Pharmacy Podcast Network

In the past couple of decades compounding pharmacies have been under attack by the FDA. The FDA and compounding pharmacies are supposed to be separated unless the medications that compounding pharmacies are using are found to put the public at risk. Drug companies can only produce medications if allowed by the FDA after they have supplied years of work and evidence proving that the drug is effective and safe. In this way the FDA’s job is clear and very important. The beauty of compounding is that it’s not limited to studies here in the United States. Many compounds are based off of old medications and combinations that have simply been “grandfathered” and do not have any profit benefit for large pharmaceutical companies. Other compounds are based off of other studies that have not been submitted to the FDA and other studies are from other parts of the world, like Europe. By no means are the treatments we use in compounding pharmacies snake oil or hocus pocus.

The compounding of medications is an age-old art dating back as far as the ancient Egyptians. A compounding pharmacist uses raw chemicals, powders and special equipment to make medications. This results in a customized medication made by a pharmacist according to a doctor’s directions to meet an individual patient need. 

References from: https://mixturesrx.com/ 

Guests info: 

Scott Brunner, CAE | Chief Executive Officer

Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding

(Formerly IACP)

Alexandria, Virginia

a4pc.org 

Jim Hrncir RPh

Las Colinas Pharmacy Compounding & Wellness

6420 N. MacArthur Blvd, Ste 100, Irving, TX 75039

www.lascolinaspharmacy.com 

PCAB/ACHC Accredited 

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The final installment of a series of pharmacy JEOPARDY! games, this episode features the terrific students from each of the four North Carolina Pharmacy Schools. We hope you enjoy the fun and interesting questions that explore pharmacy, chemistry, biology and more. Cheer on your champions and we'll see you at the state championship in October!

This is NOT your physician's podcast. Hosts Shane Garrettson and Cal Vandergrift dive into the pharmacy world with fun, interesting, and downright weird topics!

Tune in for NEW episodes, available on Spotify, Apple, Anchor, and more! Check out our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages at Let's Pharmonize to view videos and images relevant to every episode! If you have any questions, comments, or even corrections, e-mail us at [email protected].

PLEASE READ: Shane, Mickey, Cal and Justin are NOT medical professionals. DO NOT USE the information presented in this podcast to aid in your own personal health or medicinal benefit. This is a light-hearted podcast that should not be taken with the same seriousness as your own personal health.

A special thanks to Kelly Kerr for creating the music used in the intro and outro.

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Pharmacogenomics Market Access and Reimbursement Series

Episode Description:  

Most of us understand that the reimbursement for pharmacogenomics tests has been one barrier amongst many barriers to pharmacogenomics’ wide-scale clinical adoption. Finding myself highly frustrated with the slow clinical uptake by PGx test ordering by healthcare providers back in 2017, I brainstormed about which payers were the most vested in improving patients’ medication outcomes and who would therefore more likely to listen to my pitch about PGX decreasing adverse drug events and increasing therapeutic medication outcomes.

As a consultant to self-insured employers who were seeking to lower their employees’ drug spend, I found a warm and receptive audience for pharmacogenomics. It was through my relationships with self-insured employers that I met today’s guest.

Again, fate intervened, and today’s guest reached out to me via LinkedIn. She had been following my pharmacogenomics posts and liking what she had seen she introduced me to a group of pharmacists in Kentucky who were integrating PGx into their PBM via comprehensive medication management. 

Special Guest Jane Cheshire Gilbert, CPA

Jane Cheshire Gilbert, CPA Director of Retiree Health Care for the Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Kentucky Jane has served TRS retirees since April 2002. She manages two retiree health plans covering 48,000 retirees. She also serves as a leader in the areas of health insurance cost containment, project management, risk management and federal health care solutions.

Gilbert served in management and directorship positions for a Louisville, Kentucky law firm and a cost containment company, The Rawlings Company, from 1989 through 2002. Prior to that, she worked as an accountant for a national CPA firm. Gilbert earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky and is a certified public accountant and a certified government benefits administrator. She has served on the board of the State and Local Government Benefits Association and is a member of the Public Sector Healthcare Roundtable.

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Owning a pharmacy is tougher than ever, and yet there is a ton of opportunity too. To survive and thrive, you must diversify your revenue streams and optimize your entire pharmacy. On Becoming A Pharmacy Podcast, Dr. Lisa Faast will take you through numerous strategies from the 6 Pillars of Pharmacy Profitability to help you create the pharmacy of your dreams.

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What does public health mean to you?

Balanced pain policy, safe access to palliative medicines, medico-legal and political barriers to the treatment of pain; using satire and digital film as a tool to raise awareness and bring about positive reforms

Bio: 

Stephen Ziegler, Ph.D., J.D., is a political scientist who has focused on pain relief, access to essential medicines, and health policy reform for over two decades as a professor, pain fellow, pain scholar, and as a humorist with a law degree. His personal website can be found at www.painpolitics.com with links to the first season of his podcast. He is also a political satirist who uses digital film, and like Don Quixote, is an idealist who seeks to right wrongs in occasionally silly ways.

