NACDS appoints VP
Dawn Worthington has been hired as vice president of human resources at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores. Worthington had served as vice president of human resources and benefits at the National Restaurant Association.
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Health screenings promoted by Kinney
Kinney Drugs has teamed up with cancer services programs in three upstate New York counties to provide information on how uninsured patients can get free cancer screenings.
Leon-Rivero named VP of marketing at Navarro
Navarro Discount Pharmacies has promoted director of human resources Cristy Leon-Rivero to vice president of marketing. In her new position, Leon-Rivero will oversee the advertising, public relations, community relations and marketing efforts of the 28-unit drug store chain.
Suydam shows how to run a trade group
Linda Suydam, president of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association, will retire by year’s end after eight years as head of the proprietary medicines organization. At the association’s annual meeting last month in Aventura, Fla.
Health care reform still has long way to go
So far community pharmacy has come out reasonably well in the battle over the reform of the nation’s health care system.
Helen of Troy wraps up Pert Plus, Sure acquisition
Helen of Troy Ltd. has closed its agreement to acquire the Pert Plus hair care and Sure antiperspirant and deodorant brands from Innovative Brands LLC. Terms of the deal, announced in early March, weren’t disclosed. Plans call for Helen of Troy to integrate Pert Plus and Sure into its Idelle Labs
Walgreens helps boost retail Rx as flu shot provider
Retail pharmacies have played a major role in providing vaccinations during this flu season, and Walgreen Co. accounted for the lion’s share of shots administered by drug store chains.
MinuteClinic offers monitoring of health conditions
MinuteClinic has introduced health condition monitoring services to help patients with diabetes, asthma, high cholesterol and high blood pressure overcome the challenges of living with their conditions.
GSK makes senior leadership moves
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare North America is evolving three key senior leadership roles to help drive its long-term growth strategy.
MediPendant hits shelves at Duane Reade, Albertsons
Duane Reade drug stores and Albertsons food/drug stores have begun rolling out Medical Alarm Concepts Holdings’ MediPendant medical alarm system.
AgaMatrix, sanofi-aventis partner on glucose monitoring
AgaMatrix Inc. and sanofi-aventis have signed a long-term agreement for the development, supply and commercialization of blood glucose monitoring solutions.
Rite Aid’s 4Q results miss Wall Street’s forecast
Store closings and weak same-store sales led to a revenue decline for Rite Aid Corp. in its fiscal 2010 fourth quarter, with the drug store chain also falling short of Wall Street’s earnings estimate. The company said Wednesday that total sales for the fourth quarter ended Feb. 27 fell 3.6% to
March sales come in flat at Rite Aid
Rite Aid Corp. saw its same-store sales improve but still come in flat during March. The drug store chain said Wednesday that for the four weeks ended March 27, same-store sales dipped 0.1% from a year earlier. That represented a sizable improvement from recent months. The company reported a 3.
Cobroxin rolled out at CVS pharmacies
Nutra Pharma Corp.’s Cobroxin over-the-counter pain reliever for moderate to severe chronic pain is now on shelves at more than 7,000 CVS drug stores nationwide.
Colgate introduces PROCLINICAL toothpaste
Colgate-Palmolive has expanded its namesake toothpaste line with Colgate PROCLINICAL, which the company bills as a "professionally inspired" daily toothpaste formulated with clinically proven technologies.
Supervalu sells six bigg’s food/drug stores
Supervalu Inc. has agreed to sell six bigg’s supermarkets and their pharmacies in the greater Cincinnati area to local grocery chain Remke Markets. Four of the stores being sold are in Cincinnati, and the other two are in Hyde Park and Mason, Ohio.