Mylan releases Xopenex generic
Mylan Inc. subsidiary Mylan Specialty L.P. has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for levalbuterol inhalation solution.
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‘Fertility-friendly’ lubricant grows retail distribution
Lil’ Drug Store Products Inc. has landed distribution for its Pre-Seed "fertility-friendly" lubricant at Walmart and expects more retail pharmacy distribution this summer.
Walgreens sees adjusted earnings rise on flat 2Q sales
Walgreen Co. posted flat sales and adjusted earnings in line with Wall Street’s forecast for its fiscal 2013 second quarter. Walgreens said Tuesday that for the second quarter ended Feb.
Cardinal not to renew distribution pact with Walgreens
Cardinal Health Inc. announced that it won’t renew its pharmaceutical distribution contract with Walgreen Co. when it lapses this summer.
Walgreens, Alliance Boots form partnership with AmerisourceBergen
Walgreen Co. and Alliance Boots have formed a long-term partnership with AmerisourceBergen Corp.
Rexall aims to reinvent the drug store
For the past 18 months Rexall Pharma Plus has quietly gone about the business of making itself a serious contender in the competition to reinvent the drug store to better meet the needs of the 21st century consumer.
NACDS promotes pair of executives
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has promoted Roy McGrath to vice president of business development and conventions and Alex Adams to vice president of pharmacy programs and vice president of NACDS Foundation research programs.
Survey: Rx patients make adherence effort
As prescription drug therapy assumes increasing importance in the nation’s health care system, medication adherence has emerged as a key variable in determining its efficacy.
Reinvention strategy in process of transforming Rexall
For the past 18 months Rexall Pharma Plus has quietly gone about the business of making itself a serious contender in the competition to reinvent the drug store to better meet the needs of the 21st century consumer.
Small-format stores pass test at Walmart
Continuing to challenge drug stores as well as other retail channels at their own games, Walmart is stepping up its rollout of small-format stores.
Rite Aid expands ‘virtual clinic’
Rite Aid Corp. has made NowClinic Online Care, a “virtual” health clinic service, available at more of its stores. Earlier this month the drug chain said NowClinic Online Care is now being offered at an additional 58 of its pharmacies in Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
Attitudes toward adherence have big impact on outcomes
As prescription drug therapy assumes increasing importance in this country’s health care system, medication adherence has emerged as a key variable in determining its efficacy.
Pharmacy hit by sequestration
With the stalemate between President Obama and Republican leaders over a deal to replace the wide-ranging federal spending cuts known as sequestration continuing at presstime, the health care sector was bracing for reductions that will impact providers and patients alike.
Rx innovation is focus at CVS
CVS Caremark Corp. is reinventing pharmacy for better health, president and chief executive officer Larry Merlo told the Economic Club of Pittsburgh last month. “Traditionally people have thought about pharmacies as pill dispensaries, but we know that a pharmacy is much more than that,” Merlo said.
De Fazio exits Duane Reade, joins RadioShack
Mike De Fazio, senior director of store concepts at Duane Reade, has left the drug chain to take a position at RadioShack Corp.
A new testing option at London Drugs
London Drugs is offering customers a noninvasive look into their cholesterol history and health with PreVu, a skin cholesterol test from Miraculins Inc. The test measures the cholesterol found on the body’s largest organ, the skin, where cholesterol is accumulated with age.