Walmart begins flu vaccine clinics
Walmart and its Sam’s Club warehouse club unit have started holding flu shot clinics in more than 4,100 stores across the country.
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Safeway poll: Not everyone who believes in flu shots gets one
Most people think flu shots help ward off influenza, yet many of those same individuals don’t end up getting immunized, a new survey from Safeway Inc. finds. The Safeway Seasonal Wellness Survey revealed that 60% of Americans believe that flu vaccinations are effective in preventing the flu.
Study: E-prescribing fosters patient Rx pickup
Patients with chronic conditions who get medical care in an integrated health system with electronic health records are much more likely to pick up new prescriptions, according to a study by Kaiser Permanente.
Diabetes screenings upcoming from Sam’s Club
Sam’s Club this weekend is slated to hold free diabetes screenings for adults and children. The Walmart warehouse club chain said that this Saturday, Sept. 10, all of its more than 500 pharmacy locations will provide the diabetes checkups for members and nonmembers from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Same-store sales climb in August at Walgreens
Walgreen Co. turned in a robust same-store sales performance in August after calendar day shifts impacted results the previous month. Walgreens said Tuesday that August comparable-store sales rose 5.6%, compared with a 2.7% increase in July and in line with strong gains of 4.8% in June and 5.
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.
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.