Michael Carr

Group Vice President, CoAssist Pharmacy at AssistRx

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Michael Carr directs business strategy and operations for CoAssist Pharmacy, a direct-to-patient, technology-driven pharmacy platform that ensures patients receive their prescribed therapies. The alternative model pharmacy improves access and gets patients on therapy faster through technology-exclusive patient support services. In his role, Carr provides operational and business oversight and is responsible for pharmacy site compliance with state and federal regulatory requirements to ensure the ability to dispense medications to all 50 states, Puerto Rico and U.S. territories.

Prior to joining AssistRx, Carr held senior leadership roles with both ReMy Healthcare and RxCrossroads by McKesson. Carr’s nearly 20 years of pharmacy management experience includes leading in the areas of hospital, oncology, nutrition support, home infusion, specialty, patient assistance and manufacturer centric programs. Carr’s areas of expertise include program development, solution implementation, clinical support management and enhancement of business and operational processes.

Carr is a registered pharmacist and earned his Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy from the University of Kentucky. Carr has developed and presented pharmacy educational programs for pharmacists, nurses, dieticians and patients regarding nutrition, infusion therapy and specialty injectables.