Unilever has appointed Eugenio Minvielle as executive vice president of its North American business. Minvielle, 45, who joins the company from Nestle, will be responsible for Unilever’s $10 billion operations in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean.
Kinney Drugs next week plans to hold "Medicine Collection Day" at select stores to help customers safely dispose of old and unused medication.
CVS Caremark Corp. plans to hold hundreds of free health screening events in select urban markets through its new "To Your Health" program.
Walgreen Co. has been named "Private-Sector Employer of the Year" by CAREERS & the disABLED magazine for its commitment to recruiting, hiring and promoting people with disabilities.
The nation’s three largest drug store chains — CVS Caremark Corp., Walgreen Co. and Rite Aid Corp. — moved up this year on the Fortune 500 list of the biggest U.S. companies. CVS Caremark ranked 18th on the 2010 Fortune 500 list, up from 19th last year. The company operates retail drug
The National Community Pharmacists Association has urged the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to reject the state of Mississippi’s plan to trim Medicaid pharmacy reimbursements by 15% for the rest of the fiscal year.
Fresh Harvest Products Inc. plans to roll out its Wings of Nature organic snack bars to CVS and Navarro Discount Pharmacies drug stores in South Florida. The natural and organic food and beverage company said this week that the products will become available next month in about 80 CVS locations.
Procter & Gamble Co. has partnered with two leading environmental organizations, National Geographic and the Earth Day Network, to help support its P&G Future Friendly conservation initiative.
Rite Aid Corp. again will host free full-body screenings for skin cancer as part of The Skin Cancer Foundation’s "Road to Healthy Skin" tour. The pharmacy chain said Wednesday that the tour, also sponsored by Aveeno, includes stops at more than 40 Rite Aid drug stores over the next six months
Take Care Health Systems has begun offering free blood pressure screenings at all 359 Take Care clinics nationwide through May 31.
Walgreen Co. has been selected by UnitedHealth Group as a founding partner of the Diabetes Prevention and Control Alliance (DPCA), a program aimed at treating and managing diabetes. The drug store chain said Wednesday that in the alliance it will be joining the YMCA of the USA, which is also a DPCA
Canadian pharmacy groups have responded to a letter by Ontario’s health minister that they said disparages the reputation of pharmacists in the province, where the government plans to halve its reimbursement for generic drugs.
Galderma Laboratories has rolled out a new nozzle for Clobex Spray, a super-potent topical steroid for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. The company said Tuesday that the new packaging for Clobex Spray (clobetasol propionate 0.
Skinvisible Inc. has entered into an agreement with specialty pharmacy firm Women’s Choice Pharmaceuticals to develop a prescription formulation using Skinvisible’s patented Invisicare polymer delivery system for topical dermatology products.
A study commissioned by CVS Caremark Corp. finds that, for many people, medication adherence is a psychological game.
As lawmakers amplified their call to crack down on methamphetamine production and abuse, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores highlighted pharmacy’s proactive efforts to tackle the problem and urged against requiring patients to get prescriptions for medicines with pseudoephedrine.
