Pharmily Facts
These types of drugs are classified as having high-cost, having highly complex care and/or high touch patients. We are this kind of pharmacy who handles this type of drug.
Specialty Drugs
Manufacturers and this three letter government agency determine which drugs are Specialty Drugs
FDA
The Wisconsin Agricultural Research Foundation (WARF) discovered the clover for this rat poison turned drug after a hundred cows ate the clover & started hemorrhaging internally-Brand Name Coumadin
Warfarin
In this mitt shaped state, Pharmacy Technicians can take transfers and verbals, give vaccines, and perform various testing. Go State!
Michigan
Charles Rudolph Walgreen is a pharmacist and is also the founder of this drug store; second largest pharmacy chain in the United States.
Walgreens
This is the year in which NMSP Celebrated it's 10 year anniversary
2024
As of 2021, Specialty Drugs represented roughly this percent of all prescription drugs-translating to ~ $150 billion.
50%
Some patients who take this drug at high doses for a long periods of time can have blue skin as a side effect! Genie from Aladdin blue. Brand name-Cordarone
Amiodarone
This Sunshine State pays the highest average hourly rate for pharmacy technicians in the United states at ~$27 an hour
California
Alexander Fleming is a pharmacist and chemist that discovered this popular antibiotic which is one of the most commonly prescribed drugs in the world
Penicillin
We use Epic Hyperspace and Epic WAM, where WAM stands for this
Willow Ambulatory Module
Retail pharmacies differ from Specialty Pharmacies in that Specialty pharmacies have high cost drugs, high touch patients and this onboarding and follow-up questionnaire designed to monitor symptoms and patient outcomes.
Care plans
Spironolactone smells like mint and Divalproex smells like Vanilla. This cholesterol drug smells like a snack at the movies. Brand Name- Benicar
Olemsartan
Her time working as a pharm tech in WWI working with poisons helped her to become a world renowned crime/detective novelist.
Agatha Christie
This popular Simpsons' character is less known for his short stint as a pharmacist on the show and is more commonly known as the Simpson's pesky neighbor
Ned Flanders
Aaron & Erin, Jasmine & Jasmine, even Jennifer and Jennifer. This department often has two people with the same name but at one point NMSP had three people with this name.
Alex
Some research suggests the growth in specialty over the last 30 years is due to policies from the Big 3 PBMs- Caremark, Express Scripts and this company; an affiliate of United Healthcare
OptumRx
The first GLP-1 agonist was Exentide, Brand name-Byetta. It is a synthetic version of a peptide originally found in the venom of the Gila Monster which is this kind of animal
Lizard
Blue Faces only! Before becoming a printer, scientist, and one of the Founding Fathers of the U.S this man worked as a pharmacy technician (pharmacy apprentice)
Benjamin Franklin
Following her discovery of radium and polonium, this chemist/pharmacist became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and she is the only woman to win the award in two different fields (Physics and Chemistry)
Marie Curie
This month of the year has the most birthdays for members of our team
October: 10-02 Christine, 10-04 Daisy, 10-05 Michael, 10-06 Juan, 10-14 Bethany, 10-20 Peter, 10-21 Andria, 10-21 Olivia, 10-24 Heather, 10-24 Jamecia, 10-27 Justin, and finally 10-28 Erlita making 12 birthdays in October
Pharmacy Accreditation is one of the ways insurance companies choose high quality pharmacies to partner with. NMSP is accredited with ACHC and URAC which stands for this
Utilization Review Accreditation Commission
Lenmeldy is a drug used to treat MLD in children and is also the most expensive drug in the world with a price tag of ~$4.25 million/treatment. In 2023 this is the number of patients who received this treatment
One
Before he was bringing down the "Hammer" on the big screen he worked in a pharmacy as a pharmacy technician-cleaning lactation machines
Chris Hemsworth
Naoko Takeuchi is a pharmacist as well as the author of this famous Manga/Anime that follows the adventures of the reincarnated princess from the Moon Kingdom who wears a school uniform.
Sailor Moon