08/25/2023
Greetings to all!
I am sharing an insightful publication demonstrating detrimental hardships independent pharmacies and pharmacists like myself struggle with daily. Midtown Pharmacy, in business well over 60 years, is the last small, independent pharmacy on a street where once upon a time existed (6) six independents 20 years ago.
Everything said and seen in this informative PBS production about my AAP Coop Buying Group colleague is 100% true as it is affecting me and Midtown Pharmacy.
I’m also a member of AAP, an
Independent Pharmacy Owned Coop Group which has over 2000 independent pharmacy members across America. Anyone reading this post or seeing this video should really consider supporting small business and switching to a small independent pharmacy offering much more than any large chain pharmacy truly provide for its patients.
Here are some examples :
1. Personalized and individualized pharmacy care and attention No Chain Pharmacy can truly provide.
2. An independent pharmacy is superior to a chain pharmacy because it’s not guided by a giant corporation making the patient a Nobody and only thinking of its bottom line.
3. An independent pharmacist has the ability to accommodate patients with superior generic medications that are not Made in China; while a chain pharmacy dispenses whatever corporate purchases for its stores including the cheapest, most inferior drugs.
4. An independent pharmacist is aware of drug costs, and is conscious not only to the patient’s medical needs and also the financial, burdensome impact of drug costs to the patient. A chain pharmacist is clueless to drug costs or where a drug is manufactured because all purchases and financials are handled by corporate.
5. If you don’t know your drugs, You better know your pharmacist. Professional Service, Individualized care with a human touch, the importance of compassionate, efficient service are just a few mentionable aspects of what I do for my patients every day.
Here for you!!!
Robert Novigrod, R.Ph.
Independent Pharmacist
Midtown Pharmacy
Miami Beach, FL
The supply chain that brings pharmaceutical drugs from the factory to the pharmacy is long, complex and unclear. Congress and several state legislatures have proposed or enacted laws to bring more transparency and curb soaring drug prices. As special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports, many sm...