Johnson & Johnson has named vice chairman Alex Gorsky as its next chief executive officer, succeeding Bill Weldon. Announcing the move late Tuesday, J&J said Gorsky, 51, is slated to take the CEO reins on April 26 at the company’s annual shareholder meeting.
More than 20,000 pharmacies nationwide have formed RxAlly, an alliance aimed at helping patients improve their health through personalized pharmacist care while reining in medical costs. RxAlly is led by Bruce Roberts, former chief executive officer of the National Community Pharmacists Association.
SpermCheck Fertility, an at-home test to measure sperm count, has become available on Walgreens.com and CVS.com and is slated to soon become available in stores.
Prestige Brands Holdings Inc. confirmed that it has received an offer to be bought out by Genomma Lab Internacional S.A.B. de C.V. but expressed bewilderment about why an unsolicited bid was made.
Kimberly-Clark Corp. now has another billion-dollar brand: Kotex. The company said Monday that Kotex crossed the billion-dollar global net sales mark in 2011, following two consecutive years of significant growth in the feminine care category.
MinuteClinic, the retail health clinic subsidiary of CVS Caremark Corp., plans to switch its current proprietary electronic medical record (EMR) system to the AllscriptsMyWay Electronic Health Record (EHR).
At its California stores, Rite Aid Corp. has added six new flavors to its Thrifty Ice Cream private label. The six new flavors include the brand’s first Greek-style nonfat frozen yogurts.
NEW YORK – CVS/pharmacy and Walgreens finished in the top 10 in Interbrand Design Forum’s annual ranking of the top 50 most valuable U.S. retail brands. DAYTON, Ohio, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Walmart maintains its #1 position on Interbrand’s U.S. Most Valuable Retail Brands list for 2012.
At eight of its drug stores in Louisville, Ky., Walgreen Co. has partnered with Passport Health Plan, a local Medicaid health plan, on a new smoking cessation program.
McNeil Consumer Healthcare is voluntarily recalling about 574,000 bottles of Infants’ Tylenol Oral Suspension pain reliever/fever reducer, citing concerns about the syringe dosing system. The McNeil-PPC Inc.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores plans to hold its fourth annual NACDS RxImpact Day on Capitol Hill on March 21 and 22 in Washington, D.C.
Helena Foulkes, chief health care strategy officer at CVS Caremark, said the company’s integrated retail pharmacy, pharmacy benefit management (PBM) and retail clinic offerings are bettering patients’ health by spurring medication adherence and targeting behaviors to improve treatment for chronic di
Taking aim at so-called "rogue" online pharmacies, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) has endorse the Online Pharmacy Safety Act of 2011 (S.B. 2002). NABP said Thursday that it has sent a letter to Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) and Jeff Sessions (R., Ala.
Walgreen Co. is piloting a pharmacist-led medication therapy management (MTM) program in a post-acute care facility in Florida. Walgreens said Thursday that through a collaboration with Greystone Healthcare Management at the Lady Lake Specialty Center in Lady Lake, Fla.
Mylan Inc. plans to change the name of its branded specialty pharmaceutical business from Dey Pharma to Mylan Specialty. The company said Wednesday that Dey is conducting business as Mylan Specialty effective immediately, but Dey Pharma L.P.
Kellogg Co. plans to acquire the Pringles snack business from Procter & Gamble Co. for nearly $2.7 billion. The companies said Wednesday that the all-cash transaction is expected to be finalized this summer, pending regulatory approvals.
