Steven D. Lucio, PharmD, BCPS, is the senior director for clinical solutions and pharmacy program development for Novation in Irving, Texas. Steven holds a PharmD from Creighton University and a BS in pharmacy from the University of Texas at Austin. His professional interests include improving medication safety, mitigating the impact of drug shortages, benchmarking pharmacy costs for key drug classes, evaluating the expense of high-cost biologics, and expanding the practice of pharmacy to more effectively manage specialty pharmaceuticals.