After two U.S. senators expressed concerns, Rite Aid Corp. has reiterated the role of its “wellness ambassador,” a key customer service feature of the drug chain’s new “wellness store” format. In press announcements this month, Sens. Richard Durbin (D., Ill.) and Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn.
Retail sales in February showed the highest gain in five months, and the industry’s largest drug chains mirrored the broader trend. At Rite Aid Corp., for instance, total sales for the five weeks ended March 3 increased 2.3% to $2.55 billion, up from $2.
Cardinal Health Inc. and CVS Caremark Corp. have won reprieves from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA’s) efforts to have them stop selling certain prescription drugs in Florida. In separate rulings a week apart, the U.S.
Chain pharmacies have “zero tolerance” for prescription drug diversion, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores told a congressional subcommittee earlier this month. Testifying before the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, chaired by Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R., Calif.
Walgreens has introduced mobile applications that allow its customers to use their smartphones to do everything from managing their prescriptions to ordering photographic prints.
The Utah state legislature’s passage of a bill that would require audits conducted by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to be “fair and rational” has been praised by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, which asserts that the action addresses the concern that PBMs jeopardize neighborhood ph
Whatever aspirations CVS Caremark entertained in hiring former Macy’s executive Mark Cosby as president of the company’s drug store unit, they appear, even at this early date, to have been both justified and exceeded.
The market for pharmacy benefit management services is in flux, with many different stakeholders working to alter the sector’s dynamics or exploring new options. The ultimate outcome of the ongoing dispute between Express Scripts Inc. (ESI) and Walgreen Co.
Shop ‘n Save Pharmacy has joined UnitedHealth Group’s Diabetes Prevention and Control Alliance. The Supervalu Inc.
Supervalu Inc. and Aurora Pharmacies were honored for the performance of their medication therapy management (MTM) services in 2011 by the Outcomes MTM Network.
Pharmacy advocates from 41 states held more than 350 meetings with senators and representatives this week during the National Association of Chain Drug Stores RxImpact Day on Capitol Hill.
Walgreen Co. has kicked off the Walgreens Way to Well Health Tour with AARP, which provides free prevention and early detection health services to underserved communities nationwide.
This week Rite Aid Corp. began hosting free full-body skin cancer screenings through The Skin Cancer Foundation’s annual Road to Healthy Skin Tour. The drug chain said Thursday that the tour’s 38-foot custom RV will stop at more than 50 Rite Aid stores to provide the skin cancer checks as it
CVS Caremark Corp. plans to close all of its Beauty 360 luxury beauty outlets later this spring. The company said in a statement Thursday that it will shut down its 25 Beauty 360 stores, as well as its related e-commerce business, on May 19. The stores are part of the CVS/pharmacy retail
Mylan Inc. and Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. have received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to launch a generic version of Roche’s Boniva osteoporosis medication. Mylan said Tuesday that its Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. has begun shipping ibandronate sodium tablets 150 mg.
