Tag: PHARMACY

A small town in Alabama is inspiring the world after a simple act of kindness.

After weeks of negotiation and compromise, the Alabama Legislature finally passed legislation regulating Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) this week, sending it to Gov. Kay Ivey for her signature.

On Tuesday, the Alabama House of Representatives unanimously passed amended legislation regulating Pharmacy Benefit Managers, sending it to Gov. Kay Ivey’s desk for a signature after the Senate voted to concur with the House’s amendments.

Members of the Senate County and Municipal Government Committee voted to overhaul the Alabama Board of Pharmacy at a Tuesday meeting.

A new compromise bill regulating pharmacy benefit managers in Alabama will be filed soon.

Protect Alabama small businesses and jobs. Keep revenue in local communities instead of shipping it out of state to mail-order pharmacies.

Last month, an AL(dot)com piece by Savannah Tryens-Fernandes claimed Alabama had lost more than one pharmacy a week since 2018.

Research shows that an alarming 1,136 closures of independent and small to mid-sized pharmacy chains occurred since the beginning of 2024.

An Alabama pharmacist and pharmacy owner said they weren’t allowed to attend an “unofficial” legislative study group in Montgomery on Thursday created to develop pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) legislation for the 2025 legislative session.

The Alabama State Board of Pharmacy (ABOP) was subjected to a nearly two-hour grilling by lawmakers on Thursday after a recent report that found multiple "significant problems" with the board’s operations and perceived retaliatory practices against licensees.

The Alabama Examiners of Public Accounts recently released a report detailing multiple “significant issues” with the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy and its operations.