Nonprofit pharmacy opens in Phoenicia

Ulster County”™s newest health-focused retailer is a nonprofit pharmacy.

Wellness Rx’s Pharmacy for the Public Good at 53 Main St. in Phoenicia had its ribbon-cutting ceremony last week. According to its website, the pharmacy defines its mission as being a “new medical model for the betterment of the profession of pharmacy. We want to see independent rural community pharmacies thrive and survive, and this model leads to sustainability and permanence.”

This is the second nonprofit pharmacy owned by Ed Ullmann, a former CEO at Wellcare who opened a Greene County location in Tannersville in 2016 and is planning a third location in New Lebanon in Columbia County.

Photo: Ed Ullman holds the giant scissors for the ribbon cutting ceremony at his new pharmacy. Photo courtesy of Wellness Rx’s Pharmacy for the Public Good.