Clotamin multivitamin hits CVS/pharmacy stores
Pharmagen Inc. has rolled out its Clotamin multivitamin to more than 3,000 CVS/pharmacy locations.
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National Sales Solutions allies with Retail Smarter
National Sales Solutions (NSS) has partnered with Retail Smarter LLC to give clients access to intelligence in brand marketing and supply chain management.
True Easy Syringe highlighted in <i>Parents</i>
The True Easy Syringe from Health Enterprises Inc. is spotlighted in the October issue of Parents magazine. The True Easy Syringe uses a color coding system.
Patients give pharmacists, Rx staff high marks
Community pharmacies can congratulate themselves on sustaining a high level of customer satisfaction with pharmacists and pharmacy staff, according to the Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmacy Satisfaction Pulse Survey.
Biometric integration yields benefits at Astrup Drug
Pharmacists at Astrup Drug Inc. are more in tune with their patients’ health since integrating PharmaSmart biometric screening technology with the regional drug chain’s Rx30 pharmacy system. PharmaSmart International Inc.
Oceans Omega unveils omega-3 liquid shots
Oceans Omega LLC has introduced what it calls the world’s first commercially produced omega-3 fortified liquid health shots.
MinuteClinic makes Hawaii debut at Longs Drugs
CVS Caremark Corp. has opened the first of seven planned MinuteClinics inside Longs Drug Stores in Hawaii. MinuteClinic Nurse Practitioner Tara Davis checks the blood pressure of Hawaii State Senate President Donna Mercado Kim.
Rite Aid partners with texting service for pregnant women
Rite Aid Corp. has been named the first national retail partner of text4baby, a free text messaging service for pregnant women and mothers of infants younger than age 1. The drug chain said Thursday that it will use circular ads, in-store displays and social media to inform pregnant women and new
Rite Aid ready to help customers navigate ACA
A new Rite Aid Corp. program aims to help customers find their way through the changing health benefits landscape ushered in by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Left to right: Sen. Robert Menendez, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Rite Aid CEO John Standley at the drug chain’s Hoboken, N.J., store.
Wasson talks about change, continuity at Walgreens
Appearing at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores’ Total Store Expo last month, Jim Collins, the noted business consultant and author of such books as "Good to Great," "Built to Last" and "How the Mighty Fall," talked about what is required to make a business into a preeminent company over
Kerr Drug being sold to Walgreens
Walgreen Co. is acquiring Kerr Drug, a pioneer of the patient-centered model of pharmacy. In buying Kerr month, Walgreens gained a chain that earned widespread attention in recent years for shedding the product-centered pharmacy model.
Study: Thrifty White’s Med Sync drives Rx adherence
Patients enrolled in Thrifty White Pharmacy’s Medication Synchronization (Med Sync) program spend more days on their drug therapy than other patients do, a new analysis shows. That in turn improves their health outcomes and reduces overall health care costs.
CVS unveils ACA outreach program
As she tours the nation to help people grasp new health insurance benefits from the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is highlighting the role played by pharmacies. In a visit this month to a CVS/pharmacy here, the HHS chief helped CVS Caremark Corp.
Health reform at center of budget showdown
Battle lines were drawn as the October 1 opening of the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges approached. House Republicans voted in late September to defund the ACA as part of a stopgap spending plan to let the federal government keep operating.
Patients hold pharmacy team in high regard
Community pharmacies can congratulate themselves on sustaining a high level of customer satisfaction with pharmacists and pharmacy staff, according to the Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmacy Satisfaction Pulse Survey.
CVS lets shoppers double ExtraBucks
CVS/pharmacy has brought back its program that allows shoppers to double their quarterly ExtraBucks rewards.