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Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford announced that he and 42 other attorneys general have reached a $700 million nationwide settlement with Johnson & Johnson...This settlement is related to the marketing of Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder and body powder products that contained talc...As part of this settlement, which is pending judicial approval, Nevada will receive $6,131,236.22... "This case shows the danger of deceptive trade practices and their potential impacts on the heath and safety of consumers,” said AG Ford. “My office will always stand up against corporations who value their bottom line over their duty to the public. We will always work to hold such actors accountable.”...READ MORE

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Updated data shows the number of abortions provided in Nevada has risen 49% since 2020, suggesting that people in states with abortion bans are traveling to receive medical care...Guttmacher Institute found that states, like Nevada, that are in close proximity to states, like Idaho, where total abortion bans are in place saw much sharper increases in the number of abortions provided compared to states further away from abortion bans...In 2020, more than 113,000 abortions were performed in the 13 states that now have total bans on abortions...READ MORE

Members of both political parties agree that keeping life-saving prescription drug prices reasonable saves lives; however, there is an ongoing debate about the best way to accomplish this goal...For many Democrats, government-imposed price controls are the solution. This past legislative session, they passed Assembly Bill 250, which would prevent the major drug manufacturers from inflating the cost of our prescription drugs by having the government set these products’ prices...Republicans, on the other hand, argue that promoting marketplace competition is a more effective solution than more government. That’s why Gov. Joe Lombardo rightly vetoed this bill...Regardless of where one falls on the political spectrum, everyone in this state should agree that regulating away the private market entities that help restrain the drug companies’ ability to rig prices higher shouldn’t be the answer. And yet, that’s exactly what the drugmakers are telling them to do...READ MORE

Medications like buprenorphine and naltrexone have been proven to reduce cravings and withdrawal symptoms in people with opioid use disorder...Pharmacists in Nevada will soon be able to prescribe medications designed to help opioid addiction...The regulation, R059-23, was approved...by the Legislative Commission, a 11-member bipartisan board of legislators that gives final stamps of approval on regulations established by executive branch agencies and boards. State Sen. Lisa Krasner, R-Reno, cast the only vote in opposition...The change is the result of Assembly Bill 156, which passed the Nevada State Legislature with unanimous support last year...READ MORE

Despite making significant strides in reducing teenage birth rates, lowering HIV infection rates and diminishing tobacco and alcohol use among young people, Nevada has dropped seven spots in a national ranking of state health outcomes since a statewide assessment was last published in 2019...The 2022 State Health Assessment, published earlier this month, was developed in partnership between Nevada’s Division of Public and Behavioral Health and other health care entities. The report, which is updated every three to five years, is a data-driven resource outlining the state’s health care strengths and challenges and recommending priorities...READ MORE

NPA President Dr. Kay Lynn Bowman gave a brief history of legislation surrounding the pharmacist-to-technician ratio:

The last proposal for the Regulation to increase the ratio was heard and a survey was conducted in October 2018...From January 2019 - September 2019: Public comment was heard by the Board of Pharmacy in March, April, June and July, and a final motion for a 4:1 ratio was denied.

COVID-19: May 5, 2020 a Partial Emergency Waiver for COVID-19 allowed for a 6:1 pharmacy technician:pharmacist ratio. Waiver ended 7/20/2022.

Current Tech/Pharmacist Ratio is 3:1.

In September 2022, the Nevada Board of Pharmacy was asked to adopt an emergency regulation to raise the ratio. The Board of Pharmacy determined that the situation was not an emergency but they mentioned that they may consider discussing this topic in a future board meeting...READ MORE

Nevada Supreme Court justices are weighing arguments in a lawsuit that seeks to remove the Nevada Board of Pharmacy from its administrative role in regulating cannabis...The ACLU of Nevada originally filed the case in 2022 on behalf of the Cannabis Equity & Inclusion Community, a nonprofit group that advocates for policies beneficial to Nevada’s legal cannabis community, in Clark County District Court arguing the pharmacy board’s classification of cannabis as a Schedule I drug was unconstitutional...District Judge Joe Hardy ruled in favor of the ACLU, determining the pharmacy board’s classification as unconstitutional, but the board appealed the decision to the state’s top court. Arguments were heard Tuesday; it’s unknown when a decision will be handed down...READ MORE

Earlier this year, Nevada lawmakers unanimously passed SB375, which allocates $20 million over the next two fiscal years to increase the number of nursing faculty and graduates at seven state nursing programs — an effort to address the state’s troubling nursing shortage..., some school leaders cautioned that main drivers of the nursing shortage — such as pay for faculty and clinical nurses and burnout among nurses — remain unaddressed...It’s also difficult to hire nursing faculty because of the lower pay and higher education requirements in academia compared to clinical settings...READ MORE