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2275 pharmacies have closed so far in 2024

Ramblings of a pharmacist

in JAMA in 2019 , for example, shows that an average of 1631 pharmacies closed each year as reported in NCPDP from 2010 to 2015, with and average of 2435 pharmacies opening each year for a net average figure of 804 openings every year in that period. Pharmacies should not own PBMs, PBMs should not own pharmacies.