Walgreen Co. has stepped up access for on-the-go customers with a relaunched mobile Web site and iPhone application plus prescription text alerts and other new capabilities for text messaging and smart phone users.
Bubble Chocolate, the maker of "aerated" chocolate bars, has rolled out its product to metropolitan New York drug chain Duane Reade.
As part of its 120th anniversary celebration marketing, Bartell Drugs has launched the "Magical History Tour," a contest focusing on fun facts about Washington’s Puget Sound. The drug store chain said Monday that it developed the contest in collaboration with HistoryLink.
Loblaw Cos. has changed the usual and customary dispensing fees for drug products to one common fee at all of its nofrills banner store pharmacies in Ontario.
CVS Caremark Corp. has initiated a new share repurchase program for up to $2 billion of its outstanding common stock. The drug store chain and pharmacy benefit manager said Monday that the share repurchase authorization expires at the end of 2011.
Internet pharmacy verifier LegitScript has sent a letter to leading pharmacy retailers and pharmaceutical distributors to stress the importance of only supplying prescription drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
South Carolina has signed into law a budget bill with a provision that fortifies pharmacy reimbursement for Medicaid prescriptions, which the National Association of Chain Drug Stores hailed as a "major victory" for pharmacies and their patients.
Del Sol, a maker of apparel and accessories that change color, has signed distribution pacts with Shoppers Drug Mart and Rexall.
Canada’s London Drugs will be the first pharmacy chain to sell the Winning Colours stain remover from Winning Brands Corp.
As part of its "To Your Health" community wellness program, CVS/pharmacy plans to begin offering free health screenings in the Washington, D.C., area this weekend.
Bayer’s Contour USB blood glucose meter has received a silver Medical Design Excellence Award, which recognizes excellence in medical product design and manufacturing.
Burt’s Bees finished first in a list of 10 U.S. brands deemed by consumers as the "greenest" as part of the 2010 ImagePower Green Brands Survey.
Lansinoh Laboratories Inc. has donated $20,000 to help fund the new InfantRisk Center at Texas Tech University in Amarillo, Texas.
Diabetes testing supplier Home Diagnostics Inc. plans to merge with Nipro Diabetes Systems Inc. to become Nipro Diagnostics Inc. Both companies are subsidiaries of Osaka, Japan-based medical device manufacturer Nipro Corp.
Procter & Gamble’s Gillette brand said its new Fusion ProGlide razors and cartridges and Fusion ProSeries shaving products for men have hit store shelves nationwide.
In a move to expand its specialty pharmaceutical services, Cardinal Health Inc. has agreed to acquire Healthcare Solutions Holding LLC in a $517 million cash deal.
