Rite Aid Corp. continued its steady same-store sales growth in November. The drug chain said Thursday that for the five weeks ended Nov. 30, comp-store sales rose 2.8% year over year, topping gains of 2.1% in October and 1.9% in September. Same-store sales in the front end edged up 0.4% in
The Cardinal Health Foundation has awarded over $350,000 in grants to 29 nonprofit organizations that fight prescription drug abuse.
The 15th annual National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation Dinner raised more than $1.8 million to support its research, education and medication adherence initiatives. NACDS said Wednesday that the Tuesday evening dinner featured a keynote address by U.S.
Walgreen Co. saw same-store sales edge up in November despite a mild flu season impacting pharmacy business. Walgreens said Wednesday that comparable-store sales rose 3.2% in November, reflecting negative impacts of 1.
Chobani Inc. has named former Procter & Gamble Co. executive Dipak Golechha as its chief financial officer.
Coty Inc. has named Patrice de Talhouet as its new chief financial officer, starting early next year. The beauty care giant said Tuesday that de Talhouet will replace Sergio Pedreiro, who will stay on at Coty through March 2014 to provide a seamless transition.
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) has hired Patrick Plues as senior director of state government relations.
Health care industry veteran Myrtle Potter has joined Rite Aid Corp.’s board of directors. The drug chain announced the election of Potter to its board on Tuesday. She is currently chief executive officer of Myrtle Potter & Co.
A Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) analysis of the cost of mail order pharmacies versus retail pharmacies for Medicare Part D is drawing diverging conclusions from the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) and the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA).
Bartell Drugs is collaborating with nonprofit health system Group Health Cooperative to open retail health clinics to Seattle and Bellevue, Wash.
A new study published in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association (JAPhA) found that medication adherence improved in patients with chronic conditions who participated in appointment-based medication synchronization programs.
MinuteClinic has opened its first walk-in medical clinic locations in New Hampshire. The CVS Caremark Corp. subsidiary said Tuesday that the market entry represents the 28th state where it has retail clinics. MinuteClinics are now open inside CVS/pharmacy stores in Concord and West Lebanon, N.H.
Forest Laboratories Holdings Ltd., a subsidiary of Forest Laboratories Inc., plans to buy the exclusive U.S. rights for Saphris sublingual tablets, a medication for schizophrenia or acute bipolar mania, from Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V., a unit of Merck & Co.
Lannett Co. plans to transfer the listing of its common stock to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) from NYSE MKT. The generic pharmaceutical company said Monday that it expects its shares to begin trading on the NYSE as of Dec. 13 under its current ticker symbol, LCI. "This has been a tremendous
Starting this past Sunday, Rite Aid Corp. has begun offering discounted flu shots to sway more people to get inoculated. Rite Aid said Monday that it’s reducing the price of a flu vaccination to $24.99, a savings of $5, in support of National Influenza Vaccination Week, which runs Dec. 8 to
Safeway Inc. has agreed to sell 11 of its Dominick’s food and drug combo stores in metropolitan Chicago to Roundy’s Inc.
