A few of the places Remington Drug has been featured.
Co-owner Al Roberts weighs in after Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed the Save Local Pharmacies Act, which takes effect July 1. Roberts believes limiting Virginia's Medicaid program to a single pharmacy benefit manager will bring greater transparency and help independent pharmacies like Remington Drug compete.
A USA TODAY investigation into deteriorating working conditions inside the nation's largest retail pharmacy chains — corporate quotas, burnout, and medication errors — and how the profession is pushing back.
Remington Drug vaccinated 100 people during a three-day COVID-19 clinic on Main Street. Co-owner Travis Hale describes the scramble to set up the clinic and the challenge of meeting demand with a limited vaccine supply.
In a commentary for The Free Lance–Star, co-owner Travis Hale explains how pharmacy benefit managers and direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fees are squeezing locally-owned pharmacies like Remington Drug, and calls for greater transparency.
Pharmacist Margaret Rowe leads free diabetes education classes twice a month at the Remington Fire Hall, helping patients understand and manage diabetes and prediabetes.
Remington Drug is a perennial Best Pharmacy of Fauquier.
"My favorite part of being a pharmacist is being part of the community and being a trusted healthcare resource — making something like healthcare easier to understand."
For more than a century, the locally-owned pharmacy in Remington has provided personalized service. Remington Drug Co., the oldest pharmacy in Fauquier County, came under new ownership when Travis Hale and Al Roberts purchased the business from Wilbur Heflin after his 43 years as sole owner and operator.
A feature on how independent community pharmacists are helping fight prescription opioid misuse through patient education and prescriber outreach.
