Hershey fine-tunes global team, unveils cost reduction plan
Hershey Co. has made changes to its global leadership team and announced a streamlining initiative aimed at improving productivity.
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PrescribeWellness partners with Parata, McKesson
Cloud-based health care platform provider PrescribeWellness has formed partnerships with Parata Systems and McKesson AccessHealth. Announced this week, the partnerships give pharmacists greater capabilities in providing preventive health care and medication management services.
NACDS to Senate: Pharmacists can help with chronic illness
Pharmacies can provide accessible, cost-effective preventive health services that can improve care for Medicare patients with chronic conditions, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores told a Senate committee.
Benzer Pharmacy opens 2nd Greenroots Nutrition store
Benzer Pharmacy has opened its second Greenroots Nutrition dietary supplements store and is readying to open another. The independent drug chain, with more than 40 locations in eight states, said this week that the new Greenroots Nutrition store is located at 8967 Racetrack Rd. in Tampa, Fla.
Sandoz releases MS drug Glatopa in U.S.
Sandoz has begun shipment of Glatopa, a one-time daily treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS), in the United States. The Novartis subsidiary said Thursday that the product (glatiramer acetate injection, 20 mg/ml) is the first generic version of Copaxone 20 mg, from Teva Pharmaceuticals.
Walgreens pharmacies to host free HIV testing
Walgreens and Greater Than AIDS, a national public information response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, are partnering with more than 180 health departments and local AIDS service organizations (ASOs) in 150 cities to offer free HIV testing.
Degree, NBA champ Stephen Curry team on donation
Unilever deodorant brand Degree is donating $10,000 in the name of brand partner and NBA league MVP Stephen Curry of the world champion Golden State Warriors to ThanksUSA, a nonprofit that provides college, technical and vocational school need-based scholarships for the children and spouses of U.S.
CVS Health opens Digital Innovation Lab
CVS Health has opened a Digital Innovation Lab in Boston that will focus on developing digital services and personalized capabilities to offer customers a more accessible, integrated pharmacy and health experience.
PBM deal costs impact Rite Aid 1Q earnings
Rite Aid Corp. saw sales edge up and earnings decline for its fiscal 2016 first quarter, and the company for the first time gave full-year guidance that includes its pending acquisition of pharmacy benefit manager EnvisionRx.
CVS/pharmacy premieres new front-end strategy
CVS Health is rolling out enhanced front-end presentations and offerings — focused on health, beauty and consumables — at select CVS/pharmacy stores, starting with 150 high-volume urban locations across the country.
Piping Rock Health Products introduces Nature’s Truth
Piping Rock Health Products has launched Nature’s Truth LLC, which will be the company’s vitamin and dietary supplement wholesale brand for the food, drug, mass merchant and warehouse club retail channel.
Impax’s Zomig Nasal Spray OK’d as pediatric migraine treatment
Impax Specialty Pharma’s Zomig Nasal Spray has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in children ages 12 and older for the acute treatment of migraine. Parent company Impax Laboratories Inc.
MinuteClinic sets foot in Topeka
CVS Health has opened its first MinuteClinic retail health clinic in Topeka, Kan. The company said Topeka Mayor Larry Wolgast will join CVS Health and MinuteClinic executives today at the grand opening for the new walk-in medical clinic, located inside the CVS/pharmacy store at 3901 SW 21st St.
Rite Aid store opening in NYC to spotlight Plenti
This weekend, Rite Aid Corp. plans to highlight Plenti, the loyalty coalition of which it’s a founding partner, at a grand reopening event for a Wellness Store remodel in Flushing, N.Y. The drug chain said Wednesday that the celebration, will be held on Saturday, June 20, from noon to 4 p.m.
NABP on assessing online pharmacy safety
Dr. Carmen Catizone, executive director at the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), and attorney Libby Baney recently were interviewed about how to shop safely for medications online and avoid illicit sellers peddling counterfeit drugs.
Acura licenses meth-resistant PSE technology to Bayer
Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc. has licensed its methamphetamine-resistant pseudoephedrine (PSE) technology to Bayer Healthcare LLC for use in future products.