NCPA Releases 2019 Digest
SAN DIEGO – The 2019 NCPA Digest, sponsored by Cardinal Health, was released today at the National Community Pharmacists Association’s Annual Convention here.
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GMDC|Retail Tomorrow announces top products at selfcare summit
Leading retail industry trade association Global Market Development Center (GMDC)|Retail Tomorrow recently launched its Selfcare Summit in Indianapolis.
Walgreens tops Q4 earnings and revenue estimates
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. shares rose 1.6% in premarket trading Monday after the company reported fourth-quarter earnings and sales that beat expectations. The pharmacy retailer’s net income totaled $677 million, or 75 cents per share, down from $1.51 billion, or $1.55 per share, last year.
Walgreens participated in National Prescription Take Back Day
Walgreens encouraged all Americans to participate in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this past Saturday Oct. 26.
Randy McDonough receives NCPA Foundation’s NARD Ownership Award
Iowa pharmacy owner Randy McDonough has received this year’s NARD Ownership Award from the National Community Pharmacists Association Foundation. The award was presented at the NCPA 2019 Annual Convention in San Diego.
Wegmans opens New York City store
Wegmans made its New York City debut on Sunday with the opening of a 74,000-square-foot store in Brooklyn’s Navy Yard. The store, the chain’s 101st, drew a crowd that included self-identified “Wegmaniacs” from the retailer’s hometown of Rochester, N.Y.
Dr. Katie Westgerdes named Outstanding Faculty Liaison of the Year by NCPA Foundation
Dr. Katie Westgerdes of the Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy has been named the 2019 Outstanding Faculty Liaison of the Year by the National Community Pharmacists Association Foundation.
Ghada Abukuwaik earns NCPA Innovation Center’s Outstanding Adherence Practitioner Award
Ghada Abukuwaik of Curemed Pharmacy in Clifton, N.J., was honored with the 2019 NCPA Innovation Center Outstanding Adherence Practitioner Award in recognition of her commitment to improving medication adherence.
DEA Drug Take Back Day backed by NACDS
ARLINGTON, Va. – National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is a chance to help keep opioids out of the wrong hands and to raise awareness of other critical resources that help keep patients, families and communities safe, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) said Friday.
CBDMEDIC announces partnership with Gillette Stadium
Abacus Health Products has announced a partnership with Gillette Stadium and Patriot Place, revealing that CBDMEDIC branding will be present outside the stadium and throughout Patriot Place, including a new look for the iconic water tower as part of a new CBD advocacy program.
Three major retailers pull 22-ounce J&J Baby Powder off shelves
According to published reports, Walmart, CVS and Rite Aid are removing all 22-ounce bottles of Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder from their stores, following last week’s recall of one lot of the product due to possible asbestos contamination.
Snickers spreading satisfaction this Halloween
As households around the nation prepare to be the best house on the block this Halloween, Snickers announced Thursday that it is spreading the ultimate satisfaction by making good on its pledge to deliver one million free Snickers fun size bars to trick-or-treaters.
CVS to offer safe medication disposal chain-wide in 2020
CVS Health announced Thursday that all CVS Pharmacy locations nationwide will offer customers a free safe medication disposal option, beginning in 2020. The company will add 1,000 in-store safe medication disposal units to the more than 1,700 units currently in CVS Pharmacy locations nationwide.
IPC, Kodak Moments extend partnership
SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. – Independent Pharmacy Cooperative (IPC) is pleased to announce the renewal of its partnership with Kodak Moments, a division of Kodak Alaris. This newest contract with the consumer printing business of Kodak Alaris extends through the next three years.
Holiday shoppers plan to spend 4% more this year
Consumers say they will spend an average of $1,047.83 this holiday season, up 4% from the $1,007.24 they said they would spend last year, according to the annual survey released Thursday by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics.
House committee approves consumer health savings bill
The House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday took an important step toward reinstating consumers’ ability to purchase over-the-counter (O-T-C) medicines with tax-preferred savings accounts, including Flexible Spending Arrangements (FSAs) and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs).