Over the Counter

Marisa Fader, Vice President of Bushard's Pharmacy and Apothecary, a member of the Good Neighbor Pharmacy network, joins Drug Topics to discuss the role her pharmacy plays in her Laguna Beach, California community. Bushard's Pharmacy and Apothecary has been named a Pharmacy of the Year Finalist as part of the Good Neighbor Pharmacy ’s annual ThoughtSpot Conference and Trade Show 

Lani Bertrand, RPh, senior director of clinical consulting at Omnicell, joins Drug Topics® to share how technology can ease some of the burdens that pharmacists have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

On this episode of Over the Counter, First Financial Bank pharmacy loan officers Bo Garmon and Drew Hegi join Drug Topics® managing editor Lauren Biscaldi to discuss the ins and outs of the financial side of pharmacy ownership.  

Jenni Zilka, President of Good Neighbor Pharmacy, is in conversation with Brian Nightengale, President of  Community and Specialty Pharmacy and Long-Term Care at AmerisourceBergen and Giulio Burzacca, Managing Director of Alphega Pharmacy, about independent pharmacy trends in the United States and Europe. 

Good Neighbor Pharmacy customers from rural, suburban, and city areas reflect on the past year and discuss the future of independent pharmacy.

Learn simple tools and tips to optimize profitability and streamline operations using objective data straight from your pharmacy. What’s the real cost of chasing the best sale prices from multiple distributors? Do you really need to reorder that product on the shelf and if you do, will it sell? How do you identify missed refill opportunities and prompt more adherence for both better patient outcom...

With the increasing number of audits taking place, it is critical to have a partner on your side who understands the complexity of the 340B program. No matter how comprehensive your 340B program is, being prepared for an audit should be your number one priority. Megan Numrich, Director of Support Services with Macro Helix joins Drug Topics® for this episode of “Over the Counter” to discuss: What i...

For independent community pharmacists, it’s important to keep pace with policy changes and cultural shifts. Pharmacists who want to know how to navigate the business and how to get ahead of legislation that could shake up their day-to-day operations should tune in to this Over the Counter episode, brought to you by Total Pharmacy® and New Jersey–based Omega Pharmacy Group.

In this episode, Wayne Boese, vice president of sales at AAP, will walk us through the various elements of a purchase agreement between an independent pharmacy and a pharmaceutical wholesale distributor. Pharmacy owners must understand how the components of an agreement are assessed and valued by a wholesaler in order to make informed decisions.

Brad Dayton, RPh, senior account executive at Supplylogix, talks inventory management solutions in the pharmacy space.

Our final episode in our ThoughtSpot 2020 podcast series features NPhA president Dr. Ryan Marable and immediate past president Dr. Lakesha Butler, who share insights on health disparities and the social determinants of health. Dr. Butler reflects on her time as NPhA president, and Dr. Marable presents his vision for the association in the years ahead.

Guest host Brian Nightengale, president of Good Neighbor Pharmacy is joined by Rich Tremonte and Doug Hoey to discuss the biggest opportunities and headwinds facing independent pharmacies in 2021.

As part of our partnership with Good Neighbor Pharmacy and AmerisourceBergen, we’re welcoming guest host Susan Lorenz-Fisher, vice president of corporate citizenship at AmerisourceBergen, who will be interviewing Gina Clark, president of the AmerisourceBergen Foundation, and Nicolette Louissant, executive director and president of Healthcare Ready, on the topic of supporting marginalized communiti...

The Trump administration’s most recent executive order tackles drug pricing in the United States and replaces an order that was supposed to be implemented on August 24, 2020. In this podcast episode, Eric Levin, CEO of Scripta Insights, discusses with Drug Topics® how “positive disruption” from private companies and innovators are better positioned to confront challenges within the pharmaceutical...

In this episode of Over the Counter, 3 experts on professional burnout explain the factors that contribute to burnout, how the pandemic has exposed and intensified some of these factors, and solutions that go beyond pharmacy practice.