|Podcasts|October 21, 2021

Pharmacy Focus Podcast: Independent Rx Forum- Episode 2

An overview of this year's NCPA Annual Convention, including highlights from sessions about pharmacy technicians, point-of-care testing, misinformation, and new drugs and clinical pearls in community pharmacy.

Today's episode highlights a few of the sessions that took place at this year’s NCPA Annual Convention.

Speakers mentioned include: Outgoing NCPA President Brian Caswell; Dr. Nicole Pezzino; Rannon Ching; Meredith Ayers; Dr. Anjanette Wyatt; and incoming NCPA President Michele Belcher.

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