Drug Topics July 23, 2025
Michael Murphy, PharmD, MBA, provided insights on his research regarding pharmacy deserts, who they impact the most, and the methods needed to improve them in the US.
While pharmacy deserts in the US significantly impact pharmacies and the pharmacists that facilitate them, the lack of medication services in respective areas of the country is more of a community problem. With the many financial pressures pharmacy businesses encounter, experts believe that industry advocacy that leads to reform is the best way to progress forward on this issue.
“It’s really important that we make sure that it’s well understood that this is not a pharmacy problem,” Michael Murphy, PharmD, MBA, assistant professor of clinical pharmacy at the Ohio State University College of...







