Retail Pharmacy and Health Clinics
Reed Smith’s interdisciplinary team brings together lawyers with deep industry and practice-specific experience in order to offer comprehensive support to retail pharmacies and health clinics around the country. Our team advises large national pharmacy chains, community pharmacies, grocery store pharmacies and retail health clinics on many of the most complicated health care matters, including those involving state and federal regulatory compliance issues; brand protections; participation in federal health care programs; scope of practice considerations; FDA and DEA regulatory and enforcement matters; licensing considerations; and State Boards of Pharmacy hearings; federal and state False Claims Act investigations and qui tam defense; and drug pricing matters. We have most recently been advising on emerging and dynamic issues impacting our pharmacy clients, including on medication abortion, gender-affirming care and pharmacist “conscience” issues. Our team also helped pharmacy and other retail clients successfully seek approval to administer in-store testing and vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic.