Walmart revamps digital website, mobile app
Walmart has revamped its website and mobile app once again, saying in a company blog post Monday that both are now easier and more enjoyable to navigate. Tom Ward, chief e-commerce officer at Walmart U.S.
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CHPA Educational Foundation calls for nominations: 2023 U.S. Self-Care Marketing Awards
WASHINGTON – The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) Educational Foundation today announced the call for nominations for its 2023 U.S. Self-Care Marketing Awards. Winners will be announced at the eighth annual CHPA Educational Foundation Gala on Nov.
Aurobindo receives FDA approval for pregabalin capsules
EAST WINDSOR, N.J. – Aurobindo Pharma Limited has received final approval from U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Abbreviated New Drug Application pregabalin capsules, 25 mg, 50 mg, 75 mg, 100 mg, 150 mg, 200 mg, 225 mg, and 300 mg.
Dr. Reddy’s launches lenalidomide capsules
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories announced the launch, in the U.S. market, of lenalidomide capsules, a therapeutic equivalent generic version of REVLIMID (lenalidomide) Capsules approved by U. S. Food and Drug Administration. With this volume-limited launch, Dr.
Amazon Rx adds new coupon tool
Amazon has put another building block in place as it works to bring the experience of pharmacy customers fully into the digital era.
Rx finds itself between a rock and a hard place
The dispensing of mifepristone, one of two medications used sequentially to terminate pregnancy, has emerged as a very thorny problem for Walgreens, one that will, in short order, engulf other retail pharmacies across the country.
What do consumers want from their pharmacy experience
After three years of the pandemic, consumers are returning to health care. But they are not returning to the same health care landscape, nor are they behaving in the same manner.
Expect a resolution that saves face for all
and not under the most favorable circumstances. Along with other newspapers and periodicals, The New York Times has lately put Walgreens in its cross hairs, with attention-grabbing headlines such as these:
Victor Allen’s SNICKERS & TWIX Iced Coffees bring delicious innovation to the ready-to-drink category
Trilliant, parent company of Victor Allen’s, a top selling coffee brand nationally, celebrates the launch of its newest flavor innovation, Victor Allen’s SNICKERS and TWIX Ready-to-Drink Iced Coffees.
Prescription for change: Improving competition to lower drug prices
In a new web video, Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) president and CEO JC Scott discusses the critical role and value of pharmacy benefit companies, the root cause of high prescription drug prices, and how solutions to boost competition, especially in the biosimilar marketplace, wil
Consumers spent less in February as discretionary retail sales fell 4%
CHICAGO – Discretionary U.S. general merchandise retail sales revenue fell 4% in February 2023, when compared to February 2022, and unit sales were down 5%.
Registration opens for NASP 2023 Annual Meeting & Expo
The National Association of Specialty Pharmacy (NASP), the only non-profit organization in the U.S.
HDA issues statement on enhanced controlled substance monitoring procedures
The Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA) released the following statement from President and CEO Chester “Chip” Davis Jr.
Video Forum: Christine Baeder, Teva USA
Christine Baeder, chief operating officer for generics and biosimilars at Teva USA and newly named chair of the Association for Accessible Medicines, tells this week’s Video Forum about the threats facing the generic pharmaceutical industry and what should be done to counter them.
How retail pharmacies can play a role in the discount card market
Prescription drug discount cards are a fast-growing market. The growing complexity of insurance plans and a system of pharmaceutical discounts and rebates that is not visible to the patient have widened the discrepancy between the cost of drugs and what patients actually pay.
Video Forum: Todd Huseby, Kearney, Part 2
In the final installment of a two-part interview, Todd Huseby, a partner at Kearney and leader of the consulting firm’s consumer health care practice, tells this week’s Video Forum how such developments as the emergence of large health care ecosystems, the growing involvement of digitally based comp