Our Vision

Pharmacists face many challenges in the changing retail pharmacy industry. We need to connect with each other and work together to make our voices heard. We can make an impact on the industry by working together in support of our principles:

Principles for Reforming Retail Pharmacy:

  1. Quality of care comes first.
  2. Pharmacists are the most qualified to determine the direction of the pharmacy industry.
  3. Professional standards must be defended against the influence of "fast food pharmacy" practices that put profits ahead of patients.
  4. Pharmacy technicians play a crucial role in providing quality care and should be treated with dignity and respect.

We believe that we can defend those principles by helping to connect retail pharmacists with one another to discuss the problems we face, and to take the following actions together:

  • Strengthen and enforce laws and regulations that protect patients and pharmacy standards. We can take concrete actions to make sure that pharmacy companies are playing by the rules.
  • Influence public policy so that the industry evolves in a responsible way. We can pass new laws and regulations that put pharmacy first.
  • Raise consumer awareness. We can take our message to the public and let them know about our concerns with "fast food pharmacy."
  • Change corporate policy to create a more responsible and responsive healthcare service. We can work together in each company directly with management and corporate leadership to make the changes in company policy that we need.