Tara Camera, Senior Editor

At a hearing held last week about the prescription drug gray market, John Coster, PhD, RPh, senior vice president of government affairs, National Community Pharmacists Association, testified that a balanced approach was necessary to address the prescription drug shortage problem and to protect patient care.

Raleigh-based Kerr Drug has promoted Mark J. Gregory, RPh, to senior vice president of store operations.

The Kentucky Pharmacists Association has named Joseph L. Fink III, professor of pharmacy law and policy at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, as Professor of Leadership.

The National Rural Health Association recently sent a letter to U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) in support of the bill she introduced in March, H.R. 4215, or "The Medicare Pharmacy Transparency and Fair Auditing Act."

With the help of the National Community Pharmacists Association, community pharmacists are taking on the issue of medication nonadherence, which costs the nation about $300 billion each year, the organization announced in a recent statement.