Social Media Handles

@painpolitics (Twitter)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhealthpolicy/

Websites and Links

Painpolitics.com

Youtube.com/painpolitics

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Today’s episode is the 3rd episode in my PGx for Pharmacists Podcast series entitled, “The State of the PGx Industry: Pharmacogenomics Science and Research".

I am super honored that, yet another one of my pharmacogenomics science expert colleagues is joining me on the podcast to provide my audience with high quality, evidence-based pharmacogenomics content. Today’s guest just so happens to be joining me from across the world! Like many of my guests, today’s guest started his pharmacist career in what we might define as a traditional pharmacist career path and then he transitioned his career to now create and research pharmacogenomic variant cell lines in the lab. His research will eventually be translated into predictive clinical pharmacogenomics software.

Featured guest:

Zeyad Ibrahim MClinPharm BPS BCOP

AdvPP Consultant Cancer Pharmacist and Pharmacogeneticist

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Today I am excited to interview Ross Klein, founder, managing member, and chief investment officer of Changebridge Capital, LLC. 

In this episode we take a deeper look into a few of the more popular areas of investment management. We touch on the importance of diversification and how we can't rely on the S&P 500 as our only form of diversification. We also discuss the growing popularity of ESG investing and ways investors should be approaching this space. And finally, Ross gives us a few tips on how we can better evaluate active investment managers and not rely so heavily on just past performance data. 

You can find more information about Changebridge Capital LLC at:

www.changebridgecapital.com

www.changebridgefunds.com

If you're looking to follow or connect with Ross on social media, you can find him on:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-klein-cfa-1645a46/

Twitter: @RKleinCFA

Or contact Ross directly at:

Enjoy the show!

You can connect with Derek on social media at:

https://twitter.com/derekjdelaney 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekdelaneypharmdfp/ 

https://www.facebook.com/PharmD-Financial-Planning-LLC-116600423803050

Or by email at:

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Ila M. Saunders, PharmD, BCOP, co-founder and leadership team member of the #PharmGradWishList interviews Ja’Miera Stuart, PharmD, #PGWL sponsee and winner of a large item crowdfunding campaign to support moving and relocation expenses to begin her PGY1 pharmacy residency.

Dr. Stuart has been interested in a career in pharmacy since high school when she began pre-pharmacy coursework. As a graduate of Florida A&M University, Dr. Stuart truly embraced the role of the pharmacist as a healthcare practitioner and ambassador. During her involvement in Student National Pharmaceutical Association, Dr. Stuart rallied and amplified the voices of underrepresented minorities. Now, Dr. Stuart began her career and continued her education as a pharmacy resident at Howard University Hospital, serving a pivotal patient population in the DC metro area.

Dr. Stuart is grateful for the generous outpouring of support from the pharmacy community who have and continue to help her achieve her goals and aspirations. She remains passionate about supporting opportunities, like those she has received, to continue diversifying pharmacy and healthcare.

To support other aspiring pharmacists, like Dr. Stuart, please follow more of her story on her instagram @morph_rx and you can find more information at pharmgradwishlist.org! 

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The Section 179 tax deduction has helped small businesses offset the cost of capital equipment for years. The dysfunction in Congress has frequently caused the statutory purchase limit to seesaw until just before year-end. But, the good news is the IRS Section 179 purchase price limit of $500,000 was made permanent law in 2016 with the passage of the PATH act.

In 2017 the deduction limit for Section 179 increased to $1 million for 2018 and beyond. The limit on equipment purchases increased to $2.5 million.

Furthermore, the bonus depreciation is: 100%

After calculating your potential Section 179 savings below, call us today at (877) 978-2364 or fill out the form to the right. We’d love to learn more about your pharmacy and let you know the many ways the RapidPakRx can increase your profitability.

Special Guests:

Pharmacy Owner: Aimee Stuermer PharmD

Pharmacy CPA & Accounting Expert: Scotty Sykes w/ Sykes & Company

Pharmacist Financial Planner: Derek Delaney w/ PharmD Financial Planning

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Dr. Samit Shah serves as the Dean of the Regis University School of Pharmacy. Dr. Shah also served as the Assistant Dean and Department Chair of Biopharmaceutical Sciences at KGI SPHS. Dr. Shah earned a BS in pharmacy from North Gujarat University, a PhD in pharmaceutical sciences from the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), and an MBA from South University. He received post-doctoral training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Dr. Lam received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Southern California (USC). She completed a two-year fellowship at USC School of Pharmacy in HIV pharmacotherapy and translational research. She is credentialed by the American Academy of HIV Medicine. She is currently an Associate Professor at Chapman University School of Pharmacy.

Dr. Lam currently practices in a multidisciplinary medical team treating general medicine, HIV and HIV/HCV coinfected patients with the AltaMed Medical Group in Santa Ana. Dr. Lam has also authored several book chapters and journal articles on these topics.

Together with Dr. Mary Gutierrez they have written the book called Pharmacogenomics: A primer for clinicians. Now available on Amazon.

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