The Food and Drug Administration has approved Zegerid OTC as a nonprescription treatment for heartburn. The product will be marketed by Schering-Plough HealthCare Products Inc., the consumer health care division of Merck & Co.
Procter & Gamble Co.’s oral care division has introduced the Crest Pro-Health System, a simple product and care regimen to maintain oral hygiene.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation raised more than $1.8 Million for scholarships, charities and public health efforts at its 11th Annual Foundation Dinner this week in New York City.
Rite Aid Corp. posted its sixth consecutive month of same-store sales declines in November. The drug store chain said Thursday that for the five weeks ended November 28, same-store sales fell 0.8% from the prior-year period. That followed decreases of 0.5% in October and 0.3% in September.
Rite Aid Corp. has opened three Atlantic ImmediCare retail health clinics inside stores in Maryland and Delaware. The new clinics, operated by Berlin, Md.-based Atlantic General Hospital and Health System, are located at Rite Aid stores in Ocean Pines and Pocomoke City, Md., and Millsboro, Del.
Same-store sales growth slowed in November at Walgreen Co. as a revival in front-end business during the previous two months lost steam. The drug store chain said Wednesday that same-store sales in November rose 3.9%, down from respective 4.9% and 5.
Pharmacy and drug retail and wholesale groups say a new National Drug Code (NDC) policy being enacted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) may block Medicare Part D benefits for many common prescription drugs that had been covered for years.
Drugstore.com tallied the highest number of customer orders in its history on the Monday after the Thanksgiving weekend, better known as "Cyber Monday" for its heavy online shopping activity. The online retailer said Tuesday that this holiday season its main drugstore.com site and its beauty.
Duane Reade Inc. is working with NCR Corp. to deploy Blockbuster Express DVD rental kiosks in most of the metropolitan New York drug chain’s stores. The kiosks will be deployed in 200-plus Duane Reade stores over the next few months.
MinuteClinic, the retail clinic arm of CVS Caremark Corp., and health benefits provider Humana Inc. plan to collaborate on activities to broaden Humana members’ access to convenient health care services.
American Greetings Corp. has teamed with Target Corp. to launch what it calls the first digital slideshow greeting card. The greeting card giant said Tuesday that the digital slideshow card, which retails for $19.
Walgreen Co. has promoted two legal executives and hired another executive for its pharmacy systems team. The drug store chain on Monday said Laura Merten, currently divisional vice president of health law, has been named divisional vice president of compliance, loss prevention and profit sharing.
With many consumers putting extra emphasis on finding holiday deals this year, Rite Aid Corp. is offering a gift guide to aid customers as well as a gift certificate program to spur purchases.
With consumers keeping a tight rein on their spending dollars, category managers are being compelled to change the way they operate, drug retail executives said in a recent Chain Drug Review roundtable in New York City.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has expressed support for the Food and Drug Administration’s recent initiatives to crack down on "rogue" pharmacy web sites.
As it continues to expand distribution of its fragrance collection, Demeter Fragrance Library Inc. has put a high-profile display in the newest Duane Reade store here, offering shoppers 90 of the company’s 250 scents.
