Bartell COO honored with Pratt Award
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has presented Bartell Drugs chief operating officer Ed Littleton with the Harold W. Pratt Award for his long-time service to the chain drug industry.
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Flu shot programs in full swing at drug chains
Back-to-school season is here, and flu season is nearing — which nowadays means that chain drug retailers are well under way with their annual flu shot programs.
NACDS leaders spotlight ‘viability of pharmacy patient care’
Retail pharmacy leaders highlighted the need for industry engagement on public policy as well as the profession’s broadening role in the health care system at the the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Pharmacy & Technology Conference.
Carex buys Detach N’ Go brand
Carex Health Brands has acquired the Detach N’ Go brand of detachable pill cases from Inventures Products LLC. Terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed.
Publix serves up generic lisinopril free
Publix Super Markets Inc. this week began offering pharmacy customers free 30-day supplies of generic lisinopril, an anti-hypertensive medication.
Kerr Health enters MTM partnership
Kerr Health, a subsidiary of Kerr Drug, has partnered with Family Health Network in a program aimed at fostering pharmacist-led medication therapy management (MTM.
GSK Consumer Healthcare sales VP to depart
Clark Brown, vice president of sales in the U.S. organization at GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare North America, is leaving the company. GSK said this week that Brown is departing the company "to pursue opportunities outside of the organization.
Rite Aid builds on same-store sales gains
Same-store sales at Rite Aid Corp. grew more in August than in the previous month, with solid gains in the front end and the pharmacy. Rite Aid said Thursday that for the five weeks ended Aug. 27, 2011, comparable-store sales rose 2.5% versus a year earlier. That growth topped the 1.9%
NACDS, NCPA challenge Express Scripts-Medco deal
Citing a potential anticompetitive impact on patients, consumers, the market “and the entire health care delivery system,” the National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) have written to the Federal Trade Commission to formally express their op
Court nixes Affordable Care Act provision
A federal appeals panel has struck down the core component of President Obama’s health care overhaul, shifting the question of whether Americans can be required to buy health insurance a step closer to the Supreme Court.
Lo named to oversee Rx at SDM
Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. (SDM) has appointed Dr. Dorian Lo as executive vice president of pharmacy and health care, and in that position he will lead the company’s pharmacy department and health solutions team. Lo’s career spans health care and pharmacy in both Canada and the United States.
New private label line rolled out by Walgreens
Walgreens has unveiled a new value-oriented store brand chainwide. Called Nice!, the brand includes more than 400 grocery and household products at prices up to 30% below those of national brands. The 7,750-store chain plans to have most Nice! products on shelves by early 2012.
Pact on user fees for generics near
The generic drug industry and the Food and Drug Administration have reached tentative agreement to establish a user fee program in which companies would pay as much as $299 million initially to hasten drug approvals and increase the frequency of FDA inspections of foreign drug plants.
Keelor becomes chief merchant at Katz
Retail veteran Ken Keelor has been named chief merchandising officer at Katz Group. In that role, Keelor will oversee all merchandising and marketing functions for the Rexall family of pharmacies.
The designers who helped Duane Reade create a hit
Before there is a dazzling store, there has to be a magnificent space. Duane Reade had such a space at 40 Wall Street, and it shows in the chain’s bold new drug store there.
Rx groups send Supreme Court brief in Medicaid case
Pharmacy groups have joined a pending case before the U.S. Supreme Court to determine if cuts to the reimbursement rates paid under Medicaid violate federal law.