Following her introduction to the pharmacy industry as a big-box, retail pharmacist with CVS, Amina Abubakar, PharmD, AAHIVP, became an independent pharmacy owner less than 4 years into her career. Since then, she’s significantly expanded her pharmacy’s services while also introducing additional initiatives intended to improve her business’s bottom line and advancing and advocating for the profession.
In a conversation with Drug Topics, Abubakar reminisced on the genesis of her business, Avant Pharmacy and Wellness Center. She also discussed how her business grew to include Avant Institute of Clinical Pharmacy and looked ahead to what she…