Loblaw Cos. has agreed to acquire Canadian health care technology company QHR for $170 million. QHR is a leader in the electronic medical records (EMR) market, providing software for health care providers and patients. Loblaw will buy QHR’s outstanding common shares for $3.
When we at Clavis Insight talk to over-the-counter medicine manufacturers about managing their presence and performance in online stores, there are often still team members who consider the online channel irrelevant for their category.
Medication adherence rates improve for patients with human immunodeficiency virus who are treated at HIV specialty pharmacies, according to research from Walgreens.
Senate leaders have voiced concerns about a price surge for Mylan Inc.’s EpiPen, an epinephrine auto-injector for treating anaphylaxis, or potentially life-threatening allergic reactions. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R, Iowa), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sens. Susan Collins (R.
Edgewell Personal Care has denied charges in a patent infringement and false advertising lawsuit filed by shaving products rival Gillette Co., a subsidiary of Procter & Gamble Co. P&G said Tuesday that through Gillette it filed suit against Edgewell in U.S.
Patient care solution provider Ateb Inc. helped test four medication synchronization quality improvement indicators (QIIs) on behalf of the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA).
Star National Football League linebacker Von Miller of the Denver Broncos has signed up to be the face of Old Spice for its 2016 NFL campaign.
Over the past few years, a number of online pharmacy operators have emerged with one thing in mind: to make it easier for people to get their medications and take them correctly.
Rite Aid Corp.’s RediClinic has formed a joint venture with New Jersey health system Hackensack Meridian Health to open co-branded retail clinics. Plans call for the first of 10 clinics to start opening later this year, RediClinic said Tuesday.
Target Corp. gives a peek into some of the goings-on in its technology organization in a chat with its chief information officer, Mike McNamara.
Former Coty executive Kathy Cullin has been hired as general manager of Bare Escentuals US at global cosmetics company Shiseido Americas Corp.
Paul Herendeen has left Zoetis Inc. to become executive vice president of finance and chief financial officer at Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.
Over the weekend, CVS Pharmacy deployed a mobile pharmacy to serve customers of store damaged by the historic rainfall and flooding in greater Baton Rouge, La. CVS said it opened the mobile pharmacy on Saturday in the parking lot of its Denham Springs, La., store, which sustained water damage.
ARLINGTON, Va. – The National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) are holding a live webinar on vaccinations for adolescents.
Boosting its oncology portfolio, Pfizer Inc. plans to acquire biopharmaceutical company Medivation for $14 billion in cash. Under the deal announced Monday, Pfizer is paying $81.
Interventions that keep chronic disease patients on their medications are “extraordinarily cost-effective,” according to CVS Health.
