When a vacuum in the market emerges, some entrepreneurs don’t hesitate to fill it. Such is the case with Joseph Wittrock, co-founder of the Hamilton, Ohio-based LifeLine24 Pharmacy — a “closed-door” pharmacy that delivers medications and pharmaceutical services to facilities such as nursing homes. Closed-door pharmacies do not serve the general public directly. Wittrock plans […]
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NKY’s independent pharmacies on verge of extinction
Independent pharmacies in Kentucky are closing due to financial pressures from pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), resulting in the loss of access to medicines for residents in rural communities.
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Alexandria Drugs permanently closing after sale to Walgreens
Another independently-owned pharmacy in Northern Kentucky has closed this year. Alexandria Drugs is permanently closing at the end of the business day Tuesday, longtime owner Amy Glaser told LINK nky. The pharmacy was opened in 1956 and has operated out of its current location at 7857 Alexandria Pike ever since. Glaser and her husband purchased […]