Drug Topics March 10, 2025
Jennifer Zilka and Kyle Pudenz, DBA, introduced the issue of pharmacy deserts and discussed what has been driving store closures across the US.
The unprecedented number of recent pharmacy closures within the US has led experts and officials to start addressing the idea of pharmacy deserts.
“Currently, there are growing concerns in the United States over the limited access to pharmacies in certain areas,” wrote Cencora.1 “In the United States, there are 150 counties where there is no pharmacy, and nearly 4.8 million people who live in a county where there’s only one pharmacy for every 10,000 residents or more.”
Drug Topics was recently joined by Jennifer Zilka and Kyle Pudenz, DBA, from Cencora to discuss what pharmacy deserts are,...