Shoppers Drug Mart has expanded its access to medical marijuana products by entering a supply agreement with Aurora Cannabis Inc. Aurora said Tuesday that under the pact it will supply Shoppers Drug Mart with Aurora-branded medical cannabis products.
The Food and Drug Administration has begun efforts to improve flu vaccine effectiveness, according to FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb.
Consumer products giant Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc. plans to combine with its largest shareholder, public holding company HRG Group Inc., in a transaction valued at $10 billion.
J M Smith Corp. has named Saul Factor to lead its drug wholesale business and Kevin Welch to head its pharmacy technology solutions business. J M Smith said Monday that Factor, previously president of the QS/1 pharmacy software unit, will now serve as president of drug distributors Smith Drug Co.
The U.S. health care industry has been in flux for a number of years, but the pace of transformation now appears to be accelerating rapidly. Several of the biggest players in the U.S. health care sector are making moves to confront an uncertain future — one that may bring unwelcome competition and
As it marks 85 years of representing traditional drug stores, supermarkets and mass merchants with pharmacies and supplier partners, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores is looking forward — as it demonstrated during its 2018 NACDS Regional Chain Conference here earlier this month.
Health care spending has been beefed up in some areas and reduced in others as a result of the federal budget legislation passed by Congress earlier this month.
Helena Foulkes has been named chief executive officer of Hudson’s Bay Co. (HBC), an international department store and off-price retailer.
Canada today is populated by more citizens over the age of 65 than under the age of 15, according to Statistics Canada. This seismic shift in the country’s demographics corresponds to a cultural shift, as Canadians are no longer content to let age dictate what they can and cannot do.
Two Pharmasave stores in Lethbridge are the first pharmacies in Alberta to participate in PrescribeIT, Canada’s recently launched electronic prescription platform.
The Neighbourhood Pharmacy Association of Canada (Neighbourhood Pharmacies) announced two appointments this month — Sandra Hanna was named vice president of pharmacy affairs, and Aimee Sulliman was promoted to the role of senior vice president of public affairs.
The Walgreens mobile app is making shopping more convenient for the drug chain’s customers, and it’s also showing that the technology is not just popular with Millennials but with older Americans as well.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores is gearing up for three big events in the coming months, each of which will offer stakeholders in community pharmacy an opportunity to advance the interests of their organization and the industry as a whole.
which totaled $72 billion in 2016 and $76 billion after the third quarter of 2017, prior to CVS announcing the final deal. Across the industry, companies are increasingly leveraging these strategic partnerships to improve
Not so long ago large multinational consumer packaged goods companies competed against one another by seeking out new markets to conquer and new consumer segments to attract. Today, the drivers of growth have undergone rapid and massive transformation.
U.S. mass cosmetics sales on Amazon.com surged 45% year over year in 2017 to an estimated $110 million, according to e-commerce specialist One Click Retail. Last year, Maybelline was the leading mass cosmetics brand by sales and share, at 12%, on Amazon, One Click Retail said.
