The Business of Pharmacy Podcast™

Episodes

April 25, 2022

Making Pharmacy Easier | Derek Borkowski, PharmD, Pyrls Founder & CEO

Derek Borkowski, PharmD, Pyrls Founder & CEO discusses how he founded Pyrls. https://pyrls.com/

Startup

April 18, 2022

Pharmacy's Path Forward | Bruce Kneeland, BA Mktg & PR, Independent Pharmacy Specialist

Bruce Kneeland, BA Mktg & PR, discusses what it takes for pharmacies to compete, to manage, and to stand out from the crowd.

Workplace

April 11, 2022

Focused During Adversity | Alex Barker, PharmD, The Happy PharmD Founder

Alex Barker, PharmD, Founder and CEO of The Happy PharmD, discusses how his business stayed focus during personal adversities. https://thehappypharmd.com/

Workplace

April 04, 2022

Evolving After a Pandemic | Robert Popovian, PharmD, Chief Science Policy Off., Global Healthy Living Fdn., VP of Econ. and Policy, Equideum Health

Robert Popovian, PharmD, discusses what the profession of pharmacy can learn from the recent pandemic.

Pharma

March 28, 2022

Investing in Private Pharma | George Zorich, Pharmacist, CEO at ZEDpharma, Inc.

George Zorich, Founder and CEO at ZEDpharma, Inc., discusses his business career as an example of the unlimited potential in a pharmacy degree. https://www.zedpharma.com/

Pharma

March 21, 2022

Pharmacist Prescribing Simplified | James Lott, PharmD, MPP, Scripted Founder

James Lott, PharmD, MPP, discusses how Scripted will simplify pharmacist prescribing. https://www.scripted.co/

Startup

March 14, 2022

Entrepreneurship on the Job | Kimber Boothe, PharmD, MHA

Kimber Boothe, PharmD, MHA, discussed ways to improve your career as both an intrapreneur and entrepreneur. https://www.kimberboothe.com/

Startup Workplace

March 07, 2022

Creating Branding Hooks | Stanley Warren of Pharmacy Stan

Stanley Warren of Pharmacy Stan talks about the value that comes from creating branding hooks. https://www.pharmacystan.com/

Marketing

February 28, 2022

Architecture for Pharmacy of Future | Fiona Sartoretto Verna, Arch., Owner at Sartoretto Verna™

Fiona Sartoretto Verna discusses pharmacy architecture and her firm's vision of the future. www.sartorettoverna.com

Foreign Workplace

February 21, 2022

More PBM Audit Abuse | Dae Lee, PharmD, and Harini Bupathi, Attorneys at Frier Levitt

Dae Lee, PharmD, and Harini Bupathi, Attys at Frier Levitt talk about new abusive audit practices by the PBMs. https://www.frierlevitt.com/ PBM Audit Checklist

PBM

February 14, 2022

Making Pharmacy Profitable | Lisa Faast, PharmD, DiversifyRx

Lisa Faast, PharmD, CEO of DiversifyRx discusses the importance focusing on profit in a pharmacy. diversifyrx.com

Marketing Services

February 07, 2022

The "Specialty" Drug Lockout | Vinay Eapen, PharmD, UTMB Specialty Pharmacy

Vinay Eapen, PharmD, discusses how he broke into the world of specialty pharmacy. vieapen@utmb.edu

PBM

January 31, 2022

What Makes a Pharmacy More Valuable? | Sean Duffy, RPh, Integrity Pharmacy Consultants

Sean Duffy, RPh, owner of Integrity Pharmacy Consultants, talks about what adds value to your pharmacy. https://integrity-rx.com/about-integrity/

Selling/Buying Pharmacy

January 24, 2022

Work To Find Happiness | Mike Corvino, Pharm D, Podcast Host at CorConsult Rx

Mike Corvino, PharmD, Podcast Host at CorConsult Rx talks about committing to doing something you love each day and the success will follow. https://www.corconsultrx.com/

Workplace Psychology

January 17, 2022

Diversify Into Your Calling | Maria Bizecki, Pharmacist, Founder FertilityCare Calgary

Maria Bizecki, Pharmacist, is the founder FertilityCare Calgary. Listen in as she discusses the the value of diversifying into your calling. https://fertilitycarecanada.com/

Services

January 10, 2022

Are Pharmacist Associations Effective? | Scott Newman, PharmD, Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency (PUTT) President

PUTT President Scott Newman, PharmD, discusses the value of joining national pharmacy organizations. https://www.truthrx.org/

Associations

January 03, 2022

How We Built VaxiTaxi | Casey Villhauer & Alma Michelson, PharmDs, Co-Founders of VaxiTaxi.com

Casey and Alma discuss how they efficiently built VaxiTaxi. VaxiTaxi.com

Startup

December 27, 2021

#PizzaIsNotWorking | Bled Tanoe, PharmD, Founder

Bled Tanoe, PharmD is the founder of the #PizzaIsNotWorking campaign for pharmacy. fightingforfarmacy@gmail.com

Workplace Associations

December 20, 2021

After Selling the Pharmacy | Shelley Bailey, MBA, Famlee Health

Shelley Bailey, MBA, Founder of Famlee Health, discusses lessons she learned from the sale of her independent pharmacy. https://famlee.com/

Selling/Buying Pharmacy

December 13, 2021

Strength on a National Level | Scott Knoer, PharmD and Antonio Ciaccia, APhA & 3 Axis Advisors

Scott Knoer and Antonio Ciaccia discuss the advantages and challenges of fighting for pharmacy on a national level. https://www.pharmacist.com/ https://www.3axisadvisors.com/

Associations

December 06, 2021

Is Pharmacy School Worth It? | Tim Ulbrich, PharmD, Co-Founder & CEO, Your Financial Pharmacist

Tim Ulbrich, PharmD, of Your Financial Pharmacist, answers the question "Is Pharmacy School Worth it?" https://yourfinancialpharmacist.com/

Pharmacy School

November 29, 2021

Pharmacists' Mental Health | Lisa Nezneski, PharmD, The Meditating Pharmacist

Lisa Nezneski, PharmD, talks about how pharmacists can benefit from mindfulness. https://www.lisanezneski.com

Psychology

November 22, 2021

Impact at the State Level | E. Michael Murphy, PharmD, Advisor State Government Affairs at APhA

Pharmacist E. Michael Murphy, through the American Pharmacists Association, helps state pharmacy associations get more patients better access to quality pharmacy care. https://www.pharmacist.com/

Associations

November 15, 2021

Amazon, PBMs, and Other Huge Businesses | Luke Slindee & Benjamin Jolley, PharmDs

The guests on the show, Luke Slindee and Benjamin Jolley, are both pharmacists interested in pharmacy pricing and the pharmacy supply chain. The business model of Amazon is similar to that of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) ...

PBM FTC Monopoly