Drug Topics July 25, 2025
The pharmacy profession is being reshaped by new roles, shifting expectations, and increasing pressure on workplace conditions.
The 2024 National Pharmacist Workforce Study reveals a profession under pressure.1 Pharmacists report increasing dissatisfaction tied to workplace stress, corporatization, and a lack of flexibility. At the same time, rising education costs and stagnant wages are prompting concerns about long-term career value—raising urgent questions about how the profession must adapt.
Drug Topics® recently sat down with Brianne Bakken, PharmD, MHA, associate professor at the University of Iowa College of Nursing and an author on the National Pharmacist Workforce Study, to discuss how perceptions of pharmacy as a long-term career have evolved in recent years.
Drug Topics: How have perceptions of pharmacy as a...
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