Humana offers employers Walmart Rx Network option
Walmart is the pharmacy provider in a new pharmacy benefits option offered to employers by health insurer Humana Inc.
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Take Care offers Medicare wellness visits
Take Care Health Systems has begun offering Medicare patients wellness visits that provide an array of preventive health care services.
Rite Aid’s results improve in 4Q, full year
Rite Aid Corp. saw its revenue grow and its net loss shrink for the fiscal 2012 fourth quarter and full year but fell short of analysts’ earnings forecast. The drug chain said Thursday that for the 14-week fourth quarter ended March 3, revenue climbed 10.7% to $7.1 billion from $6.5 billion
Takeda to acquire URL Pharma
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. plans to buy URL Pharma Inc. for $800 million. The companies said Wednesday that the deal, which also includes future performance-based payments to Takeda, is expected to close within the next couple of months.
Watson, Akorn release generic Vancocin
Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Akorn Inc. have shipped vancomycin hydrochloride capsules, an antibiotic used to treat infections of the intestines that cause colitis. The companies said Tuesday that their products, offered in strengths of 125 mg and 250 mg, are generic versions of ViroPharma Inc.
Cardinal’s Pharmacy Health Network has impact
Cardinal Health Inc. said its digital advertising network for retail pharmacies has been shown by Nielsen Co. audience research to be an effective way for advertisers to market products to consumers at the point of purchase.
Kentucky bill takes aim at PBM pharmacy audits
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores hailed the enactment of legislation in Kentucky that would require transparency in pharmacy audit processes conducted by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). NACDS said Wednesday that the state law (H.B.
New director named to Walgreens board
Walgreen Co. has elected Jan Babiak to its board of directors. Walgreens said late Tuesday that Babiak, a retired managing partner for Ernst & Young, joins the board as an independent director and becomes its 12th member.
Rite Aid responds to pertussis outbreak in Washington
Rite Aid Corp. has boosted supplies of the pertussis booster vaccine Tdap at its 140 drug stores in Washington after the state’s health department reported "epidemic" levels of whooping cough.
MinuteClinic aids in diabetes monitoring
This spring MinuteClinic is offering a free monitoring visit to diabetes patients to help them better control the disease.
Cub Pharmacy to offer diabetes management program
Cub Pharmacy is joining UnitedHealth Group’s Diabetes Prevention and Control Alliance (DPCA), giving Cub Foods pharmacy customers access to the alliance’s Diabetes Control Program for managing type 2 diabetes.
Pharmacists at Rite Aid provide Rx compliance counsel
Rite Aid Corp. pharmacists have begun offering personalized reports that show how well patients are doing in following their prescription medication regimens.
Walgreens: Retail gets nod over mail for 90-day Rx
A Walgreen Co. study comparing usage rates of patients filling 90-day prescriptions via community pharmacies and mail order found that when co-pay costs are similar, patients preferred the community pharmacy channel option by four to one.
ESI-Medco deal gets green light from the FTC
The Federal Trade Commission has cleared the way for Express Scripts Inc.’s controversial acquisition of pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) Medco Health Solutions Inc. for about $29 billion.
Pharmacy groups sue to block PBM merger
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) have filed a lawsuit to block the merger of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) Express Scripts Inc. and Medco Health Solutions Inc.
Lawmakers learn about power of Rx
Hundreds of chain drug executives, pharmacists and pharmacy students from across the country converged on Capitol Hill last month to lobby lawmakers about the vital role community pharmacy plays in the nation’s health care system.