Although October has long been celebrated as National Pharmacy Month, it is only in recent years that female pharmacists have been celebrated for their contributions to the profession and patient care.

Diabetes affects nearly 10% of the American population. As pharmacists, we care for this population on a regular basis and we need to recognize where the gaps are. These gaps may provide a prime opportunity for us to increase our services to help improve outcomes for these patients.

The pharmaceutical world is evolving and I believe that in 10 years personalized medicine will be the norm, Device/EMR integration will be more seamless and there will better data management solutions that will result in better patient outcomes.

Artificial intelligence (AI) applications to the pharmaceutical industry have gotten a lot of attention. Using AI to more rapidly discover optimal pre-clinical candidates may revolutionize the drug development process in the life sciences.