Industry Advocacy

Friday night at NACDS Annual Meeting 2017, attendees turned out for the First Night Party, sponsored by Pfizer, Edgewell, Hallmark and Kellogg's.

Drug Store News will be reporting live from NACDS Annual Meeting in Palm Beach, Fla. Check out the latest news from the show!

It is nothing short of obvious that without the membership there would be no NACDS. Yet a related concept that is more intriguing — and hopefully more inspiring — is that NACDS would not be as great as it is without the membership.

Legislation pending in both houses of Congress regarding DIR, or direct and indirect remuneration, fees are giving hope to drug stores and two of the industry’s largest advocacy groups that pharmacy benefits management companies will stop retroactively reducing payments.

“DIR fees pick the pockets of community pharmacies and their patients,” National Community Pharmacists Association CEO Douglas Hoey wrote last month in an opinion piece in Morning Consult, an online service that provides daily email updates on Congress.

WASHINGTON — The retail industry is ramping up its efforts against House Republicans’ proposed border-tax proposal.  
The National Retail Federation has launched the next phase of a television and digital ad campaign against the tax, which is included in the House Republican tax reform plan.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — The CVS Health Foundation is teaming up with the Truth Initiative to work with students and administrators at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and community colleges across ther country to advoate for, adopt and implement 100% smoke- and tobacco-free campus policies.

WASHINGTON – The Natural Products Association on Tuesday opened nominations for its board of directors. The recent association bylaws change, approved by the membership, reduces the size of the board to nine members.

"Recent changes have ensured NPA is stronger and better positioned to serve its members than at any point during the association's history," stated Dan Fabricant, CEO and executive director, NPA. Open positions include board chair, vice chair, treasurer, secretary, three supplier seats and two retailer seats.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — NACDS added two prominent speakers to the lineup at the NACDS Annual Meeting, set to take place April 22 to 25 at The Phoenician in Scottsdale. Retired Four-Star Marine Gen. John Allen, who has served in pivotal leadership roles related to the Middle East and Asia, will speak at the Business Program on Sunday, April 23. Richard W. Fisher, who served as president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas from 2005 to 2015, will speak at the Business Program on Tuesday, April 25.