Canadian drug chains lose final appeal in generics case
Canada’s highest court dealt a blow to pharmacy chains earlier this month when it upheld Ontario’s ban on drug stores selling their own brands of private label generic drugs.
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Green bent is evident at new Walgreens unit
Walgreen Co. has opened what it says is the nation’s first net-zero energy retail store. Anticipated to produce energy equal to or greater than it consumes, the new store here employs a pair of wind turbines, nearly 850 solar panels and a geothermal system burrowed 550 feet into the ground.
London Drugs shakes up store design
London Drugs opened a novel store here late last month. The company’s 78th unit, the 36,720-square-foot store is London Drugs’ second outlet in Regina and introduces a new open concept area where consumers’ technology needs can be addressed.
SDM augments nutritional supplement offer
Shoppers Drug Mart has revamped its Life Brand line of vitamins and supplements and launched an online tool to help customers find health products.
Bartell tests digital print media kiosk
Bartell Drugs is testing a state-of-the-art system that will let its customers print anything from a personal photo book to a classic novel in just minutes. The full-service digital-to-print media center features On Demand Books’ in-store Espresso Book Machine integrated with Kodak Picture Kiosks.
Bahl joins CVS as an exec VP
CVS Caremark Corp. has named longtime health care industry veteran Tracy Bahl executive vice president of health plans. He will oversee the company’s teams that support its health plan clients and help them navigate the nation’s evolving health care system.
Johns Hopkins, Walgreens ramp up partnership
With the opening of a new store here in collaboration with Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM), Walgreen Co.
The ideal choice to run the CVS drug chain
It’s not that Mark Cosby, the departing president of the CVS drug chain, was not respected. After all, here was an executive with an extensive retailing background, most notably at Sears and Macy’s. The drawback was that Cosby was not a chain drug retailer.
Integrity of Rx supply chain strengthened
While the new regulations governing pharmacy compounding contained in the Drug Quality and Security Act, which received final congressional approval and was signed into law by President Obama last month, garnered most of the media attention, the bigger story is the provisions of the legislation givi
Coca-Cola unveils organizational, leadership changes
The Coca-Cola Co. has announced sweeping management and organizational changes that will eliminate its Coca-Cola Americas unit.
Campbell Soup appoints integrated marketing exec
Yin Woon Rani has joined Campbell Soup Co. as vice president of integrated marketing, a newly created position.
Navarro introduces Rx compliance packaging system
Navarro Discount Pharmacy has implemented a compliance packaging program that organizes a patient’s prescription drugs into individual packets with labels and full instructions. The EZ Meds packaging organizes a patient’s prescriptions into individual packets with labels and full instructions.
Sav-Mor/Sav-On Drugs to roll out biometric screening kiosks
Sav-Mor/Sav-On Pharmacies, a Michigan retail pharmacy network, plans to deploy PharmaSmart International Inc.’s biometric screening kiosk and health IT solution throughout its stores.
Price Chopper pharmacies debut Health Stations
Price Chopper Supermarkets has partnered with health insurer CDPHP to roll out health screening kiosks, dubbed Health Stations, at some of its in-store pharmacies in upstate New York.
First Cymbalta generics OK’d by FDA
Six pharmaceutical companies have received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for the first generic versions of Eli Lilly’s Cymbalta, a prescription medication used to treat depression and other conditions. The FDA said Wednesday that it has cleared Aurobindo Pharma Ltd., Dr.
Align launches “Gutsy” online challenge
Procter & Gamble’s Align probiotic brand has kicked off its "Get Gutsy" challenge, aimed at helping give people the confidence to experience one of those "gutsy moments.