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|Videos|December 12, 2019
What to Expect in December's Editor-in-Chief Letter
Author(s)Contagion® Editorial Staff
Jason Gallagher, PharmD, FCCP, FIDSA, BCPS, previews his editor-in-chief letter for the December issue.
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Segment Description: Jason Gallagher, PharmD, FCCP, FIDSA, BCPS, clinical professor at Temple University College of Pharmacy and editor-in-chief of Contagion®, previews his editor-in-chief letter for the December issue.
Interview Transcript (modified slightly for readability):
Gallagher: In my editor-in-chief column in contagion for December, I discuss a law that was recently passed in California allowing pharmacists to dispense PrEP [pre-exposure prophylaxis] and PEP [post-exposure prophylaxis] without a prescription, and what that can mean if it is to go forward and be utilized in other states.
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