VA Clinical Research Pharmacy wins award

“The pharmacist-directed Clinical Research Pharmacy Coordinating Center for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has been selected to receive a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award—the highest honor given by the U.S. president for innovation and performance excellence.

Working out of a one-story building in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the 111 employees at the center manage drug- and device-related activities for multicenter clinical trials conducted by the VA and other federal organizations.

In 2004, the center received the VA secretary’s Robert W. Carey Performance Excellence Award, which is based on the Baldrige Award’s criteria. For three of the past four years, the center has been a VA Circle of Excellence awardee.”

Source: ASHP news