The National Community Pharmacists Association has voiced its support for The Patients’ Freedom to Choose Act, which aims to repeal a provision in health care reform law that would require prescriptions to purchase over-the counter medicines via flexible saving accounts (FSAs) and health saving acco
Former California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has returned to the board of directors at Procter & Gamble Co. P&G said late Friday that it has appointed Whitman to its board effective immediately. The one-time eBay chief executive officer first served on the P&G board from 2003 to 2008.
L’Oréal chief executive officer Jean-Paul Agon is slated to add the title of chairman effective next month. The cosmetics and beauty care giant announced that Agon will succeed chairman Lindsay Owen-Jones, who will resign to become honorary chairman.
Walgreen Co. has rounded out its pharmacy purchasing and pharmacy supply chain leadership team with several promotions and a pair of new hires.
The centrality of pharmacists and pharmacies to the health and wellness of Americans — regardless of what happens with health care reform — will be highlighted next month at the third annual NACDS RxImpact Day on Capitol Hill.
Covidien’s Mallinckrodt Inc. subsidiary has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for its fentanyl transdermal system (FTS) patch.
Responding to reports that the shingles vaccine is in short supply and on back-order for health care providers nationwide, Rite Aid Corp. announced that nearly 1,900 of its pharmacies have the vaccine in stock. The drug store chain said Friday that it has an "ample supply" of the shingles vaccine in
Navarro Discount Pharmacy is helping customers prepare for the advent of all-electronic tolling in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
Walgreen Co. reportedly plans to kick off a a national advertising campaign for store-brand health and wellness products this weekend.
Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co. plans to release generic levofloxacin ophthalmic solution 0.5% next month.
A promotion by women’s shaving prep brand Skintimate aims to give women a chance to go behind the scenes with New York designer Mara Hoffman and see what it takes to make it in the fashion industry. The Energizer Personal Care brand said Thursday Skin that it has launched the second Skintimate
Actavis Group has been cleared to market pantoprazole sodium delayed-release tablets in the United States.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores is applauding new House and Senate bills that would let consumers use flexible spending accounts (FSAs) and health savings accounts (HSAs) to buy over-the-counter drugs without a prescription.
Citing robust front-end business, Shoppers Drug Mart saw sales gain slightly in its fiscal 2010 fourth quarter, but earnings for the period came in flat.
Playing its part to advance drug safety, Kinney Drugs plans to hold medication disposal days later this month and in March. Dubbed Medicine Collection Days, the safe drug disposal events are typically scheduled for the last Saturday of each month. The next collection dates are Feb.
In the wake of reports about a zoster vaccine shortage, Supervalu Inc. has assured customers that shingles vaccinations remain available at its pharmacies.
