An Exciting Step Forward: FDA Authorizes Pharmacists to Prescribe Paxlovid to Treat COVID-19
Thursday, 07 July 2022
On July 6, 2022, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revised the Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid. Under the new authorization, state-licensed pharmacists can now prescribe Paxlovid to eligible patients, amending the previous authorization that required an examination and a prescription from a licensed physician before pharmacists could dispense the treatment. From the
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Let Us Prescribe: Pharmacists Should Be Allowed to Prescribe COVID Therapeutics
Thursday, 03 March 2022
On Tuesday, March 1, 2022, President Biden delivered his State of the Union address. During his speech, he laid out plans to launch a pharmacy-centered “Test to Treat” initiative. As the nation prepares to enter a new phase of the now two-year-long COVID-19 pandemic, this message couldn’t come at a more critical time. Convenient access
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Aiming to Educate: Children’s COVID-19 Vaccinations & Fighting Vaccine Hesitancy
Monday, 08 November 2021
Uploaded: Thursday, November 18, 2021 Children ages 5-11 are now eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines, and it’s a relief to millions of parents across the country. But there are still some in your community who are unsure about — or even downright against — getting a COVID-19 vaccine for themselves or their children. As a
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The Booster Club: Everything Pharmacists Need to Know About COVID-19 Boosters
Monday, 11 October 2021
Uploaded: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 Two months ago, the FDA authorized third doses of Pfizer’s Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine for certain demographics after months of speculation. The problem is, that speculation never really stopped. There are still a lot of questions out there regarding COVID-19 boosters, and answers aren’t easy to find. Join Jason Ausili, Pharm.D.
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Bottom of the 9th: Community Pharmacy’s Emerging Role in COVID-19 Treatment
Monday, 20 September 2021
Uploaded: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 @ 1:00 PM ET It doesn’t get more “frontline” than this. With the Ninth Amendment to the PREP Act, pharmacists and their staff can now provide COVID-19 treatment to patients in their communities. It’s the latest effort to fight the surge in COVID-19 cases across the country. But what does
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Don’t Forget the Flu: What Your Pharmacy Needs to Know about 2021 Flu Shots
Thursday, 09 September 2021
The fall season brings a lot of pleasant things for many people. Beautiful foliage, cooler temperatures, and pumpkin spice lattes are pick-me-ups for most of us. However, fall also brings the beginning of flu season. And this year, we have the added difficulty of trying to navigate a resurging pandemic on top of it. So
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FDS Amplicare’s Jason Ausili, Pharm.D. Interviewed in Drug Topics Video
Thursday, 10 June 2021
UPDATE 06/30/2021: Part 2 of video added. On June 9, 2021, Drug Topics posted Part 1 of a video interview with FDS Amplicare’s own Jason Ausili, Pharm.D. During the interview, Jason spoke about his own background in the pharmacy industry, his thoughts on the current administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the vaccination efforts,
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Offering Vaccines Could Cost Pharmacies — Unless They Have Help
Friday, 12 March 2021
For months now, Americans have been eagerly waiting for the COVID-19 vaccine to be available at their community pharmacy. For many, that time has finally come. However, pharmacists are beginning to encounter a problem they should have never had to face. In a recent article on NBCNews.com, writer Phil McCausland discussed the plight of many
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FDS’s Jason Ausili Pens COVID-19 Vaccine Article for Drug Store News
Friday, 05 March 2021
Jason Ausili, PharmD has led many webinars on topics including diagnostic testing, vaccination, and clinical care services. Hundreds of pharmacists attend his COVID-19 update webinars every month. (Over 250 pharmacists nationwide attended one of his most recent webinars, The Numbers Game: Preventing Issues with COVID-19 Vaccine Billing.) Recently, he offered his talents to Drug Store
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3 Ways Med Sync Can Pandemic-Proof Your Pharmacy
Friday, 06 November 2020
Since March 2020, the world has been under the thumb of the COVID-19 pandemic. When it first struck, many thought it would be over by the fall. All the measures that people and businesses were putting in place were only temporary. Life as normal would be able to resume once the temperatures started dropping. But
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