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Study: Customers give pharmacy staff high marks

Study: Customers give pharmacy staff high marks

In community pharmacy, increased emphasis has been placed on the expertise of the pharmacist in guiding patients in their use of prescription medications. The results from Boehringer Ingelheim’s Pharmacy Satisfaction Pulse survey indicate that the profession is performing this role very well.

Gourlay

Gourlay

Alex Gourlay, chief executive of the health and beauty division at Alliance Boots, is slated to join the Walgreen Co. organization in Deerfield, Ill., as TITLE TITLE TITLE, Chain Drug Review has learned.

B’iota Botanicals enters U.S. market

B’iota Botanical Laboratories has made its foray into the U.S. market with the distribution of its herbal hair care products at leading retailers. B’iota Botanicals products are aimed at women and men with thinning hair.

Heinz to be sold to Berkshire Hathaway, 3G Capital

H.J. Heinz Co. has agreed to be acquired by an investment consortium that includes Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital in a $28 billion deal. Heinz said Thursday that with the agreement — the biggest ever in the food industry — it will remain based in Pittsburgh as a private company.

MinuteClinic partners with South Carolina health network

MinuteClinic has formed a clinical affiliation with Greenville Hospital System (GHS), South Carolina’s largest health system. The CVS Caremark retail health clinic subsidiary said Thursday that the collaboration will foster coordination of care between GHS and MinuteClinic providers.

Harris Teeter explores possible sale

Harris Teeter Supermarkets Inc. has hired J.P. Morgan Securities to evaluate strategic options, including a possible sale of the food and drug retailer. The Southeast supermarket chain said late Wednesday that it announced the retention of J.P.

Ulta Beauty CEO exits for Michaels

Ulta Beauty president and chief executive officer Chuck Rubin is leaving the company to become CEO of arts and crafts retailer Michaels Stores Inc. The beauty care retailer said Thursday that Rubin is slated to step down as CEO, and as a director, on Feb. 21.

Bartell rolls out PharmaSmart BP kiosks

Bartell Drugs this week deployed PharmaSmart blood pressure testing kiosks at its 58 drug stores in the Puget Sound region. Bartell Drug customers using the PharmaSmart kiosk can talk with the chain’s pharmacists about their results.