ARLINGTON, Va. – The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS), along with American Pharmacies (APRx) and the Oklahoma Pharmacists Association (OPhA), today filed an amicus curiae brief defending states’ rights to pass and enforce laws protecting patients and community pharmacies from predatory
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), which in two separate letters called on the FTC to investigate PBMs, today hailed a move by chairwoman Lina Kahn to call for a vote to launch a formal study. “This is a massively significant development for independent pharmacy,” said NCPA CEO B. Douglas Hoey. “Pharmacy benefit managers
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) today issued the following statement on behalf of CEO B. Douglas Hoey in response to the House and Senate passing the long-awaited COVID-19 relief package: “Community pharmacists are essential healthcare providers, and this relief package is essential to them. NCPA appreciates the bipartisan support in Congress, and we are proud to
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), the Arkansas Pharmacists Association (APA), and the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) responded to the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association’s (PCMA) amicus brief which opposes states’ rights to regulate pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) in Rutledge v. PCMA. In their amicus brief, PCMA opposes the contention that preemption applies only when a plan
