Over 200 New Jersey independent pharmacy owners gathered Dec. 10 at the Deewan Banquet Hall here during the “Winter Pharmacy Summit: Recognizing Key Policy Makers and Discussing the Issues Confronting the Practice of Pharmacy,” where lead organizer Ritesh Shah raised issues confronting retail pharmacies.
“We are dealing with an unleveled playing field, PBMs, mail order operations, and others are not playing by the same set of rules that we have to follow” he remarked. “Tonight, we take the first step toward leveling that playing field and restoring equality to the industry.”
The event brought the leadership and members of many prominent pharmacy organizations, including representatives from the New Jersey Pharmacists Association, Garden State Pharmacy Owners, Indo-American Pharmaceutical Society and the Independent Pharmacy Alliance.
The pharmacy group announced their intentions to create a Political Action Committee named NJRxPAC.
“We need to educate our elected representatives. There is a misperception that we count pills for a living. We are professionals on the front line of healthcare,” said Mahesh Shah, who is on the steering committee for the PAC and is also a member of the Board of Pharmacy.
The PAC will have an Advisory Board that includes many prominent pharmacy owners.
Shah announced a bold agenda for the PAC.
“We will go to Trenton in March to fight for Audit Bill of Rights, and ask for legislation that mandates PBMs to update their pricing on a regular and frequent basis,” the Indian American announced.
The event was attended by Monmouth County Democratic chairman Vin Gopal, newly-elected Assemblyman Raj Mukerjee from New Jersey’s 33rd Legislative District, and Assemblyman Gary Schaer from the state’s 36th District, who is also the deputy speaker for the New Jersey state Assembly.
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