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John Newman, R.Ph.

Birgit Erickson, R.Ph.

  Who We AreContinental PharmRx Consultants have years of experience in all aspects of retail pharmacy practice, including owning and selling a drugstore ourselves. While we no longer own a drugstore, we do have over 30 years of combined experience assisting pharmacy owners with the sale of their pharmacy. Our past work experiences managing and overseeing multiple pharmacies in both the chain drugstore and independent sectors have provided us with a greater appreciation of the challenges that face pharmacy owners in today’s market. However, it’s our more recent professional experiences that have allowed us to provide counsel in selling and buying drugstores while giving us unparalleled access to buyers and sellers throughout the country

John Newman, R.Ph.

John is an established business professional who most recently ended a long career in pharmacy acquisitions with the CVS Health pharmacy chain. In this role, he helped hundreds of pharmacy owners with the sale of their drugstore.

Much of John’s success in helping pharmacy owners was built on his determination to build long term relationships with fellow pharmacists like himself. As a former owner of a full-service community pharmacy, John learned early on the value of making new connections as well as nurturing old connections within his pharmacy trade practice.

After selling his own drugstore, John served in several corporate positions as a pharmacist, pharmacy supervisor and most recently as Regional Director of Real Estate and Regional Director of Pharmacy Acquisitions for CVS Health. For almost two decades in these latter roles, he was responsible for all aspects of the pharmacy acquisition process. This included working with independent store owners in evaluating their pharmacy business while negotiating all aspects of the possible purchase. He also helped coordinate and direct the analysis of real estate site selections, relocations, and expansions. John graduated from University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy with a Bachelor of Science degree.

Birgit Erickson, R.Ph.

Birgit is a healthcare and business professional with broad experiences in pharmacy consulting and retail pharmacy operations. With more than three decades of operational and managerial experience, she has developed a comprehensive understanding of the challenges that independent pharmacy owners face everyday. For several years, she was a partner in Nobleman Pharmacy Consultants and provided numerous pharmacy owners with consulting services related to the sale/purchase of pharmacies.

She has current hands-on knowledge of the practice of pharmacy involving the day- to- day operations and financial analysis. A practicing community pharmacist, Birgit continues to be actively engaged in the independent retail pharmacy business.

Birgit’s early work experiences within the chain drugstore industry have included several operational roles where she assisted and managed the divestiture/sale of numerous stores. During the latter portion of her chain drugstore career, she served as a Regional Director of Pharmacy Operations, overseeing and directing all aspects of pharmacy operations. This included negotiating and coordinating numerous independent pharmacy acquisition transactions. Birgit graduated from Ferris State College of Pharmacy with a Bachelor of Science degree.

 
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