The Drug Price Paradox: PBMs, Pharmacies, and the Path to Affordability

When Rite Aid announced a slew of retail pharmacy closures across the US, thousands of patients in communities across the country were forced to make arrangements for where they would now be receiving their medications. Tom DePietro, PharmD, a practicing pharmacist and independent pharmacy owner in Pennsylvania, took on new patients from the Rite Aid closures “tactically.”