Never Generic Podcast: Recent Episodes

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Never Generic Podcast is run by the students of the University of Houston College of Pharmacy. This podcast covers professional pharmacy topics, drug therapy discussions, and life tips for pharmacy students.

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In this episode of Never Generic Podcast, we explore what artificial intelligence is, its current relevance in pharmacy, and the pros and cons of AI in pharmacy.

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In this episode of Never Generic Podcast, we cover the current situation on ADHD medications, diagnosis disparities, and its association with substance use disorder. We also interview ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‡, a 340B evangelist, on 340B! To end the episode, we will talk about a newly FDA-approved drug for Alzheimer's.

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In this episode of Never Generic Podcast, we've collaborated with a cultural organization at our college, APSA, to bring you our guest speaker's insights on cultural competency. We are excited to interview ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป.

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In this episode of Never Generic Podcast, we've collaborated with two cultural organizations at UHCOP, APSA and VAPSS, to bring you two expert guest speakers who will be sharing with us their insights on cultural competency. We are excited to interview ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—ก๐—ด๐—ผ and ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป!

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Welcome to the last, special episode that is a part of our Interdisciplinary series. In this episode of Never Generic Podcast, we have a very special interview with Dr. An Ngo and Dr. Edward Tsai on the importance of the interactions between pharmacy residents and medical residents. To finish off our episode, we will be covering a newly FDA-approved antiretroviral drug.

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Welcome to the last, special episode that is a part of our Interdisciplinary series. In this episode of Never Generic Podcast, we have a very special interview with Dr. An Ngo and Dr. Edward Tsai on the importance of the interactions between pharmacy residents and medical residents. To finish off our episode, we will be covering a newly FDA-approved antiretroviral drug.

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Welcome to another episode of our Interdisciplinary series. In this episode of Never Generic Podcast, we focus on the interaction between pharmacists and physicians. We will also be having an interview with our very own ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฒ, a ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—จ๐—›๐—–๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ and ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ'๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ.

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Welcome to our Interdisciplinary series where we will dive further into the working relationship of pharmacists with other healthcare professionals. In this episode of Never Generic Podcast, we focus on the interaction between pharmacists and nurses. We will also be having an interview with ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ, a ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ at ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป ๐—–๐˜†๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€.

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Welcome to our Interdisciplinary series where we will dive further into the working relationship of pharmacists with other healthcare professionals. In this episode of Never Generic Podcast, we focus on the interaction between pharmacists and nurses. We will also be having an interview with ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ, a ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ at ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป ๐—–๐˜†๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€.

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Welcome to part 2 of our two part leadership series. In this episode of Never Generic Podcast, we will hear more about leadership from 3 different guest speakers: ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜…, ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—”๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜… ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜†, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐——๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜†.

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In this episode of Never Generic Podcast, we will be introducing part 1 of our leadership series where we go into what great leadership looks like. To help us gain further insight into this topic, we will be having an interview with a returning guest speaker from our last episode, ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—™๐˜‚. Be on the lookout for part 2 of the series which will be released later!

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In this episode of Never Generic Podcast, we will be introducing part 1 of our leadership series where we go into what great leadership looks like. To help us gain further insight into this topic, we will be having an interview with a returning guest speaker from our last episode, ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—™๐˜‚. Be on the lookout for part 2 of the series which will be released later!

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In this episode of Never Generic Podcast, we will be diving into the topic of Keto diet and examining its appropriateness in certain populations. We will also be having an interview with ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—™๐˜‚, a pharmacist and leadership coach who is the ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐˜„๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ of ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€. To finish off this episode, we will be covering the mechanism of action and patient counseling points for ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—š๐—Ÿ๐—ฃ-๐Ÿญ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜.

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In this episode of Never Generic Podcast, we will be delving into the topic of Reversal agents and the appropriate time to use them. We will also be having an interview with ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, a UHCOP alum and a ๐—จ๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ at Bristol Myers Squibb. To finish off this episode, we will be covering the mechanism of action and patient counseling points for ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€.

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In this episode of Never Generic Podcast, we will be delving into the topic of ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† and how its advances could shape the future of healthcare. We will also be having an interview with ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, an ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ at Memorial Hermann Southeast, to hear about his responsibilities during the Pandemic. To finish off this episode, we will be covering the mechanism of action and patient counseling points for ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜€.

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In this episode of Never Generic Podcast, we will be delving into the topic of ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ and how its stance is being changed in American healthcare. We will also be having an interview with ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—”๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜… ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, founder of ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐——, to hear how he helps pharmacists create indispensable careers. To finish off this episode, we will be reviewing two classes of ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

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In this episode of ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜, we will be discussing the importance of ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜. We will also be interviewing ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—ž๐˜†๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต, a ๐—ฃ๐—š๐—ฌ๐Ÿญ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ at the Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston in Texas, about his career path as a pharmacist serving in the ๐—จ๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. To finish off this episode, we will be reviewing a class of drugs known as ๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐˜€, or ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

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In this episode of ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ, we will be discussing ๐Ÿฏ๐—— ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ and how these new innovations are thought to revolutionize pharmacy and healthcare. We will also be interviewing ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐ƒ๐ž๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข ๐๐š๐ง๐๐ฒ๐š, a ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ that works in the ๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ at TIRR Memorial Hermann to hear more about the ๐๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐ก๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง setting. To finish off this episode, we will be reviewing ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐›๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ, a class of ๐€๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐›๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ.

