NCPA is happy to report that checks have started to go out after a landmark settlement last fall between Washington State and NCPA, the Washington State Pharmacy Association (WSPA), and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS). On Sep.
NEW YORK — At one of the few chain pharmacies still open in the South Bronx — a Rite Aid on Southern Boulevard — just about everything except for the greeting cards is behind plexiglass barriers and sealed with a lock. The Kit Kats. The Pringles. The soda. The dog toys. Yet near a subway station on that same bustling shopping street, four mom-and-pop pharmacies are doing brisk business. Their unlocked shelves are filled with merchandise. The pharmacist and technicians are on the phones, answerin
Some small independent pharmacies in the city are benefiting from a decline in chain stores. But theft and low reimbursement rates are still making life hard.