ACVP needs your help in creating veterinary pharmacy training opportunities in pharmacy schools. What’s Happening: The vote for ACVP’s New Business Item Proposal for the 2023 APhA House of Delegates will occur on March 27, 2023. ACVP needs support from every House of Delegate member possible. New Business Item #1 (submitted by ACVP [...]
Drugmaker Eli Lilly announced earlier this month that it is lowering the price of the most commonly used forms of insulin by 70%, a move that could benefit owners of insulin-dependent diabetic pets. Diabetes affects one in 308 dogs and one in 230 cats in the US. Owners of diabetic pets have seen insulin [...]
BREAKING NEWS: A recent update to the APhA website added "veterinary" to the drop down menu for the type of pharmacy practice setting—we have finally graduated from "Other"! Many thanks to APhA for their recognition of pharmacy professionals who serve non-human patients. "This recognition is one milestone along our path to further the profession [...]
Dixie Leikach, RPh, BSPharm, MBA, FACA, PRS, President of the American College of Apothecaries Research and Education Foundation, with 2021 Bradley Award recipient Susie Bartlemay, RPh, FACVP. Susie Bartlemay, RPh, FACVP Honored with 2021 Earl W. “Bill” Bradley Award The American College of Veterinary Pharmacists (ACVP) presented the 2021 Earl W. “Bill” Bradley Award [...]
5 Questions with... Sue Hudson Duran, RPh, MS, PhD, FSVHP, FACVP, DICVP Clinical Professor Emerita, Auburn University What drew you to veterinary pharmacy? I was reared on a large farm and I also had a job that would allow me to attend graduate school at Auburn. Can you share something unexpected you [...]
Meet & Greet for ACVP Board Members & Student Pharmacist Members Plan to attend our next Online Meet & Greet with the ACVP Board Members! Not a member? ACVP Student Pharmacist Membership is only $5/year --> https://vetmeds.org/student/ During this time you will hear from some of the ACVP Board members, what they do, [...]
American College of Veterinary Pharmacists Announces New Vice-President and Board Members A new Vice-President, Member-at-Large, and Student Pharmacist member have been named to the American College of Veterinary Pharmacists (ACVP) Board of Directors. Brenda Jensen, CPhT, CNMT, MBA was elected to serve as ACVP Vice-President. Connor Jones, PharmD, FACVP was appointed by the ACVP [...]
Celebrating Pharmacy Technician Day October 20, 2020 On Pharmacy Technician Day we celebrate the important role that pharmacy technicians play in assuring patient health and safety and as an integral part of the pharmacy team. Thank you for your hard work and for all that you contribute—on the front lines and behind the scenes—to [...]
ACVP Supports National Pharmacy Organizations in Stand Against Racial Injustice ACVP supports the recent joint statement from the American College of Apothecaries and other national pharmacy organizations to condemn Racial Injustice and Discrimination. As a response to the recent events highlighting the deep-rooted injustices resulting from systematic racism, we join our fellow organizations in [...]
Brenda Jensen, ACVP Board Member, Elected to USP Council of Experts Congratulations to ACVP Board Member and ACA Pharmacy Technician Member Brenda Jensen, CPhT, CNMT, MBA, on her recent election to the USP Council of Experts for 2020-2025 as the Chair of the Compounding Expert Committee. Brenda is also on the ACA Faculty as [...]