Drug Topics July 28, 2025
Michael Murphy, PharmD, MBA, joined Drug Topics to present his ideas for correcting the growing issue of pharmacy deserts and unprecedented closures across the country.
Many pharmacy industry advocates have been vocalizing their concerns regarding pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and their struggles in keeping pharmacy businesses sustainable. While PBM reform is the target of many pharmacists and independent store owners, experts also have concerns with how to revert the course pharmacy storefronts are headed down.
“Something else that I think that we really need to be encouraging our policymakers to think about is when a community pharmacy closes, especially in a rural or underserved area, what is the incentive for another pharmacy to open in that area,” Michael Murphy, PharmD,...
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