Marina Crouse

Oct 31, 2024 | pharmaceuticalcommerce.com | Marina Crouse |Michael Christel

Pharmacies, most agree, are no longer simply just a place to pick up a filled prescription. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, pharmacy services had begun to expand. The public health crisis, however, would thrust community pharmacies in the US into the spotlight, and they responded. Their offerings—and the reliance on them—exploded. Seemingly overnight, retail and community/independent pharmacies introduced virus testing clinics for COVID, then vaccination distributions at a large scale.