Press Releases COVID-19 Pharmacy
Note: Portions of this media release originally appeared on the FDA website. It has been edited for content and space.
On June 6, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revised the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir and ritonavir), to authorize state-licensed pharmacists to prescribe Paxlovid to eligible patients, with certain limitations to ensure appropriate patient assessment and prescribing of Paxlovid.
SOP Communications | 
July 11, 2022
Research COVID-19 Pharmacy Perspectives Pharmaceutical Sciences
Throughout the pandemic, we have struggled to get ahead of COVID-19. Now, with research from the Mallela Research Lab at the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, scientists can take steps to be proactive instead of reactive – and possibly predict how the virus will act next.
Jordan Kellerman | January 10, 2022
COVID-19 Students Public Health Pharmacy
Pivot might be the word of the past year. With COVID-19 continuing into fall of 2020, the CU Pharmacy PharmD program needed to develop a new plan to fit its service-learning curriculum. Previously fulfilled by an elementary school education program, with K-12 schools in limbo, the department got creative – and fulfilled an un-met community mental health need for isolated older adults.
Jordan Kellerman | March 10, 2021
COVID-19 Students Vaccinations Pharmacy
The Experiential Office at the CU Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is a model for hands-on pharmacy programs across the nation. Known for providing clinical opportunities starting in the first year of pharmacy school, the program is used to activating students to respond to community needs. In a normal year, those requests are generally along the lines of providing wellness checks or administering flu vaccines, but this year the stakes are higher and the request much more urgent.
Lori Westermann | January 20, 2021
Professor Ty Kiser, PharmD, recalls getting the push notification from UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital that announced he was on the list to receive one of the first COVID-19 vaccines in the state of Colorado.
“I was pretty excited. I took the first appointment I could get . . . It was like Christmas came early,” Kiser said.
Lori Westermann | January 11, 2021
Health.com
March 10, 2023
“In young adults between the ages of 18 to 40, we’re seeing a higher amount of recreational use and also increased issues surrounding cardiovascular disease, such as stroke,” Robert Page, PharmD, MSPH, told Health.
9News
February 28, 2023
"It’s a blind spot," said Rob Valuck, PhD, RPh, Professor and Director of the Center for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention at the University of Colorado School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. "We know a lot about a lot of things, but that piece is an unknown. It’s a blind spot."
Health Central
February 21, 2023
Kelsey Schwander, PharmD, talks to Health Central about flu shot best practices. Should you get a flu shot if you're taking antibiotics? (She says YES!).
KOA
February 16, 2023
Associate Dean for Operations and Associate Professor Dr. Gina Moore, PharmD, discusses children's medication shortages and what parents can do.
