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Driscoll becomes exec VP, CFO at Katz

The Katz Group has appointed Sharon Driscoll executive vice president and chief financial officer. The former Sears Canada Inc. and Loblaw Cos. executive joins the company that operates the Rexall and Rexall Pharma Plus pharmacy chains in Canada after more than a quarter century working in finance.

Expanded role for Rx is sought

With the nation’s health care system on the verge of a new era, advocates for community pharmacy are urging federal officials to ensure that community pharmacists play a greater role going forward.

Regional Chain Conference undervalued

Earlier this month the brightest people in chain drug store retailing gathered in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. They came to analyze the state of their businesses and, more specifically, the direction of chain drug retailing in America.

Advancing Rx care in a precarious policy landscape

both directional and financial — translate into challenges and opportunities for chain pharmacy. Following the most recent November elections, our country has retained the same set of political players to address many of the same fiscal issues that continue to perplex the nation’s government. As a

Pharmacists’ role in flu preparedness highlighted

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has submitted a statement to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations that spotlights community pharmacy’s increased role administering flu vaccinations.

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.