NCPA statement on nomination of Alex Azar to be HHS Secretary
National Community Pharmacists Association CEO B. Douglas Hoey, Pharmacist, MBA, issued the following statement on President Donald Trump’s nomination of Alex Azar, a former executive at Eli Lilly & Co., to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:
“We congratulate Alex Azar on his nomination to be the next HHS Secretary. His background in the pharmaceutical industry means he brings an understanding of supply chain issues and players that will be helpful to him in this role.
“We look forward to sharing independent community pharmacists’ insights about how to make the system more transparent, increase patient access to prescription drugs, and reduce health care spending and drive better health outcomes in the process.
“NCPA and the 22,000 independent community pharmacies it represents will continue to push for common-sense, market-based, bipartisan reforms in the delivery of critical prescription medications and health care services to Americans."
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