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The American Society for Pharmacy Law (ASPL) is an organization of attorneys, pharmacists, pharmacist-attorneys and students of pharmacy or law who are interested in the law as it applies to pharmacy, pharmacists, wholesalers, manufacturers, state and federal government and other interested parties.

ASPL is a non-profit which encourages diversity & inclusion with the Society, regardless of differing backgrounds, perspectives, experiences, orientations, origins, and practice settings. The Society embraces participation and diversity as it leads to advancing our purpose: 

  • Furthering knowledge in the law related to pharmacists, pharmacies, the provision of pharmaceutical care, the manufacturing and distribution of drugs, and other food, drug, and medical device policy issues;
  • Communicating accurate legal educational information; and
  • Providing educational opportunities for pharmacists, attorneys, and others who are interested in pharmacy law

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President Trump Picks Heidi Overton for FDA Commissioner

President Donald Trump picked Heidi Overton, a physician who currently works as a White House aide focused on health policy, to serve as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. Overton is currently deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy and a former chief policy officer at the America First Policy Institute, a think tank. Previous to this, she worked in the first Trump administration in the Office of American Innovation and Domestic Policy Council. She has an MD from the University of New Mexico and a PhD in clinical investigation from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

She has received praise from Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., for her work advocating for tighter oversight over pharmaceutical ads and chemical additives in food. She recently appeared alongside the president as he issued an executive order to reduce the number of recommended childhood vaccines.