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October 4, 2014

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Travel vaccines: A lucrative niche market for pharmacies

According to the U.S. Office of Travel and Tourism Industries, U.S. citizens visited foreign countries nearly 62 million times last year. Yet few outlets provide travel vaccinations. Filling that need could be a real shot in the arm for a pharmacy trying to grow its business. Just ask this enterprising pharmacist.

"It's a cash business ... It's the one thing pharmacies can do to diversify themselves and make a lot of money on."

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