Come April, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores will put in place the first chairman in its 78-year history who has not come from the chain drug store industry. The NACDS chairman-in-waiting is Bob Loeffler. He is primarily a food retailer, having spent his retailing career with H.E.
The cost of Medicaid can be cut with benefit modification, more effective care management and more efficient drug purchasing.
LifeScience PLUS Inc. has introduced its proprietary 100% natural fiber cotton cellulose gauze in a new hemostatic product, BloodSTOP Hemostatic Gauze, at CVS/pharmacy stores.
Former Pfizer executive Erica Mann is set to join Bayer HealthCare LLC as the new president of its Consumer Care Division. Plans call for Mann, most recently president and general manager of Pfizer Nutritional Health, to start at Bayer on March 14.
American Greetings Corp. has enabled consumers to shop for electronic greeting cards on its web site for quite some time, and now they also can go online to find out what’s new in the card aisle at stores. The greeting card company said this week it has launched a new page on AmericanGreetings.com
Scarguard Labs LLC has received approval from Health Canada to sell Scarguard dermatological products to doctors and consumers throughout Canada. The Great Neck, N.Y.
Forest Laboratories Inc. plans to buy specialty pharmaceutical firm Clinical Data Inc. in a deal valued at $1.2 billion. The companies said Tuesday that under the agreement, Forest will acquire Clinical Data for $30 per share in cash plus up to $6 per share upon achievement of certain commercial
CVS/pharmacy has launched Just the Basics, a new store-brand line of value-priced essential household and health and beauty care items. CVS Caremark Corp.
BioScrip Inc. has launched myBioScrip.com, a new web site that aims to promote interaction between patients and health professionals to improve medication adherence and enhance the overall care experience. MyBioScrip.
Prasco Laboratories has entered a distribution and supply pact with Shire US Manufacturing Inc. for mesalamine controlled-release capsules.
Minnesota Twins all-star catcher Joe Mauer has become a brand ambassador for Head & Shoulders.
Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co. has been cleared to market gabapentin oral solution, a treatment for epilepsy and postherpetic neuralgia.
A group of congressmen have called on Florida’s governor not to scrap plans for a prescription drug monitoring program, citing the prevalence of illegal trafficking of prescription narcotics from the state. Sens. Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.), Charles Schumer (D., N.Y.), Bill Nelson (D., Fla.
The National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) this week is holding a webinar on Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) that gives pharmacies and pharmaceutical manufacturers solutions to optimize patient care.
The Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA) has elected members of its 2011 executive committee and board of directors. GPhA said late last week that Paul Bisaro, president and chief executive officer of Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc., has been re-elected as chairman for a second one-year term.
Rite Aid Corp. has broadened availability of its free prescription delivery service in the New York metropolitan area.
