CVS/pharmacy has launched a service on its website that enables beneficiaries of Tricare, the U.S. armed forces’ health and prescription drug benefit program, to transfer their prescriptions to one of its drug stores. The move comes as CVS rival Walgreen Co.
Rite Aid Corp. has kicked off the new year with a new customer savings promotion called Resolution Rewards. The drug store chain said that Resolution Rewards, which began Sunday and runs through Jan. 28, makes it easy for members of its wellness+ customer loyalty program "to resolve to save more in
Now that it’s officially out of the Express Scripts Inc. pharmacy network, Walgreen Co. has served up a transition plan for patients who receive prescription drug benefits through the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM).
Another Supervalu Inc. food and drug chain has made a pitch to Walgreens pharmacy customers with Express Scripts Inc. prescription drug benefit plans.
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.
Though uncertainty still surrounds the economy and the U.S. health care reform law, North American drug chains have carved out a role as wellness providers.
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.
CVS Caremark Corp. is capitalizing on its “integration sweet spots” to drive growth.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores wants to ensure that Congress has the facts straight regarding the planned merger of Express Scripts Inc. and Medco Health Solutions Inc. In a letter to Sen. Herb Kohl (D., Wis.
Rite Aid Corp. has expanded its wellness+ customer loyalty program. Executives say the revamped program, which went into effect this month, will deliver more value to customers.
Extending the horizons of its innovative 40 Wall St. store, Duane Reade has opened a midtown Manhattan drug store with still more novel food and beauty care offerings. The 20,000-square-foot store at 52nd Street and Broadway formerly was a 3,100-square-foot Duane Reade Express outlet.
Community pharmacy advocates say concerns by 40 members of Congress that proposed Medicaid reimbursement rates are inadequate could eventually lead to changes in the plan.
Walgreen Co. corporate vice president and chief innovation officer Colin Watts has left the chain to join Weight Watchers International Inc. as senior vice president of wellness and global innovation.
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.
