa, and the European Union.

Food and Drug Administration…held a public meeting on the reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act…"PDUFA VI can play a critical role in continuing to advance an effective, science-based U.S. regulatory review program that helps ensure that biopharmaceutical companies can continue to bring innovative medicines to patients,"..

..how you can get more involved in supporting the Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act , the provider status legislation for pharmacists. Here are a few tips on how you can help encourage your Members of Congress to support H.R. 592/S. 314.

• When Congress is IN session
•  E-mail
•  Call
•  Visit
•  Gossip
• When Congress is OUT of session
•  Plan a visit
•  Host a Member at your pharmacy (or your school!).
•  Attend a Town Hall

Stephen F. Eckel, PharmD, MHA,... associate professor at the Eshelman School of Pharmacy at UNC, talks about pharmacists' next steps after gaining provider status..

Mental health advocates worry psychiatric patients will be sent to jail instead of receiving care and treatment...new law making it a felony to commit acts of violence in North Carolina hospitals...legislation is intended as a bulwark against attacks on hospital workers, which make up 75 percent of workplace violence cases and are currently on the rise,...

California and Oregon will be the first states in the nation to allow women to get birth control pills and other hormonal contraceptives directly from their pharmacists – without a doctor’s prescription.

campaign to require condom use in pornographic film productions in California has collected enough signatures to put a ballot measure before...voters...if approved...would mandate state and municipal officials to make sure condoms are used on pornographic film sets statewide... porn producers have said viewers do not want to see condoms in porn because it distracts from their fantasies....

Reps. Rosa DeLauro...Jan Schakowsky..spoke out against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which is being negotiated later this month, because of its propensity to restrict access to generic medicines…"That's less competition for big pharma, increased cost for Medicare and Medicaid, higher prices for families who are buying medicines and health insurance,"

Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act, H.R. 592/S. 314, would give state-licensed pharmacists in underserved communities provider status, enabling them to provide...services to Medicare patients...bill would amend Medicare Part B rules to allow pharmacists to receive payment for their care services, thereby increasing patients’ access to essential services,...