as in drugstores
a retail store where medicines and miscellaneous articles are sold
stopped at the pharmacy for tissues and cold medicine
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Recent Examples of pharmacies
If, however, compounding pharmacies are forced to stop production, many Americans currently using GLP-1 products will be unable to afford the brand-name drugs.
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Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
All are easily accessible via your health care provider or local pharmacies and have been shown to significantly reduce your risk of hospitalization (or worse) from preventable serious diseases.
—Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 26 Mar. 2025
Narcan is freely available at pharmacies around the city.
—Karen Alexander, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2025
Last February, the Change Healthcare cyberattack halted payment operations at hospitals, pharmacies and clinics nationwide—and many provider organizations were left scrambling.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Those shortages have allowed compounding pharmacies to produce and sell their own versions of GLP-1 drugs.
—Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 21 Mar. 2025
Compounding is where pharmacies mix ingredients of a drug to create a specialized version for specific patients.
—Angelica Peebles, CNBC, 21 Mar. 2025
That created a booming business for pharmacies compounding the highly popular class of weight loss and diabetes medications called GLP-1s.
—Angelica Peebles, CNBC, 21 Mar. 2025
Others have proposed prohibiting the parent company of a PBM or insurer from owning pharmacies.
—Caitlin Owens, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
All are easily accessible via your health care provider or local pharmacies and have been shown to significantly reduce your risk of hospitalization (or worse) from preventable serious diseases.
—Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 26 Mar. 2025
Narcan is freely available at pharmacies around the city.
—Karen Alexander, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2025
Last February, the Change Healthcare cyberattack halted payment operations at hospitals, pharmacies and clinics nationwide—and many provider organizations were left scrambling.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Those shortages have allowed compounding pharmacies to produce and sell their own versions of GLP-1 drugs.
—Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 21 Mar. 2025
Compounding is where pharmacies mix ingredients of a drug to create a specialized version for specific patients.
—Angelica Peebles, CNBC, 21 Mar. 2025
That created a booming business for pharmacies compounding the highly popular class of weight loss and diabetes medications called GLP-1s.
—Angelica Peebles, CNBC, 21 Mar. 2025
Others have proposed prohibiting the parent company of a PBM or insurer from owning pharmacies.
—Caitlin Owens, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Pharmacies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pharmacies. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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