Next year, the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and the Global Market Development Center (GMDC) will hold a joint conference focused on health, beauty and wellness. The two trade groups announced the new event Tuesday at FMI’s Health and Wellness Conference in Orlando, Fla.
Six weeks remain until the start of the 2012 Annual Meeting of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores. And once again this year the event holds every initial promise of amply rewarding those retail and supplier executives who care enough about their business to journey to Palm Beach, Fla.
Community pharmacies and the drug wholesalers that supply them find themselves caught in the crossfire between people who divert and abuse prescription medications and the law enforcement officials working to stop them.
Walgreen Co. has teamed up with Sharecare to launch an "Answers" application that provides visitors to the drug chain’s Facebook page access to a searchable drug, supplement and wellness database.
Crest and Oral-B have added the Pro-Health Clinical Plaque Control line of products, which are designed to significantly reduce plaque when used together.
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. has shipped once-daily Arcapta Neohaler (indacaterol inhalation powder) 75 mcg to pharmacies nationwide.
Merz Pharmaceuticals has introduced Mederma Advanced Scar Gel, billed as the first and only once-daily topical scar gel clinically shown to reduce the appearance of scars.
New research has found that two Olay body moisturizing formulas with niacinamide provide rapid, lasting dry skin benefits over conventional moisturizers.
Upsher-Smith Laboratories’ AmLactin Alpha-Hydroxy Skin Care brand has signed New York cosmetic dermatologist Dr. Doris Day to serve as an educational consultant for its "Ultra Skin Performance" campaign.
New Jersey lawmakers have taken a stand against the proposed merger of Express Scripts Inc. and Medco Health Solutions Inc. and called on Gov. Chris Christie (R.) to oppose the deal, which would create the nation’s biggest pharmacy benefit manager.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. has begun the commercial launch of escitalopram oxalate tablets, an antidepressant medication. Teva said Wednesday that its product is a generic version of Forest Laboratories’ Lexapro Tablets.
H.D. Smith has made Bill Williams its permanent chief financial officer after he recently served in the post on an interim basis. The pharmaceutical distributor said Wednesday that as CFO Williams joins the executive committee and reports to chairman and chief executive officer Dale Smith.
Medline Industries Inc. has introduced its FitRight line, which the company said represents "entirely new kind of adult incontinence product." The company said Monday that FitRight reinvents how incontinence products look, feel and perform, helping people with incontinence live with confidence.
Navarro Discount Pharmacy has opened its 31st store, located in Pembroke Pines, Fla. The South Florida chain, the nation’s largest Hispanic-owned pharmacy retailer, said Thursday that the Pembroke Pines store is part of its three-year, 22-store expansion strategy throughout the state.
Since the onset of the recession, the importance of people as a driver of service excellence has increased substantially–even more than the importance of price, according to a J.D. Power cross-industry special report titled, "Beyond Satisfaction: J.D.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the National Community Pharmacists Association praised the Utah state legislature for passing a bill that would require audits conducted by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to be fair and rational.
