Slower business in the front end reined in same-store sales growth at Walgreen Co. for October. The company also gave estimates of the business impact of its dispute with pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts Inc. Walgreens said Thursday that October comparable-store sales rose 2.
CVS Caremark Corp. cited gains in its pharmacy benefit management business and continued growth in its retail pharmacy segment as driving revenue and profit increases for its third quarter. For the three months ended Sept. 30, overall revenue rose 12.5% to $26.7 billion from $23.
Apotex Inc. has introduced Apo-Esomeprazole, a treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), in Canada.
Vicks VapoRub has named New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees as the brand’s first-ever "VapoDad." The Procter & Gamble Co.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores and other retail industry groups have urged the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, known as the "Super Committee," to give states more leverage to collect sales taxes from Internet retailers and catalog merchants.
U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin urged patients with chronic conditions to speak with pharmacists and other health care professionals about the importance of taking their medications as prescribed as part of the National Consumers League’s (NCL) Script Your Future campaign.
Walgreen Co. said it will be a presenting sponsor of the fifth annual Latino Fashion Week in Chicago. The drug store chain said the event, which starts Tuesday and runs through Sunday, Nov. 6, at Chicago’s Zhou B.
ProPhase Labs has added an oral spray to its Cold-EEZE line of over-the-counter homeopathic cold remedies.
Verilux, which bills itself as a "healthy lighting company," has rolled out its HappyLight Compact Energy Lamps at selected Rite Aid drug stores nationwide.
Pharmacy care shouldn’t get lost in the mix as federal guidelines take shape for state-based health insurance exchanges mandated under health care reform, according to the National Community Pharmacists Association. NCPA said Tuesday that this week it submitted comments to the U.S.
Health Mart is launching a line of private-label, over-the-counter health care products and will be expanding the brand in the coming months. The McKesson Corp. pharmacy franchise network said Tuesday that the products will bear the Health Mart brand and begin appearing in stores this month.
Sam’s Club is offering free digestive health screenings this month at its pharmacy locations. The warehouse club chain, part of Walmart, said Monday that the digestive health tests will be provided on Nov. 12 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at its more than 500 in-store pharmacies.
AmerisourceBergen Corp. has closed its $250 million deal to acquire CVS Caremark Corp. subsidiary TheraCom.
Walgreen Co. has begun offering free blood glucose testing at some of its drug stores across the country. Walgreens said the free blood glucose screenings will be available in 33 states and Washington, D.C., with a coupon during November, which is National Diabetes Month.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Health Commissioner Thomas Farley received flu shots this weekend at a Duane Reade pharmacy. Walgreen Co.
Sandra Aylward, vice president of professional and regulatory affairs for Lawtons Drugs and Sobeys Pharmacy Group, has been appointed as the new chairman of the board of the Canadian Association of Chain Drug Stores (CACDS).
