All around us, the pharmacy landscape is changing rapidly. Rite-Aid is working through bankruptcy. Walgreens just announced closure of up to 25% of its stores. Winn-Dixie pharmacies are gone. The National Community Pharmacists Association indicates in verbal communications that one independent pharmacy and three community pharmacies are closing every single day in 2024. Much has been said and written about the impact of PBMs on these closures, but I want to speak to another culprit impacting decisions to close pharmacies: retail theft.

WASHINGTON, DC— Today the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations (NASPA) released the tenth installment of the Pharmacy Workplace and Well-being Reporting (PWWR) trends and learnings report series.

Researchers of a new study published in JAMA sought to investigate the neonatal and maternal safety of buprenorphine plus naloxone compared with buprenorphine only in pregnant patients with OUD.

CDC released a 2024 update to its evidence-based guidance for health care providers related to contraceptive use by their patients.