A crisis is hitting your local drugstore. Why the slow demise of a 130-year-old family-owned pharmacy chain spells disaster for consumers
In this deep dive, Fortune reporter Maria Aspan covers the myriad factors contributing to the closure of American drug stores, including the impacts of reimbursement reductions. Billy Chow, Prescryptive’s SVP of Clinical Operations, shares his 10-year experience at Bartell’s Drugs, a local chain to the Pacific Northwest that suffered the ultimate consequences of the wider broken prescription drug ecosystem. “It was a beautiful fabric,” Chow told Fortune. “And you take one small piece of it and pull—and it all unravels.” Read the full article on Fortune.com.