Between 2018 and 2021, more pharmacies closed in the U.S. than opened, according to research published Dec. 3 in Health Affairs. Historically, the number of new pharmacy openings often exceeded closures. The landscape shifted in 2018 as mergers between large pharmacy chains and pharmacy benefit managers drove strategies funneling patients into PBM-preferred pharmacy networks. Independent pharmacies were twice as likely to close as chain locations.
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