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With growing disparities in health outcomes, health care leaders know that it’s important to continue working toward new solutions to improve health equity. But amid ongoing cost pressures and continued labor shortages, addressing health equity can get lost along the way. So, how do we ensure health equity remains a central priority for pharmacy retailers?
When AscellaHealth released its Q3 2023 Specialty & Rare Pipeline Digest, an expert resource for FDA approval status of specialty pharmaceuticals and cell and gene therapies (CGT), this complimentary, digital source of industry information elevated support for the specialty drug market needs of all stakeholders and decision makers, including pharmaceutical manufacturers, payers, providers and retail
It’s no secret that the supply chain still faces challenges stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. Even with the public health emergency declared over in May, some supply chain disruptions persist. Thankfully, improved pharmaceutical distribution and transportation solutions can lessen that burden. Across the pharmaceutical industry the goal has been to reduce costs, improve efficiency and
Retail media networks (RMNs) continue to grow at an impressive pace, led by juggernaut Amazon commanding 75% of this industry estimated at over $45 billion for 2023, with Walmart a distant second with less than 8% share. We see this growth across mass retail, grocery, DIY and chain drug with a list that also includes
It’s no secret that pharmacies and the health care professionals that staff them are under extreme pressure. Pharmacies face a daily challenge in keeping up with prescription demand, as they contend with shrinking profits and a diminishing number of staff willing to endure the demanding workload. Pharmacies are caught in a frustrating race, tirelessly running
AUSTIN, Texas — The $16.8 billion skin care category is one of the fastest-growing across the beauty industry, according to exclusive data presented by Circana at the third annual Dermatology and Retail Alliance. Facial skin care drives sales in the mass market in both dollars and units at a time when gains in many categories
Retail pharmacy has taken a beating in the press recently. Mainstream media outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, CBS News and PBS, covered labor actions undertaken by pharmacists motivated by concerns about working conditions and potential risks to patients. Thus far, the impact of the walkouts, culminating in “Pharmageddon” late last month,
Those among us who yearn for the good old days — and there remain many who fondly recall a simpler time in chain drug retailing — must surely have a second thought or two about Rite Aid, in the wake of that venerable retailer’s fight for survival. Once upon a not-so-distant time, Rite Aid, along
The history of behavioral health pharmacy is marked by significant developments in the understanding and treatment of mental health and substance abuse disorders. The deinstitutionalization movement in the 1950s and 1960s led to the closure of large psychiatric hospitals, prompting a shift towards community-based care and home-based treatment. This change in care settings necessitated the
