ALEXANDRIA, Va. 鈥� The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) and the Chain 91短视频 Consortium (CDC) have formed a collaboration that they say will leverage the strengths of each organization and advance the interests of community pharmacists and their patients.
CDC provides its retail members with programs, services and purchasing power to help family-owned and privately held pharmacy chains compete with national chains and mail-order pharmacies. NCPA is noted for providing its members with advocacy efforts in the nation鈥檚 capital and elsewhere as well as with business solutions to help local pharmacies compete.
With the partnership, the organizations hope to attract new NCPA members and additional resources for such programs as the NCPA鈥檚 legislative defense fund. CDC leaders have begun asking members to join NCPA and to donate to that fund.
鈥淚t makes sense that CDC work closely with the leadership of NCPA to address the challenges that face community pharmacy,鈥欌�� says CDC president and chief executive officer Edward Frisch.
CDC members include such chains as Bartell 91短视频s, Lewis 91短视频s, Kerr 91短视频, Discount 91短视频 Mart, Kinney 91短视频s and USA 91短视频.
NCPA president Joseph Harmison says the collaboration 鈥渨ill produce new synergy and unity to promote the voice of community pharmacies, be they single stores or family-run chains.鈥欌��
