Rex Pharmacy’s locations on Chestnut Street in downtown Atlantic and at the Atlantic Medical Center will be closing next week, in preparation for their move to the former Sears Store at 1607 E. 7th Street. On March 1st, Josh Borer, the President and owner of Rex Pharmacy in Atlantic, announced plans for its two current Atlantic locations, Rex Pharmacy downtown and the Atlantic Medical Center Pharmacy, to merge and become one pharmacy located in the former Sears building across the street from the Atlantic Shopping Plaza. Borer says progress on the refurbished building has been progressing nicely.

He says they’re on-track for a “go-live” date on Sept. 16th. The current Atlantic locations will be closing late next week, beginning with the Atlantic Medical Center site. Borer said they will do everything they can to minimize a disruption in service. The AMC Pharmacy site will remain open until 5-p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12th. Afterward, all the data will be merged to the downtown store. Prescriptions can be filled from that location by calling 243-2110.)

The downtown store will close at Noon on Friday, Sept. 13th, in preparation for technology transfers the to new location. The pharmacy will still be available for emergency needs, but if you see you are running low on prescriptions or medical supplies, be sure and order those as soon as possible, in advance of the closing. The new pharmacy at the former Sears store will be open for business Sept. 16th. As for the downtown pharmacy, Borer said they’re still exploring options for the building so it doesn’t stay vacant too long.

In March, Borer said the plans were the result of Rex Pharmacy’s desire to make community pharmacy a more viable part of patient outcomes in Atlantic and the surrounding area. Rex Pharmacy has been in it’s current 6,000-square feet location on Chestnut Street in downtown Atlantic, for more than 75-years, which is why, Borer says, it was a tough decision to make the change. He said they’ve had a lot of feedback since their announcement of the move. He said the new location at 7th and Hospital Drive will open-up more opportunities to serve their current and future customers. He said he always thought that would be a good location for a pharmacy, and they wanted to improve their overall access to the community, including a drive-thru prescription pick-up window.

The new Rex Pharmacy/Atlantic Medical Center Pharmacy will also offer private clinical rooms for patient medication reviews, education, consultations and immunizations. It will be a full-service pharmacy with all the over-the-counter medications and supplements as well as in-home medical equipment and supplies.