Greenstone LLC has introduced nitroglycerin sublingual tablets, a medication for chest pain. The Pfizer subsidiary said Monday that its product is an authorized generic version of Nitrostat and comes in dosages of 0.3 mg (100 count), 0.4 mg (100 count) and 0.6 mg (100 count).
Fred’s Inc. president and chief operating officer Michael Bloom has been named as chief executive officer, succeeding Jerry Shore, who is retiring. Bloom takes the CEO reins effective immediately, and plans call for Shore to retire from the company in February, Fred’s said Tuesday.
Mondelez International Inc. said it has ended talks with The Hershey Co. regarding a possible combination of the two companies.
In tandem with a stockholder advocacy group, Walgreens shareholders have called on the drug chain to re-examine its stance on tobacco sales.
Many consumers don’t heed safety factors when choosing and using over-the-counter pain relievers, a national survey supported by McNeil Consumer Healthcare finds. Of 1,292 U.S.
Rite Aid Corp. has made the opioid overdose antidote naloxone available without a prescription at its pharmacies in 13 states. The drug chain said Monday that naloxone — administered by injection or nasal spray — previously was available only with a prescription from a doctor.
Health Mart came in first among chain drug retailers in a pharmacy customer satisfaction survey by market research firm J.D. Power. Still, chain drug stores as a group trailed supermarket pharmacies and mail order pharmacies in terms of patient satisfaction, according to the J.D. Power 2016 U.S.
Sambucol has expanded its lineup of black elderberry products with a new gummies version. The company said Sambucol Black Elderberry Gummies received a strong response in a preview at at the Natural Products Expo West in March, and the product has been embraced by consumers upon its launch.
In what chief executive officer Heather Bresch called “an extraordinary commercial response,” Mylan N.V. plans to release a generic version of its EpiPen epinephrine auto-injector for anaphylaxis, answering public demands to lower the cost of the potentially life-saving product.
Walgreens has entered into a long-term alliance with Prime Therapeutics, the nation’s fourth-largest pharmacy benefit manager, that will include the creation of a joint pharmacy services company.
The Rite Aid Foundation has donated an additional $50,000 to the American Red Cross Louisiana Capital Area to help with flood relief efforts in the greater Baton Rouge area.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. said on Friday that it had agreed with AmerisourceBergen Corp. to amend the second tranche of warrants held by WBA to purchase AmerisourceBergen common stock to allow immediate exercise of the warrants, giving WBA nearly 24% of AmerisourceBergen’s outstanding equity.
The makers of Out of Africa brand bath and body products announced the launch of a line of baby products made with skin-nourishing shea butter. Shea butter is made from the nut of the shea tree, known among some locals in the savannah region of West Africa and Central Africa
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.
