FRISCO, Texas , Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Assured Pharmacy (Pink Sheets: APHY), a leading specialty pharmacy group providing prescription medications to more than 3,000 sufferers of chronic pain, announced that total sales on a same store basis for the month of September 2010 were $1,391,331 which equates to $66,253 per business day. It represents an increase of 13.5 percent when compared with total sales of $1,226,245 for September 2009 which equates to $58,393 per business day. This also represents an increase of 2.4 percent compared with total sales per business day of $64,719 for August 2010 and a decrease of 2.3 percent compared with total sales of $1,423,819 for August 2010 due to one less business day in the month of September 2010 .
“We are pleased with our September sales results and our continued patient growth with 3,064 patients serviced in the month of September,” said Robert DelVecchio , Chief Executive Officer of Assured Pharmacy . “As these sales figures reflect, we remain on track for increased sales and market share growth, improved earnings at the store level and stronger cash flow.”
About Assured Pharmacy, Inc.
Assured Pharmacy, Inc. is engaged in the business of operating specialty pharmacies that primarily dispense highly regulated pain medication. The Company derives its revenue primarily from the sale of prescription drugs and does not keep in inventory non-prescription drugs or health and beauty related products inventoried at traditional pharmacies. The majority of the Company’s business is derived from repeat business from its customers. “Walk-in” prescriptions from physicians are limited. The Company currently has four operating pharmacies. Three of those pharmacies are wholly owned and the Company has a 94.8% ownership interest in the other pharmacy.