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JANUARY 18, 2023

A Special Place for Children in Need of Specialty Meds

By Bruce Buckley

The long waits were one reason why Akron Children’s Hospital decided to open a specialty pharmacy.

“We knew that, on average, it could take two to three weeks for our patients to get started on specialty therapy,” said John Lepto, BSPharm, RPh, the director of pharmacy at the 290-bed pediatric hospital in downtown Akron, Ohio. “We knew that we could do a better job than the big-box specialty pharmacies.”

With the advantage of having patients’