This year’s holiday shopping season got off to a strong start, and drug chains were among the early winners. According to a National Retail Federation (NRF) poll conducted by BIGresearch, 14% of the more than 3,800 consumers surveyed — representing a national sample of 18.
Walgreen Co. has added scannable coupons to its mobile applications, offering exclusive discounts to its smartphone customers. Coupons range in value from 50 cents to $5 and are good toward a variety of products including beauty items, gifts, consumables and everyday essentials such as diapers.
If initial indications offer any guarantee of an eventual outcome, Mike Bloom’s arrival as president and chief operating officer at Family Dollar Stores promises to benefit the dollar retailer in ways almost too numerous to detail.
With the end of the year less than three weeks away, it appears all but certain that Walgreens will not be part of Express Scripts’ network of pharmacy providers when 2012 gets under way.
Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. is rolling out Amethia Lo tablets, an oral contraceptive. Watson said late Wednesday that it has launched Amethia Lo (levonorgestrel/ethinyl estradiol 0.1 mg/0.02 mg) and ethinyl estradiol (0.01 mg) tablets under a settlement with Teva Women’s Health Inc.
The Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA) has hired Ahaviah Glaser as vice president for policy and strategic alliances.
The Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA) has honored Sen. Pat Roberts (R., Kan.) with its Rx Safety and Healthcare Leadership Award.
London Drugs has launched a new Photolab website that enables customers to log into and access images from Facebook, Flickr, Google+ and Picasa social media accounts and create a variety of photo products.
Walgreen Co. said more than 250,000 beneficiaries in the military’s Tricare health plan have petitioned Express Scripts Inc. to keep the drug chain in its pharmacy provider network.
AstraZeneca plans to cut more than 1,000 jobs from its U.S. sales force as part of a restructuring program unveiled last year. The pharmaceutical firm said Wednesday that it aims to eliminate about 1,150 leadership positions and sales representatives, or roughly 24% of its U.S. sales organization.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has endorsed legislation that aims to stiffen penalties on criminals engaged in trafficking counterfeit medications. NACDS said Wednesday that it has sent a letter of support to Sen. Patrick Leahy (D., Vt.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has overruled a decision by the Food and Drug Administration that would have allowed women under age 17 to buy the Plan B One-Step morning-after pill without a prescription.
Catering to the swelling ranks of smartphone users, CVS/pharmacy has made the entire CVS.com catalog available to shoppers through its mobile site (m.cvs.com). CVS said Wednesday that the move, which also includes access to the CVS Photo mobile site (m.cvsphoto.com) and MinuteClinic mobile site (m.
Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. has launched an authorized generic version of Caduet, indicated for the treatment of high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Ranbaxy said Tuesday that the product is being introduced in the U.S. market under an agreement with Pfizer Inc.
Christopher Arington has been promoted to vice chairman and chief executive officer of authorized generic drug maker Prasco Laboratories. Previously president and chief operating officer, he takes the CEO reins from his father, Prasco chairman and founder E. Thomas Arington.
Retail pharmacy executives told a Senate panel that the merger of Express Scripts Inc. and Medco Health Solutions Inc., if approved, could lead to higher prescription drug costs and limit patient access to pharmacy services, in turn negatively impacting health outcomes.
