Morning Consult published an op-ed co-authored by Steven C. Anderson, IOM, CAE, president and CEO of NACDS, and Gigi Kwik Gronvall, PhD., senior associate at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.
The 19th Annual NACDS Foundation Dinner will feature remarks by Gretchen Carlson, one of the nation’s most successful and recognized news anchors, a best-selling author, and a tireless advocate for women in the workplace and for children’s health. The event will be held November 29, 2017, in New York City.
This week—-November 13-17-—marks U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) initiative to raise awareness about the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance.
"NACDS appreciates the commitment of CMS Administrator Seema Verma and her colleagues in helping to lead the collaboration that will be necessary to address the opioid abuse epidemic."
A Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security study funded by NACDS found that pharmacies remain an untapped resource in the effort to curb the national opioid crisis, stem the spread of antibiotic resistance, and strengthen pandemic and emergency preparedness and response.
A new bipartisan bill, introduced by Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), is consistent with NACDS’ recently-issued public policy recommendations.
Several recent NACDS RxIMPACT Pharmacy Tours have educated lawmakers on pharmacy’s extensive efforts to help confront the opioid abuse epidemic.
Tom O'Donnell, NACDS' senior vice president of government affairs and public policy, presented NACDS' opioid public policy recommendations at a major policy symposium.
NACDS President and CEO Steven C. Anderson, IOM, CAE, issued a statement upon the release of a report of the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis.
"We thank Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA), Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-IA), Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) for taking the lead on this letter, and we are also grateful to all those who signed it," said NACDS President and CEO Steven C. Anderson, IOM, CAE.
