The Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA) has recognized 10 pharmaceutical and consumer product manufacturers with its Distribution Management Awards for Notable Achievements in Healthcare (DIANA).
With pharmacists in Canada slated to expand their scope of practice under health reform, the Ontario Pharmacists’ Association (OPA) aims to have immunization and injection in all pharmacies in the province by the end of 2013.
MinuteClinic has entered a clinical collaboration with Florida Hospital Medical Group to provide expanded access to health care services in central Florida.
Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. has launched the Shoppers Health Care Portal, a website that gives Canadian health care professionals access to drug reimbursement information and clinical tools.
CVS/pharmacy has agreed to become part of the Outcomes Inc. national medication therapy management (MTM) network. Outcomes said Wednesday that under the arrangement, CVS/pharmacy’s approximately 7,300 drug store locations will be added to Outcomes’ network of MTM Centers.
The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) has applied to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to own and operate the new .pharmacy generic top-level domain (gTLD).
Larry Merlo’s initial year as chief executive officer of CVS Caremark Corp. has been a remarkable one, indeed. Not that you’d notice if you confined your examination, analysis and interpretation to the CVS drug store chain.
Walmart will run all facets of its business with integrity, chief executive Mike Duke and chairman Rob Walton vowed at the company’s annual shareholders meeting earlier this month.
Larry Merlo’s initial year as chief executive officer of CVS Caremark Corp. has been a remarkable one indeed. Not that you’d notice if you confined your examination, analysis and interpretation to the CVS drug store chain.
Rite Aid Corp. president and chief executive officer John Standley will take on the additional responsibilities of chairman at the company’s annual shareholders meeting this month.
When it comes to reaching and influencing the mass retailing community, the most creative marketing mind in America today belongs to Scott Emerson, head of the Emerson Group, itself one of the creative companies when it comes to brand marketing.
Shoppers Drug Mart’s (SDM’s) annual meeting here last month marked a double anniversary — half a century since the company was founded, 10 years since it went public.
Settling a government lawsuit charging that it improperly distributed large volumes of oxycodone, Cardinal Health Inc. has agreed to a two-year suspension of its Lakeland, Fla., distribution center’s registration to ship controlled substances.
Walgreen Co. has developed what it says is an improved Prescription Savings Club program. Executives say they hope the program will help address what the company sees as a growing problem.
Pharmacy benefits management clients of CVS Caremark Corp. saved nearly $2.4 billion in 2011, in part because of the company’s focus on providing medication adherence programs for patients with chronic conditions.
Appearing at his first Shoppers Drug Mart annual meeting, Domenic Pilla, the company’s new president and chief executive officer, outlined the drug chain’s opportunities and challenges.