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In this episode of Never Generic Podcast, we will be discussing how chaos at chain pharmacies could put patients at risk. We will also be interviewing Dr. Bryan Prescott, PharmD, MBA, the Director of Business Coaching at PCCA, to hear his insight about his career and the opportunities that a dual PharmD/MBA degree can open up. To finish off this episode, we will be reviewing two classes of anticonvulsant medications.

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In this episode of Never Generic Podcast, we will be delving into the topic of Post Pharm.D. Graduation Options and the opportunities pharmacy students have after they graduate. We will also be having an interview with UHCOP alumni Dr. Noel-Alan Galang, an integrated pharmacist at Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital in Houston, Texas, to hear his insight about the interesting field of Integrated Pharmacy. To finish off this episode, we will be reviewing two classes of anticoagulant drugs.

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In this episode of Never Generic Podcast, we will be delving into the topic of Managing Patients with Physical Disabilities and how to communicate effectively with them. During our supplemental studies segment, we will be having an interview with Dr. Dao Le, Director of the Diagnostic Imaging Radiopharmacy Operations at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to hear her insight about the interesting field of Nuclear Pharmacy. To finish off this episode, we will be reviewing two classes of antiarrhythmic drugs.

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In this episode of Never Generic Podcast, we will be delving into the topic of Antibiotic Resistance, the many challenges it poses, and where we are in trying to tackle this global health issue. During our supplemental studies segment, we will be having an interview with Dr. Jay L. Schauben, the Division Director of Poison Center and Surveillance services, and get his insight in the field of Poison Control Pharmacy. To finish off this episode, we will be reviewing three classes of Antiarrhythmic drugs.

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In this episode of Never Generic Podcast, we will be talking about โ€œVaccine Hesitancyโ€ and how pharmacists can connect with vaccine hesitant patients to improve health care for all. During our supplemental studies segment, we will be having an interview with current UHCOP faculty member, Dr. Fisher, and his past work experience as a Correctional Managed Care Pharmacist. To finish off this episode, we will be reviewing even more diuretic drug card information.

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In thisย episode of Never Generic Podcast, we will be talking about โ€œPharmacy and COVID-19 Pandemicโ€. To help gain more insight on this topic, we will be interviewing Dr. Jessica Babic, a clinical pharmacy infectious disease specialist to hear her take as a health care worker on the front line of the COVID-19 fight. Later on, in our supplemental studies segment, we will be having an interview with pharmacist attorney, Dr. Payal Amin, about her career path and everything you need to know about being a pharmacist attorney. We will end this episode with some diuretic drug card information.

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In thisย episode of Never Generic Podcast, we will be talking about whether or not โ€œPharmacist Market Saturationโ€ is a thing. We will also be covering a few of the top 200 drugs, followed by the supplemental study portion that gives life advice and study tips to pharmacy students, specifically, some valuable IPPE/APPE tips on this episode.

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In thisย episode of Never Generic Podcast, we will be talking about Mental Health. We will also be covering a few of the top 200 drugs, followed by the supplemental study portion that gives life advice and study tips to pharmacy students.

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In thisย episode of Never Generic Podcast, we will be talking about various lawsuits that involve either individual pharmacists due to malpractice, a pharmaceutical company, or retail pharmacies and talk about what was the mistake, what ended up happening to that pharmacist at fault, and what we can learn as student pharmacists. To help gain more insight on how working as an informatics pharmacist looks like, we will be interviewing Dr. Emmanuel Njigha, a pharmacy informatics specialist who is working as a pharmacy IT specialist at Houston Methodist Hospital. We will also be covering a few of the top 200 drugs, followed by the supplemental study portion that gives life advice and study tips to pharmacy students.

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In thisย episode of Never Generic Podcast, we will be talking about Opioid Crisis. We will also be covering a few of the top 200 drugs, followed by the supplemental study portion that gives life advice and study tips to pharmacy students. To help gain more insight on how working as an industry pharmacist looks like, we will be interviewing Dr. Jennifer Le who is working as a Medical Science Affairs Specialist at Mary Kay Inc. We will also be interviewing Jennifer Nguyen, a P3 student at UHCOP, about her experience during her internships with Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson.

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In thisย episode of Never Generic Podcast, we will be talking about Cultural Sensitivity. To help gain more insight on this topic, we will be interviewing Dr. Ruston Taylor, the senior director of pharmacy clinical services and outreach for Legacy Community Health. We will also be covering a few of the top 200 drugs, followed by the supplemental study portion that gives life advice and study tips to pharmacy students.

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In the thirdย episode of Never Generic Podcast, we will be talking about Digitalization of Healthcare. To help gain more insight on how this applies to the clinical setting, we will be interviewing Dr. Mault, the President and Chief Medical Officer at CQuentia, a leading Genomics and Personalized Medicine solution provider. We will also be covering a few of the top 200 drugs, followed by the supplemental study portion that gives life advice and study tips to pharmacy students.

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In thisย episode of Never Generic Podcast, we will be talking about Cannabidiol products. To help gain more insight on this topic, we will be interviewing Dr. Austin De La Cruz, who is specialized in psychiatric pharmacy and is a clinical assistant professor at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy. We will also be covering a few of the top 200 drugs, followed by the supplemental study portion that gives life advice and study tips to pharmacy students.

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In this episode of Never Generic Podcast, we will be talking about technology and new innovations in drug delivery and testing. We will also be covering a few of the top 200 drugs, followed by the supplemental study portion that gives life advice and study tips to pharmacy students.