About 60 Medicine Shoppe International (MSI) and Medicap pharmacy owners have filed an arbitration claim against their franchisors alleging lack of support. The franchisees announced their breach-of-contract claim last month. Cardinal Health Inc.
Hy-Vee chairman and chief executive officer Ric Jurgens says he will retire in June. At Hy-Vee’s annual meeting last month, the 62-year-old Jurgens said he feels that the chain, which operates more than 200 food and pharmacy stores and about 25 stand-alone drug stores, has reached the point where he
Community pharmacy in Canada is grappling with a new reality as payers strive to limit drug expenditures and other health care costs while opportunities open up for pharmacists to deliver new, remunerated services.
With a recent study from IBM showing the percentage of consumers using mobile devices to shop has nearly tripled over the past year, CVS/pharmacy has made its entire cvs.com catalog available through its mobile site.
Sabona of London Unlimited Inc. has rolled out a selection of its magnetic and copper bracelets and other products at select Rite Aid drug stores.
Walgreen Co. outlined some of the potential impact of its contract stand-off with Express Scripts Inc. in a quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the Dec.
Food and drug retailer Shop ‘N Save is targeting Walgreens pharmacy patients with Express Scripts prescription drug benefit plans. The Supervalu Inc.
Mark Cosby made his first public appearance as CVS/pharmacy president last month during CVS Caremark’s 2011 conference for investors and financial analysts.
patent cliffs, stagnant pipelines, the end of the blockbuster era, etc. In reality, the prospects of the biopharmaceutical sector — for patients in search of new medicines, for policy makers seeking value in the health care system and for
While the coming of the new year leads many people to formulate resolutions, it spurs some others to resolve an important issue — paternity, according to a survey commissioned by Identigene.
The editors of Chain Drug Review have named the employees of Walgreen Co. — and more particularly, five of the company’s top executives — as the publication’s 2011 Chain Drug Retailers of the Year.
Absent the last-minute shopping surge that rescued holiday sales a year ago, Christmas 2011 was in the main a dismal event for the nation’s drug chains. The holiday shopping season that began on Black Friday, Nov. 25, and ended 30 days later on Christmas Eve — giving the retail community one more
Mylan Inc. has announced the rollout of two new generic drugs, including medications for high blood pressure and epilepsy. The company said Tuesday that its subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Perrigo Co. has gained final approval from the Food and Drug Administration for desloratadine tablets (5 mg), an allergy medication.
Walgreen Co.’s new "health and daily living store" concept has made its debut in Washington, D.C., and the drug chain plans more of the new-format stores in that market.
In a setback for Canadian drug store chains, the Ontario government has won an appeal to reinstate a ban on private-label generic drugs in the province.
