Target Corp. has introduced Smartly, a new lower-priced owned brand comprised of more than 70 items, such as hand soap, paper plates, household cleaners and razors, with most items less than $2. The collection will arrive in stores and on Target.com beginning Oct.
Benjamin McNabb owner of Love Oak Pharmacy in Eastland, Texas, was honored with the 2018 NCPA Innovation Center Outstanding Adherence Practitioner Award in recognition of his commitment to improving medication adherence.
Theresa Tolle, owner of Bay Street Pharmacy in Sebastian, Fla., was named the 2018 National Preceptor of the Year by the NCPA Foundation at the NCPA 2018 Annual Convention in Boston.
Melissa Hunter was honored as the recipient of the 2018 Outstanding Faculty Liaison of the Year Award by the NCPA Foundation during NCPA 2018 Annual Convention in Boston.
Sharlea Leatherwood of Kansas City, Mo., received the 2017 Calvin J. Anthony Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Community Pharmacists Association during NCPA’s recent annual convention in Boston. Leatherwood passed away on Monday, Oct.
A team of student pharmacists from Washington State University was named the winner of the 15th annual Good Neighbor Pharmacy NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition.
As the $70 billion merger between CVS Health and Aetna Inc. draws near, the combined company will create a industry-changing model for health care that is more personal than ever before, according to Larry Merlo, CVS Health’s president and chief executive officer.
Retail pharmacy advocates applauded the House of Representatives for unanimously passing two bipartisan bills that aim to lower drug costs. The bills — the Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act and the Know the Lowest Price Act — had originated in the Senate, where each had gained earlier approval.
Rite Aid Corp. has changed its corporate governance and recast its board. The company separated the chairman and chief executive officer functions, with director Bruce Bodaken becoming chairman and John Standley remaining CEO.
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Ohio pharmacy owner Paul White has received this year’s NARD Ownership Award from the NCPA Foundation. The award was presented at the NCPA 2018 Annual Convention in Boston.
In honor of American Pharmacists Month this October, Walgreens is recognizing its more than 28,000 pharmacists for their commitment to care and their role in improving patient outcomes across the United States and Puerto Rico.
The National Community Pharmacists Association Foundation has announced its planned activities during the NCPA 2018 Annual Convention in Boston, Mass. on Oct. 6-9.
In an effort to help address adolescent drug abuse and misuse in the state of Washington, The Rite Aid Foundation is bringing the Prescription Drug Safety program, an innovative digital course about prescription drug abuse prevention, to Seattle-area high schools.
Laura Cranston, chief executive officer, Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA), issued the following statement on the approval of federal legislation to combat the opioid epidemic: “The PQA applauds the bipartisan work of Congress to mitigate the opioid epidemic and ensure the safe and appropriate use of
ARLINGTON, Va. – This week the U.S. Senate passed the opioid-abuse-prevention legislation that reflects aspects of all four of the policy topics recommended by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS), and that the U.S. House of Representatives passed on September 28.
