Last year the number of electronic prescriptions jumped more than 70% and the number of prescribers routing prescriptions electronically more than doubled, according to a new Surescripts report on e-prescribing.
During times of national emergency, pharmacies have demonstrated unique capabilities in helping citizens and government prepare and respond, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores told a congressional committee.
A new report from the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) shows that medical researchers are big strides in understanding why women suffer disproportionately from various diseases.
Health beverage maker Joint Juice Inc. has kicked off a new partnership with football great Joe Montana.
Banana Boat sun care is teaming up with The Skin Cancer Foundation to raise funds for skin cancer education initiatives by challenging 101,000 consumers to get "Sun Certified" this year.
Pringles is now offering a portable speaker in a mail giveaway for consumers who buy Super Stack cans of the potato crisp snack. Procter & Gamble Co. said Wednesday that through Oct.
AmerisourceBergen Corp. president and chief operating officer Steven Collis, who is slated to take the reins as chief executive officer this summer, has been elected to the company’s board.
John Baumer, a partner with the private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners, has joined the Rite Aid Corp. board of directors. Rite Aid said Thursday that Baumer replaces Leonard Green managing partner Jon Sokoloff, who has resigned from the drug chain’s board.
CVS Caremark Corp. was selected as one of 20 finalists for the 2011 URAC Awards for Best Practices in Health Care Consumer Empowerment and Protection. CVS Caremark said Thursday that its Pharmacy Advisor program was chosen by a panel of judges out of entries from across the country.
A broad coalition of health care retailers, suppliers and organizations has called on Congress to repeal the requirement that prevents consumers from using flexible spending accounts (FSAs) to buy over-the-counter medicines without first getting a doctor’s prescription.
Marking the 125th anniversary of "two American icons," the Coca-Cola Foundation donated $1 million to support The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation’s Peopling of America Center, a new initiative that will tell the story of the immigration experience in America.
Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co. has sold its Midlothian Laboratories division to Metrics Inc., a drug development company in North Carolina. Terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed.
Retail pharmacy groups applauded a pair of events that turned the spotlight on the importance of medication adherence to improving health care outcomes while scaling back costs.
Addressing shareholders for the first time as chief executive officer, Larry Merlo touted the growth potential of CVS Caremark Corp.’s integrated pharmacy business model at its Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Merlo said during the event Wednesday at CVS Caremark’s Woonsocket, R.I.
Unilever has completed its $3.7 billion deal to acquire Alberto Culver Co.
Nature’s Omega has begun distributing OmegaWater, its flavored water fortified with omega-3s, to Duane Reade drug stores in metropolitan New York. The Pittston, Pa.
