Walgreen Co. has entered into a joint venture with Vanderbilt Medical Center, a Nashville-based health care facility and a major patient referral center for the mid-South. Under the agreement, Walgreens’ home care division will work with Vanderbilt to provide home infusion and respiratory services.
Cardinal Health Inc. will retain its enormous scale after the spin-off of its medical technology business while sharpening its focus, according to incoming chairman and chief executive officer George Barrett.
When Len DeMino retired earlier this month after over 50 years of service to the profession of community pharmacy, he closed the door on the golden era of chain drug retailing, an era he helped define. When DeMino began his career in 1958 as a pharmacist for Washington, D.C.
Walgreen Co. on Wednesday opened the second of five planned drug stores registered to meet certification for environmental efficiency and design.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is now offering free mail delivery for 90-day supplies of certain generic drug prescriptions in states across the Midwest and Northeast.
Demonstrating firsthand community pharmacy’s role in the nation’s health care system, Hartig Drug and Carepro Health Services on Monday hosted store tours by Rep. Dave Loebsack (D., Iowa) and Steve Anderson, president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores.
An agreement between Walgreen Co. and Delaware over Medicaid pharmacy reimbursements remains in a holding pattern as two drug retailer industry groups reassess a pending lawsuit against the state.
Pointing to research showing patient difficulty with medication adherence, CVS Caremark Corp. has launched a free prescription refill program.
Kinney Drugs Inc. and Supervalu Inc. this week received awards from the National Association of Chain Drug Stores for their active political involvement on behalf of the chain drug industry.
Executives from Katz Group North America, Rite Aid Corp. and H.E. Butt Grocery Co. were honored this week by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores at the 2009 NACDS Pharmacy & Technology Conference. The awards were accompanied by contributions to the NACDS Foundation from several companies.
In a letter, Chain Drug Review‘s editor urges National Association of Chain Drug Stores chief executive Steve Anderson to tackle core issues for the association head on. Steve Anderson President and CEO NACDS 413 N. Lee St. Alexandria, Va.
Despite President Obama’s wish to have both chambers of Congress pass health care reform bills before the start of the August recess, it appeared almost certain that legislators would return home without acting.
Walgreen Co. has agreed to keep filling prescriptions for Medicaid patients in Delaware, according to published reports.
Executives stressed continued industry engagement in the brewing debate on health care reform at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores’ 2009 Pharmacy & Technology Conference in Boston.
Duane Reade has completed financing that included a $125 million private equity investment and the buyback of approximately $350 million of debt. Duane Reade Holdings Inc. said subsidiaries Duane Reade Inc. and Duane Reade on Friday closed an offering of $300 million of 11.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores declared victory for retail pharmacies and military personnel and their families this week when the Department of Defense (DoD) said it will get lower prices for retail prescription drugs under its TRICARE health care plan.
