Avella Specialty Pharmacy

John Musil, a practicing pharmacist, founded Avella Specialty Pharmacy (formerly The Apothecary Shops) in Scottsdale, Arizona in 1996.^{[3][4][5][9][17]} Avella has been on the Inc. 5000 list since 2007.^[18] By 2009, Avella had sixteen physical locations, a call center, and a national distribution facility.^{[2][6][7][19]}

In January 2014, Avella Specialty Pharmacy named Rebecca Shanahan as its new CEO.^[10] That same year, Avella became a registered Outsourcing Facility through the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.^[20] In March 2015, Avella was approved to register a .pharmacy domain name which identifies safe and legal pharmacies online.^[21] That same month, Avella partnered with Sentry Data Systems, a technology systems producer for hospitals and clinics, to extend coverage of entities participating in the 340B drug discount program.^[22] In 2015, Inc. named Avella to the Inc. 5000 list for the ninth time.^[18]

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