There’s a growing movement around the US to recycle unused meds for those in need, not into landfills or down the can. One innovator is Phil Baker, PharmD, cofounder and chief exec of Good Shepard Pharmacy in Memphis, a nonprofit supplying at-cost meds to dues-paying members with prescriptions.
And running a free pharmacy technician training program for low-income people. "We've created a pharmacy model that didn't exist before,"he said in 2018.
Baker is also president of Memphis-based Remedichain.org, a nonprofit first-of-its-kind national database program to safety-vet and match donated, non-expired meds to needy patients, delivery free by FedEx.
"We've made it as easy as possible for clinicians or any individual to donate a prescription," said Baker... ...The donation process begins by a would-be donor texting #FlipYourScrip to |