Pharmacy First buys PBM and contract administrator

Pharmacy First, a Nanuet, N.Y., firm giving a network of 3,500 independent pharmacies and regional chain drugstores access to manufacturer-sponsored programs, has acquired the PBM Beyond Rx and Third Party Station, a third-party contract administrator. Both firms were owned and operated by Monty Rogers, R.Ph., who joined Pharmacy First to continue to develop and expand the programs.