Willis named CEO at Pharmaca
Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy has named Richard Willis president and chief executive officer. He has also been appointed to the company’s board of directors.
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Drug chains end 2015 with modest sales gains
Drug stores outpaced other mass retailers in December sales, even with modest increases in total and same-store sales for the month. Total drug store sales in December were up 4% compared with the same month last year, according to research by Chain Drug Review publisher Racher Press.
CVS wins WellCare PBM contract
WellCare Health Plans Inc., a provider of managed care services for government-sponsored health care programs, has shifted its pharmacy benefits management to CVS Health. With the move, CVS Health now administers pharmacy benefits and processes pharmacy claims for approximately 3.
Care Pharmacies boosts specialty Rx
Care Pharmacies Cooperative Inc. has launched Care Connect, a specialty pharmacy internal network designed for its member pharmacies and other retail independent pharmacies.
CVS rolls out updated Nuance Salma Hayek line
CVS/pharmacy is relaunching the color cosmetics segment of the Nuance Salma Hayek brand with newly formulated and repackaged products that will begin appearing in stores in March.
First MinuteClinic inside a Navarro store debuts
CVS Health has opened its first MinuteClinic inside a Navarro Discount Pharmacy store. The new MinuteClinic walk-in medical clinic inside the Navarro store in Miami Lakes, Fla., joins 22 other South Florida MinuteClinic locations inside selected CVS/pharmacy stores.
Rite Aid shoppers get jump-start on loyalty program
Through January 23, Rite Aid is celebrating the New Year by offering members in the wellness+ with Plenti program a special opportunity to begin accumulating Plenti points for 2016, in addition to regular weekly offers.
Former Joint Chiefs Chairman Dempse to speak at NACDS
Retired U.S. Army general and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey will speak at the 2016 National Association of Chain Drug Stores’ Annual Meeting on Tuesday, April 19, in Palm Beach, Fla.
Meijer bullish on free Rx plan
Meijer Inc. pharmacies marked a milestone recently when the retailer’s free prescription program hit 30 million prescriptions dispensed — 6 million alone in 2015 — since October 2006 when the program launched.
Trade groups weigh in on waste management regs
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has joined other retail trade associations in commenting on proposed updates to the Environmental Protection Agency’s waste management regulations. Those rules could affect the way retailers handle their unsold consumer products and pharmaceuticals.
As health care battle persists, pharmacy moves ahead
Clearly, health care reform will remain a contentious issue during the current presidential election cycle and beyond. The House of Representatives started the new year by voting to gut the Affordable Care Act.
Changes loom as industry starts new year
The new year has begun inauspiciously for chain drug retailing, an industry that is still trying to assess the results of the just completed Christmas selling season. By all accounts, December was a month of no great accomplishments, even if it was not the disaster some observers predicted.
Impax to release Emverm chewable tablets
Impax Laboratories Inc. has received Food and Drug Administration approval for its supplemental new drug application for Emverm 100-mg chewable tablets, a medication for parasitic worms.
IRI hires retail chief for Americas
David Hoodis has joined consumer goods market researcher IRI as president of Americas retail. IRI said Thursday that Hoodis to work closely with Piyush Chaudhari, IRI’s president of the Americas, to spur expansion of the company’s services to the retail industry.
Rite Aid Foundation donates $2 million to Fred Rogers Company
The Rite Aid Foundation is making a $2 million donation to The Fred Rogers Company, a nonprofit named after the late children’s television host that specializes in creating kids’ programming for public television.
CVS to roll out updated Nuance Salma Hayek line
CVS/pharmacy is relaunching the color cosmetics segment of the Nuance Salma Hayek brand with newly formulated and repackaged products. Plans call for the new Nuance Salma Hayek cosmetics to begin appearing in stores in March.