Medical Pharmacies Group Ltd. (MPGL) plans to acquire Desjardins Healthcare Group, a leading wholesaler and retailer of specialty pharmacy services, medical supplies and equipment in Ontario. Terms of the agreement, announced Monday, weren’t disclosed.
This past weekend Walgreen Co. opened its first drug store in the U. S. Virgin Islands, on St. Thomas. Walgreens said that John deJongh, governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands, helped cut the ribbon in a grand opening ceremony for the 18,000-square-foot store on Saturday.
Actavis Inc. has begun shipping oxymorphone hydrochloride extended-release tablets, an opioid painkiller, in dosages of 5 mg, 10 mg, 20 mg, 30 mg and 40 mg.
CVS Caremark Corp. announced an information and outreach program to help customers better understand new health insurance benefits from the Affordable Care Act (ACA) during a store visit in Orlando, Fla., by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
This weekend, Sam’s Club plans to host diabetes-focused health screenings at its pharmacy locations nationwide. The Walmart warehouse club chain said that on Saturday, Sept. 14, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
More than 200 children and families attended a National Childhood Cancer Awareness event hosted by Navarro Discount Pharmacy. At the Navarro event, Miami-Dade County Police held a motorcade in the memory of young cancer victim Bella Rodriguez-Torres.
With the cold and flu season on the way, the Acetaminophen Awareness Coalition is urging consumers to be aware of their acetaminophen use when treating winter illnesses.
The National Community Pharmacists Association is throwing its support behind House legislation aimed at preventing a recurrence of the 2012 meningitis outbreak at the New England Compounding Center (NECC).
The MicroTouch SwitchBlade men’s personal groomer has hit store shelves at Rite Aid and Walmart. IdeaVillage Products Corp. said Wednesday that the SwitchBlade is the first two-in-one, full-body personal groomer for men and marks the "next generation in man-scaping" from MicroTouch.
Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. shareholders have given the green light to the company’s acquisition by Loblaw Cos. In a special meeting Thursday, Shoppers Drug Mart stockholders approved the $12.4 billion (Canadian) cash and stock deal, with 99.
Classifying patients into particular groups may be a better indicator of their long-term medication adherence behavior, researchers at CVS Caremark Corp. and Brigham and Women’s Hospital found.
Walgreen Co. has released new photo functionality in the latest updates to its iPhone mobile application.
The Food and Drug Administration is modifying safety labeling and postmarket study requirements for all extended-release and long-acting (ER/LA) opioid analgesics for the treatment of pain.
A new chief executive officer is set to take the helm next month at Forest Laboratories Inc. The pharmaceutical company said Tuesday that Brenton Saunders, the former CEO of Bausch + Lomb and a Forest director since August 2011, will become Forest’s president and CEO starting Oct. 1.
Pharmacists in Ontario are urging Health Canada to pay closer attention to the product integrity of some medications following a series of recalls of oral contraceptives.
One of community pharmacy’s strongest attributes — convenience — is playing a pivotal role in boosting U.S. immunization rates but could do even more, according to a Walgreen Co. study published in the September/October issue of Annals of Family Medicine.
