Drug Topics August 27, 2025
In part 3 of our interview with Joey Mattingly, PharmD, MBA, PhD, he discusses potential government policies for reducing pharmacy closures.
While many reports on the business of US pharmacies have highlighted increased rates of closures and openings,1 many industry experts are calling on government leaders to address overall pharmacy access across the country.
However, with a robust variety of pharmacy types operating under different authorities and rules, there are several risks and opportunities in prospective legislation geared toward pharmacy sustainability.
“When you put policies in place to protect the incumbent, meaning the business that’s already established, you actually harm new entrants, new market interest, new businesses, because they have a structural advantage to already being in existence,” Joey Mattingly,...
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