Reforming Markets to Strengthen Independent Pharmacies

Priyanka A Abraham¹, Jacob T Kannarkat², Dima Mazen Qato^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Independent Scholar, Houston, Texas.
² Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
³ Program on Medicines and Public Health, Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
⁴ Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

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Priyanka A Abraham et al. JAMA Health Forum. 2025.

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. 2025 Apr 4;6(4):e250142.

doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.0142.

Priyanka A Abraham¹, Jacob T Kannarkat², Dima Mazen Qato^{3

4}

¹ Independent Scholar, Houston, Texas.
² Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
³ Program on Medicines and Public Health, Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
⁴ Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

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This Viewpoint describes challenges encountered by independent pharmacies and offers policy recommendations to strengthen these pharmacies.