While I think the recent attention to the shady practices of big Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) is good overall, it’s not yet addressing the biggest issues. I can tell you why the prohibition of gag clauses was not pushed back …

Gagging over the Gag Clause Hype Read more »

I saw this headline on a LinkedIn update today from one of the many groups I subscribe to: New Survey: Walgreens’ Customers Flock to Independent Pharmacies. Walgreens made a bold move and exited some major benefit networks. Thousands of people …

Let’s Not Supersize That Rx Just Yet Read more »

Seems that, in light of a potential Express Scripts/Medco merger, Express Scripts is taking over a lot more than the drug program for the state of Maryland……. what is going on here? Remember when you studied economics and they said …

Express Scripts Monster Read more »

I read NCPA’s blog The Dose, and sometimes it takes a few days to get to the email in my inbox with the initial blurb. Today’s talked about a New Mexico independent pharmacist. Being from there, I had to see …

Express Scripts- Medco Merger The Final Straw for Community Pharmacy Read more »

It seems that independents may finally get what they deserve. I truly can’t see how this will inevitably affect Walgreens and other supergiants. I think they might feel more like a personal pharmacy when not driven by the hands of …

Independent pharmacies may get what they deserve Read more »