Not Your Mother’s hair care plans to donate 10% of all of its online sales during October to the Young Survival Coalition (YSC) in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The company said that in addition to the donation through business on its nymbrands.
With the news of a contract accord between Walgreen Co. and Express Scripts Inc., CVS Caremark Corp. raised its projected earnings benefit from the impasse between the two rivals.
Walgreen Co. and Express Scripts Inc. have reached a multiyear pharmacy network agreement that includes rates and terms under which the nation’s largest drug chain will participate in the broadest Express Scripts retail pharmacy network available to new and existing clients.
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories has shipped atorvastatin calcium tablets, a medication for high cholesterol, in the U.S. market.
Cynosure Inc. has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for an over-the-counter device, developed with Unilever, to treat facial wrinkles.
VIVUS Inc. has been cleared by the Food and Drug Administration to market Qsymia, a weight-loss pill aimed at adults struggling with obesity and related health conditions.
Winn-Dixie has launched a prescription savings program offering deep discounts on more than 400 generic drugs and various levels of savings on brand-name medications and other generics. The Rx discount program runs through the Winn-Dixie Reward Card.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the National Community Pharmacists Association provided comment to a Senate caucus on the pharmacy sector’s engagement in the prevention of prescription drug abuse.
To help reduce vehicle air pollution, Duane Reade is asking to New Yorkers which of its drug stores should be served solely by electric trucks. The Manhattan-based drug chain, part of Walgreen Co.
Jeffrey Farber, vice chairman at Lannett Co., has been named chairman, succeeding Ronald West. The generic drug maker said Monday that Farber takes over the chairman’s post effective immediately.
Karma Culture LLC has made its Karma Wellness Water available at drug store, supermarket and convenience store chains nationwide.
The Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) has launched the Educator Program, which provides pharmacy technician instructors and trainers with a range of resources.
Tom O’Grady has joined pharmacy alliance RxAlly as general counsel and executive vice president of corporate development. RxAlly said Monday that O’Grady, previously with the law firm McGuireWoods LLP, brings more than 30 years of corporate and transactional law experience to the company.
Shoppers can now navigate the aisles to find what they want at Walgreens drug stores with the help of a smartphone application from aisle411, a mobile retail navigation service. The Palo Alto, Calif.
Par Pharmaceutical Cos. has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm TPG in a deal valued at $1.9 billion. The generic drug and specialty pharmaceutical company said Monday that under the agreement, Par can solicit proposals from other parties until Aug. 24, and its board plans to do so. If
Sanofi Pasteur has begun shipping the first lots of Fluzone vaccine to U.S. health care providers with the Food and Drug Administration’s licensing of the 2012-13 formulation.
