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Not Just Dispensing: The Unique Role of Pharmacists in an Outpatient Research Pharmacy
The Research Pharmacy team
Published May 25, 2016 This content is archived.
Pharmacists can serve as essential members of a research team in a role that involves much more than traditional dispensing functions.
Cognitive input from pharmacists based on their medication expertise can be a valuable asset for principal study investigators. The vast array of services and work that pharmacists can accomplish on a study protocol can be implemented through a research pharmacy.
For example, the University of Buffalo (UB) research pharmacy, founded in 1995 and located at the UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (UB SPPS), is an outpatient pharmacy registered and licensed in New York State. This secure, closed-door pharmacy features compounding equipment, a safe, refrigerator/freezer, lab benches, scales, and a laboratory fume hood. It also has an extensive history of care with involvement in more than 40 local and nationwide clinical studies.