Specialty pharmacies play a critical role in dispensing both brand-name and generic specialty drugs, providing clinical support, monitoring, and patient education that retail pharmacies can't match. Even when a drug is generic, complex handling requirements keep it within the specialty system.
In the U.S., only certain biosimilars are approved for automatic pharmacy substitution. Learn how interchangeability works, which drugs qualify, how state laws affect access, and what patients and pharmacists need to know.