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Reed named Walgreens counsel

Walgreen Co. has promoted Jan Stern Reed to general counsel, a role that gives her responsibility for the company’s legal division. Reed succeeds Thomas Sabatino, who assumes the role of chief legal and administrative officer and will continue to serve as corporate secretary for Walgreens.

Small formats loom larger at Walmart

Faced with a tough sales environment and changes in customer shopping patterns, Walmart will trim its overall capital spending next year but continue a strong rollout of Neighborhood Market stores.

Diplomat looks to bright future

With a successful initial public offering of roughly 15 million shares completed, Diplomat Pharmacy is preparing for its next phase of growth and expansion. A stock offering on the New York Stock Exchange in mid-October raised about $145 million for the specialty pharmacy company.

Study: MinuteClinic delivers high level of care

An assessment of the quality of care that MinuteClinic retail medical clinics delivered for three common acute conditions suggests that care is the same, and in some cases better, than that delivered at emergency departments (EDs) and ambulatory care facilities, according to the CVS Health Research

NACDS backs palliative care legislation

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has endorsed three pieces of legislation that it believes would help increase patients’ access to palliative care services and resources. In letters to Senate and House bill sponsors and cosponsors, NACDS expressed support for H.R.

Panel eyes public policy’s impact on retail Rx

Students at the Washington State University College of Pharmacy here had a rare chance this month to ask key government and industry leaders about the policy changes needed to give pharmacy a bigger role in the nation’s health care delivery system.

Other issues take precedence over selling

exactly. Rather, the issue is that retailing, just prior to the Christmas selling season, has become dangerously internalized — and socialized. The talk these days is all about individual companies and the issues that surround them. Perhaps more ominous, much of the discussion revolves around social

A look at the Harvoni/Sovaldi conundrum

Gilead Sciences and its breakthrough work in developing treatments for hepatitis C, the frequently devastating liver disease, have in recent months become the focal point of the debate about the cost and benefits of pharmaceutical products.

For consumers, value, not price, is paramount factor

In a multipart series throughout 2014, our team is examining key product attributes and marketing tactics from two different perspectives: the retail buyer and the consumer/shopper. This objective picture of the two viewpoints should contribute to a product’s success at retail.

Procter & Gamble aims to spin off Duracell

As part of its strategy to sharpen its focus on core brands, Procter & Gamble Co. plans to spin off the Duracell battery business. P&G announced the plan Friday in reporting fiscal 2015 first-quarter earnings. The consumer products giant said that it’s exiting the battery business in two steps.