The Obama administration has begun the slow, laborious process of implementing the Affordable Care Act, legislation that will bring momentous changes to the nation’s health care system by the time its major provisions take effect in 2014.
Career Step has launched a new pharmacy technician training program to help students quickly prepare for the national certification exams and enter the workplace.
PepsiCo and Senomyx Inc. have formed a four-year collaboration to discover, develop and market new sweet-flavor ingredients with the goal of creating healthier beverages.
CVS Caremark Corp. may be onto something based on early findings from its ongoing behavioral research on consumer health care choices.
Kerr Drug plans to deploy Mirixa Corp.’s MirixaEdge Web-based clinical platform to support the delivery of pharmacist-based patient care services, including medication therapy management (MTM).
The National Community Pharmacists Association has submitted comments to a trio of federal agencies to emphasize patient choice and greater use of generic drugs as they devise criteria for maintaining Grandfathered Health Plan (GHP) status under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
Energizer Holdings has named TBWA Worldwide as its single global agency network for the Energizer and Eveready brands.
NBTY Inc. next month plans to hold a special meeting of shareholders to vote on its agreement to be acquired by private equity firm Carlyle Group. The nutritional supplements manufacturer and marketer said Tuesday that it has scheduled a meeting of stockholders on Sept.
Electronic devices are increasingly becoming part of back-to-school purchases, according to a recent Ipsos poll conducted for Duracell.
Walgreen Co. is kicking off its influenza vaccination campaign, which it calls the most comprehensive flu shot program in the country.
Tom Ryan, chairman and chief executive officer of CVS Caremark Corp., is slated to speak along with the heads of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration at a health care forum being held early next year by the University of Miami. The university said
CVS Caremark Corp. has entered the Omaha, Neb., market with the opening of its first two stores in the city. To mark the market entry, the company said it held a grand opening ceremony on Monday at one of the stores that was attended by CVS/pharmacy officials, Omaha mayor Jim Suttle and
Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. plans to launch ella, an oral emergency contraceptive, in the fourth quarter.
Walgreen Co. is now rolling out Duane Reade’s DR Delish private brand line of premium snacks and beverages in stores nationwide. The Deerfield, Ill.
John Lederer, chairman and chief executive officer of Duane Reade, next month is slated to join U.S. Foodservice as president and CEO. The Rosemont, Ill.-based foodservice distributor said Friday that Lederer is slated to join the company on Sept. 8. He will also serve on the board of directors.
