Kmart Pharmacy has partnered with the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) to offer free memory screenings. During November, which is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and National Memory Screening Month, all Kmart Pharmacy U.S.
Robyn Peters has joined Diplomat Pharmacy in the role of executive vice president of sales and payor strategies. Peters, most recently vice president of market access and reimbursement at Biogen Inc.
New categories can develop when product innovation meets a consumer’s unmet need in a way that no existing category has provided. Retailers that adopt a new category or subcategory early can gain an edge over their competitors. Emerging retail categories disrupt and change the retail market.
AstraZeneca plans to release Fasenra, its newly approved biologic drug for severe asthma, to U.S. pharmacies in the coming weeks.
Culturelle is launching Culturelle Baby, a new line of probiotics formulated for children up to 24 months. The i-Health Inc.
Building on its efforts to fight the opioid abuse epidemic, Cardinal Health Inc. has launched an initiative targeting one of the nation’s hardest-hit areas.
News anchor and best-selling author Gretchen Carlson will speak at this month’s NACDS Foundation Dinner in New York City.
Walmart reported better-than-expected comparable store sales gains in the third quarter. Walmart’s third quarter also include a strong performance by its online business, with net e-commerce sales increasing 50% in the quarter.
Diplomat Pharmacy Inc. plans to acquire St. Louis-based pharmacy benefit manager LDI Integrated Pharmacy Services for in a $595 million cash and stock deal. The move marks the second PBM acquisition this month by Diplomat, the nation’s largest independent specialty pharmacy. On Nov.
For prescribers and pharmacists, the reduced levels for defining a person as having high blood pressure bring new guidelines for hypertension medication.
The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) has named new members to its board of directors and approved its 2018 executive committee. Mary Ann Kliethermes, vice chair of ambulatory care and professor at the Midwestern University Chicago College of Pharmacy, will serve as PQA’s chairman for 2018.
Health screening kiosk maker higi SH LLC welcomed reduced standards for high blood pressure (BP) released this week by the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC).
Cardinal Health Inc. plans to sell its Cardinal Health China business to Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. Ltd. for $1.2 billion.
Sales and marketing firm Advantage Solutions is buying retail and brand marketing specialist Daymon Worldwide. Financial terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed. Under the agreement, Daymon will continue to operate as a separate legal entity at its Stamford, Conn., headquarters.
Led by the pharmacy, Shoppers Drug Mart saw sales climb as parent Loblaw Cos. reported financial results for the 2017 third quarter. Loblaw said Wednesday that for the 16 weeks ended Oct. 7, Shoppers Drug Mart totaled revenue of $3.751 billion (Canadian), up 3.8% from $3.613 billion a year earlier.
