Dec 28, 2023· Comment from National Community Pharmacists Association· FDA-2015-D-3517-0024
NCPA represents America's community pharmacists, including 19,400 independent community pharmacies. Almost half of all community pharmacies provide long-term care services and play a critical role in ensuring patients have immediate access to medications in both community and long-term care (LTC) settings. Together, our members represent a $94 billion healthcare marketplace, employ 230,000 individuals, and provide an expanding set of healthcare services to millions of patients every day. Our members are small business owners who are among America's most accessible healthcare providers. NCPA submits these comments on behalf of both community and LTC independent pharmacies. Our full comments are attached.