Meijer Inc.’s free prenatal vitamin program has filled its 1 millionth prescription, at a cost savings of nearly $14 million to Midwest families. The supercenter chain said Wednesday that Meijer pharmacies hit the million mark earlier this week.
Next week, Sam’s Club plans to offer free children’s health and ID screenings at its pharmacies nationwide. The Walmart warehouse club chain said Wednesday that the children’s health screenings will be available July 9 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the more than 500 Sam’s Club pharmacies.
Wrapping up its Marketplace Conference here, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores announced the winning vendors in the Product Showcase on the exhibit floor.
Walgreen Co. has unveiled a major investment plan for Chicago in which it will remodel many of its 142 drug stores in the city, quadruple its number of "food oasis" stores there and expand its downtown office space, providing an estimated 600 new jobs.
Predictors for type 2 diabetes are easily identifiable and may lead to earlier intervention for people at risk, according to a large community study sponsored by AstraZeneca.
The Canadian Association of Chain Drug Stores plans to roll out a web-based clinical platform that supports enhanced pharmacy services — including medication adherence — to pharmacies across Canada. Mirixa Corp.
An investigation by Consumer Reports found that prescription drug labels sometimes lack key safety warnings and some pharmacies failed to include federally required medication guides.
Skin care is a strong and steady category with room for growth. SymphonyIRI Group Inc. data shows that sales of soap, hand and body lotion, and skin care products remained relatively flat during the 52 weeks ended March 21, rising only slightly.
Qualitest Pharmaceuticals has announced a voluntary nationwide retail-level recall of butalbital, acetaminophen and caffeine tablets (50mg/325mg/40mg) and hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen tablets (7.5mg/500mg).
Abbott Diabetes Care is working with the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Criminal Investigations, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other law enforcement officials to recover a stolen shipment of blood glucose monitoring products.
Walgreen Co. has introduced its new Web Pickup service at store locations throughout the Chicago area. The drug store chain said Monday that Chicago is the first full market rollout for Web Pickup, which lets consumers to shop online at Walgreens.
Companies dealing with health care data should intensify efforts and “move from a crawl to a sprint” to help improve the nation’s health outcomes and reduce costs, says Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. Walgreen Co.
Challenging the domain of drug chains, Walmart has debuted the first three of its new small-format stores. The 15,000-square-foot Walmart Express units opened this month in Gentry and Prairie Grove, Ark., southeast of the retailer’s Bentonville headquarters; and in Richfield, N.C.
Tim Canning, who as president of Health Mart is credited with playing a leading role in advancing the success of McKesson Corp.’s retail independent pharmacy business, is joining Omnicare Inc. as chief marketing officer.
CVS Caremark Corp. has been awarded a three-year contract to provide integrated pharmacy benefit services for the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Government-wide Service Benefit Plan, also known as the Federal Employee Program (FEP).
In a triumph for retailers, the Senate has refused to delay cuts to debit card swipe fees. Despite a lobbying blitz by the banking industry, the Senate let stand new rules curtailing the fees that banks and credit card networks can charge retailers to process debit card transactions.
