Pharmacy School in Massachusetts
Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy
To promote, preserve, and protect the public health, safety, and welfare by fostering the provision of quality pharmaceutical care to the citizens of Massachusetts through the regulation of the practice of pharmacy, the operation of pharmacies, and the distribution of prescription drugs in the public interest.
Massachusetts Pharmacist Workforce
There were 4,650 pharmacists and 6,220 pharmacy technicians and aides practicing in Massachusetts in 2000. Massachusetts had 73.1 pharmacists and 97.8 pharmacy technicians and aides per 100,000 population in 2000, which ranked them 30th and 11th, respectively, among the 50 states.