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NACDS Total Store Expo

August 17- 19, 2024

NACDS Foundation Dinner

August 17, 2024

NACDS Regional

January 17 – 19, 2025

NACDS Annual

April 26 – 29, 2025

NACDS RxIMPACT Day

TBD, 2025

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In Case You Missed It: Roundup of the Latest in Health and Wellness Innovation at NACDS
NACDS’ Nourish Ny Health initiative, a newly released Milken Institute Action Plan, and a Leavitt Partners report on pharmacy data interoperability are among the latest.
July 15, 2024

Read Time: 3.2 min.
NACDS: Initial Findings of FTC’s PBM Study Demand Action
NACDS: “The Congress and states need no further validation for their bipartisan work to immediately confront pharmaceutical benefit manipulation that is devastating Americans, communities, and pharmacies of all sizes”

NACDS: “These harms are experienced brutally by pharmacies of diverse sizes and formats, including independents and chains, that do not receive preferential treatment from their vertically integrated plans and PBMs”
July 9, 2024

Read Time: 2.8 min.
In Case You Missed It: NACDS Fighting for PBM Reform in Massachusetts
“Now is the time for Massachusetts to stop pharmaceutical benefit manipulation from inflating Bay Staters’ prescription drug prices and from jeopardizing access to trusted pharmacies and needed medications”

“Confronting the PBMs’ self-enriching tactics requires state and federal legislators and policymakers to do their part”
July 2, 2024

Read Time: 1.4 min.
NACDS Welcomes New Louisiana Law Expanding Patient Access to HIV Prevention Services
HB 579 will improve critical community access to care by enabling pharmacists to dispense HIV pre-exposure (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP); becomes effective on August 1, 2024
July 2, 2024

Read Time: 2.6 min.
NACDS Spotlights Member Pharmacies’ Commitment to Men’s Health Month as Part of NACDS Nourish My Health Public Education Campaign
Social campaign highlights member efforts to prioritize men’s health
June 27, 2024

Read Time: 2.7 min.

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