The Pharmacy Group Purchasing Organization where You’re More Than a Member, You’re an Owner.
As an independent pharmacy owner, you’ve chosen a path of freedom and community impact. You don’t have to navigate it alone, join Independent Pharmacy Cooperative (IPC), a cooperative founded by pharmacists that empowers your independence and makes you an owner in the organization.
IPC GPO Pharmacy Ownership Has Its Privileges. Experience the Difference.
The Power of Direct Financial Returns
Unlike other GPOs that keep your membership fees, IPC returns 100% of your membership fees and McKesson rebates and our profits go directly to you, our owner-members. Our unique business model ensures your purchasing power directly fuels your own financial growth.
- Patronage Dividend: Every purchase you and others make through the IPC warehouse contributes to your yearly patronage dividend. You are literally investing in your own profitability.
- 100% Admin Fee Return:
- 100% McKesson Rebates: Every rebate dollar you earn from McKesson is yours. IPC does not take a cut, we ensure you keep 100% of what you’ve earned.
IPC distributed $18.4 Million in Year-End dividend and Equity Payouts to IPC Members in 2025
At McKesson ideaShare, IPC honored Wilmington Pharmacy with the MVP Award, showcasing how member ownership fuels success and community impact.
Maximize Your Purchasing Power
Our expert team helps you optimize your purchasing strategy to increase your return on cost of goods (COGS) and maximize rebates. As the nation’s largest GPO, leverage our deep buying power to access the most affordable prices on Brand and Generic Rx through our warehouse to ensure your cost of goods is always competitive.
What sets us apart?
- Our relationship with McKesson
- IPC as a Secondary Wholesaler
- Wholesaler Agreement Compliance
- Pharmacy Select (RTL2)
A 2% improvement in COGS can mean $100,000 straight to the bottom line for a $5M store.
Industry-Leading Backup Wholesaler Program
Gain peace of mind and significant savings with Pharmacy Select (RTL2), our exclusive partnership with McKesson. This is the most comprehensive backup contract in the industry. An analysis shows IPC members who utilize Pharmacy Select save an average of 8% on their entire generic spend. *in order to help you achieve the 2% COGS improvement part of that may come purchasing through pharmacy select.
For a typical $4 million store that can mean $50,000 in annual savings.
Purchasing Power
Does this sound familiar? Your wholesaler rep keeps telling you to be more compliant. And you need to buy the lowest price to make sure it is less than what you’re reimbursed. And you’re shopping your wholesaler and secondaries everyday hunting for the best price.
What if you could do all three with less stress and reduce your costs?
Team Empowerment
You can’t do it alone and yet you’re not sure how to get your team fully engaged. Sometimes they’re excited and committed and other times they are just going through the motions. Leadership and management are skills just like any other and it’s time to shed your self-doubt.
If your team were fully engaged, leaving you with time to work “on” your business and not “in” your business, where would you focus?
Growth and Expansion
Growing your pharmacy means different things to different owners. It could be adding new patients from the nursing home nearby or increasing the number of immunizations you give each year or expanding into 340B. Additional growth opportunities include telemedicine, medical at home, clinical services, or even OTC and retail merchandising and more!
Do you need a partner to help identify how you should expand your pharmacy model?
Operational Efficiency
If you are still operating the way you did ten years ago or even two years ago, then it might be time to rethink things. Pharmacy is changing faster than ever and you need to adapt. Whether it is leveraging technology or altering a process, change can be a critical step to improving your pharmacy.
What if you could implement changes that your staff supports?
Financial Clarity
Some people have a knack for being able to read a profit and loss statement and a balance sheet. Many, however, find it hard to digest all the data to understand what it means to the health of their business. Most find it is easier to just look at their bank account.
How much more confident would you be if you understood your financial statements and how they can help you make better decisions?
Your Freedom to Pharm™ is Our Purpose
We provide tools that allow you to focus on what you do best: providing exceptional care to your patients and strengthening your community. The Freedom to Pharm™ is the freedom to own your future, to control your profitability, and to practice pharmacy on your terms.
