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The Board of Pharmacy Specialties Announces 2025 Award Recipients

Washington, D.C. – The Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) is proud to announce the 2025 BPS Awards recipients. The recipients will formally accept their award at a venue of their choosing in 2025. The 2025 Rising Star Award: Lauren Pamulapati, PharmD, BCACP The 2025 Weaver/Penna Award: Charles Edwin “Ed” Webb, BPharm, PharmD, MPH, FCCP The 2025 Beacon Award: Mayo […]

BPS Issues Call for Petition in Pharmacogenomics

Washington, D.C. – The Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS), the post-licensure certification organization serving the pharmacy profession, issues a call for petition in pharmacogenomics. In January 2025, the BPS Board of Directors reviewed a job analysis (JA; also known as role delineation study) in pharmacogenomics and determined the results support further consideration of this new specialty certification. For a new […]

The Board of Pharmacy Specialties Announces Recruitment for Executive Director Position

Washington D.C. – The Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS), the premier post-licensure pharmacist certification agency, announces open recruitment for the position of Executive Director, BPS. Previous BPS Executive Director, William M. Ellis, retired in January 2025. The search will be led by a search committee consisting of BPS Board members. Interested candidates may apply on this […]

BPS Issues Request for Proposals to Provide a Professional Development Program for Recertification of Board-Certified Pain Management Pharmacists

Washington D.C. – The Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) has released a request for proposals (RFP) to provide a professional development program (PDP) for the recertification of board-certified pain management pharmacists (BCPMP). This RFP concerns continuing pharmacy education (CPE) and does not concern continuing professional development (CPD) activities. The RFP can be accessed HERE. The first […]

BPS Announces 2025 Specialty Council Leadership and New Members

Washington D.C. – The Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) is pleased to announce the leadership and new members for 15 BPS Specialty Councils. Appointments, reappointments, and leadership positions will become effective January 1, 2025. For the full roster of each BPS Specialty Council, click here. A BPS Specialty Council serves the following purposes: To develop […]

Multiple Choice Questions: Diabetes Mellitus MCQ

PTB Reports, 2024, 10, 4, 140-141. DOI: 10.71092/PTB.2024.10.28 Published: December 2024 Type: Multiple Choice Questions Authors: Amany Mohamed Alboghdadly Author(s) affiliations: Amany Mohamed Alboghdadly, PH. D Assistant Professor in Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology department, Ibn Sina National College for Medical Studies. Jeddah, SAUDI ARABIA. Abstract The multiple choice questions are one of the educational tools widely […]

Community Pharmacy Policy and Procedures: Health Disease Screening

PTB Reports, 2024, 10, 4, 133-139. DOI: 10.71092/PTB.2024.10.27 Published: December 2024 Type: Research Article Authors: Yousef Ahmed Alomi*, Abeer Hussin Almasoudi, Sumiah Ahmed Murad, Khawlah Abdullah Batil AlBatil, Majed Marzouq albalawi, Alanoud Abdullatif Albalawi Author(s) affiliations: Yousef Ahmed Alomi*, BSc. Pharm, MSc. Clin Pharm, BCPS, BCNSP, DiBA, CDE, Critical Care Clinical Pharmacists, TPN Clinical Pharmacist Freelancer […]

Patient Counselling: Zuranolone

PTB Reports, 2024, 10, 4, 131-132. DOI: 10.71092/PTB.2024.10.26 Published: December 2024 Type: Patient Counselling Authors: Juman Alsaab Author(s) affiliations: Juman Alsaab, Pharm D Ministry of Health, Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA Abstract Zuranolone 50 mg orally once daily Package Leaflet: information for the user This is zuranolone available with a prescription. What is Zuranolone, and what is it used for: […]

