Upsher-Smith Laboratories Inc. has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration of an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for memantine hydrochloride tablets, a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, in strengths of 5 mg and 10 mg.
The cardiology community should review and reconsider current treatment guidelines for the management of high cholesterol, according to experts at the CVS Health Research Institute.
FLAVORx aims to help improve adherence to pediatric medications with the launch of its first mobile application for iPhone.
As chief executive officer of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (WBA), Stefano Pessina says he will provide management stability, enabling the company to focus on its operational and strategic tasks.
Total U.S. health care spending growth is expected to average 5.8% in aggregate over the 2014-2024 period, according to a report published in Health Affairs and written by members of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Office of the Actuary.
Rite Aid Corp. has announced the appointment of Bryan Everett as executive vice president of store operations, effective August 3. He is one of three recent additions to the company’s executive ranks. Everett’s appointment was announced in late June.
CVS Health and IBM Corp. are partnering to provide patients suffering from chronic diseases with improved services for health care management.
Medicare and Medicaid recently passed the half-century mark, and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores envisions an enhanced role for pharmacists in both programs, particularly Medicaid. Congress, too, is looking for opportunities to strengthen and sustain Medicaid.
Diplomat Pharmacy Inc. is a growing company in a quickly growing industry. The specialty pharmacy provider has made the most of its independence, says chairman and chief executive officer Phil Hagerman, and continues to do so after last year’s initial public offering.
One of the nation’s leading retail drug chains has teamed up with a pioneer in patient- and provider-driven health care technology. Last month, Rite Aid Corp. and HealthSpot announced the opening of HealthSpot stations in 25 Rite Aid pharmacies in Ohio.
Jeff Berkowitz, president of Pharma and Global Market Access at Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., has left the company. Berkowitz also was a WBA executive vice president.
Loblaw Cos. will shutter 52 underperforming stores, including Shoppers Drug Mart units, over the next year, giving up revenue to boost its bottom line. Canada’s No.
Jack Futterman, who during the 1990s served as chairman and chief executive officer of Pathmark Stores Inc. and also a term as chairman of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, has died at age 82.
Selling into a retail chain as large as Walgreens can be a formidable challenge for even the largest supplier, let alone a fledgling player.
Albertsons Cos., the nation’s second-largest supermarket company and one of the biggest retail pharmacy operators, plans to go public. The company filed a registration statement last month with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of common stock.
Chain drug retailers have gotten used to dealing with fewer, and larger, drug makers, wholesalers and pharmacy benefit managers over the years. Retailers themselves have also consolidated, and now a merger wave has washed over the health insurance industry.