Community Pharmacy Policy and Procedures: Pharmacist On-Job Training

PTB Reports, 2024, 10, 4, 120-130. DOI: 10.71092/PTB.2024.10.25 Published: December 2024 Type: Review Article Authors: Yousef Ahmed Alomi*, Abeer Hussin Almasoudi, Mohammed Ahmad Altowejri, Rola AL Kenani Author(s) affiliations: Yousef Ahmed Alomi*, BSc.Pharm, MSc. Clin Pharm, BCPS, BCNSP, DiBA, CDE, Critical Care Clinical Pharmacists, TPN Clinical Pharmacist, Freelancer Business Planner, Content Editor and Data Analyst, Riyadh, SAUDI […]

Drug Review: Rezafungin

PTB Reports, 2024, 10, 4, 118-119. DOI: 10.71092/PTB.2024.10.24 Published: December 2024 Type: Drug Review Authors: Juman Alsaab Author(s) affiliations: Juman Alsaab, Pharm D, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA. Abstract Regulations: They have been registered in the following countries: the United States of America (USA) and the European Union (E.U.). General Information: Registered Company: Melinta Therapeutics. […]

Patient Counselling: Zavegepant

International Journal of Pharmacology and Clinical Sciences, 2024, 13, 4, 126-127. DOI: 10.5530/ijpcs.2024.13.31 Published: November 2024 Type: Patient counselling Authors:Juman Alsaab, Author(s) affiliations: Juman Alsaab, Pharm D Ministry of Health, Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA. Abstract Zavegepant 10 mg/1 Nasal SprayPackage Leaflet: information for the userThis is Zavegepant, available with a prescription What is Zavegepant, and what is it used for:This […]

Community Pharmacy Policy and Procedures: Health Insurance System

International Journal of Pharmacology and Clinical Sciences, 2024, 13, 4, 120-125. DOI: 10.5530/ijpcs.2024.13.30 Published: November 2024 Type: Review Article Authors:Yousef Ahmed Alomi* , Ghorm Allah Abdullah Alghamdi, Abeer Hussin Almasoudi, Ahmed Awadh Sair Alharbi, Mousa Abdullah Alzahrani, Author(s) affiliations: Yousef Ahmed Alomi* ,BSc. Pharm, MSc. Clin Pharm, BCPS, BCNSP, DiBA, CDE Critical care clinical pharmacists, TPN clinical pharmacist, […]

Multiple Choice Question: Anemia Cases (3)

International Journal of Pharmacology and Clinical Sciences, 2024, 13, 4, 117-119. DOI: 10.5530/ijpcs.2024.13.29 Published: November 2024 Type:Multiple choice question Authors: Amany Mohamed Alboghdadly, Author(s) affiliations: Amany Mohamed Alboghdadly,PH. D, Assistant Professor in Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology department, Ibn Sina National College for Medical studies. Jeddah, SAUDI ARABIA. Abstract The multiple choice questions are one of the […]

Community Pharmacy Policy and Procedures: Accounting and Finance System

International Journal of Pharmacology and Clinical Sciences, 2024, 13, 4, 112-116. DOI: 10.5530/ijpcs.2024.13.28 Published: November 2024 Type: Review Article Authors:Yousef Ahmed Alomi* , Abeer Hussin Almasoudi, Yasser Ali Al Maqboul, Naif Saleh Alamri, Author(s) affiliations: Yousef Ahmed Alomi* ,BSc. Pharm, MSc. Clin Pharm, BCPS, BCNSP, DiBA, CDE Critical care clinical pharmacists, TPN clinical pharmacist, Freelancer Business Planner, Content […]

Drug Review: Fezolinetant

International Journal of Pharmacology and Clinical Sciences, 2024, 13, 4, 110-111. DOI: 10.5530/ijpcs.2024.13.27 Published: November 2024 Type: Drug Review Authors: Juman Alsaab, Author(s) affiliations: Juman Alsaab, Pharm D Ministry of Health, Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA. Abstract Regulations: had been registered in the following countries: UnitedStates of America (USA).Registered Company: Astellas Pharma U.S.General Information:Regulatory Status: R.X.Mechanism of Action: Works […]

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