Banana Boat adds to CoolZone line
Banana Boat has begun rolling out a pair of new products for its CoolZone line and unveiled a sponsorship with NASCAR and IndyCar auto racing teams.
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Shoppers Drug Mart adds essence to exclusive brands
Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. is expanding its roster of exclusive beauty care brands with the rollout of essence, a Germany-based value cosmetics brand. At Shoppers Drug Mart, essence cosmetics will be showcased in an innovative display.
Rite Aid adopts cloud-based workforce management tool
Rite Aid Corp. plans to deploy a cloud-based workforce management system that will be used at all of its nearly 4,700 drug stores. Retail workforce management technology provider WorkPlace Systems Inc.
Shoppers Drug Mart makes donation to Canada’s Blueprint for Pharmacy
Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. is donating $250,000 to support The Blueprint for Pharmacy Implementation Strategy, a long-term initiative to evolve pharmacy practice with the changing health care needs of Canadians.
Watson: Court stays injunction for Lovenox generic
A federal appeals court has granted Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Amphastar Pharmaceuticals a stay of the preliminary injunction preventing them from marketing or selling Amphastar’s enoxaparin sodium injection.
McKesson to distribute BlueScience to pharmacies
McKesson Corp. is slated to distribute BluScience dietary supplements from ChromaDex Corp. to about 4,000 community pharmacies. ChromaDex said Wednesday that under the agreement, McKesson will distribute three BluScience supplement products to independent pharmacies: HeartBlu, EternalBlu and Blu2Go.
Nipro acquires new HQ site
Nipro Diagnostics Inc., has purchased a new corporate facility in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to house many of its operations. The diabetes care supplier said Thursday that the building, at 2200 West Cypress Creek Rd. in Fort Lauderdale.
NCPA: Medicaid draft FULs come up short again
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a fourth round of draft federal upper limits (FULs) for Medicaid generic drug reimbursement, but the proposed levels still fall short for community pharmacies, according to the National Community Pharmacists Association.
MinuteClinic cites surge in pertussis cases
Pointing to a rise in whooping cough cases, MinuteClinic announced that DTap and Tdap vaccinations are available daily at more than 600 walk-in health clinics nationwide.
Rite Aid spotlights consumables for ‘big game’
With Super Bowl Sunday coming up soon, Rite Aid Corp. is launching a new promotion that highlights the chain as a convenient, year-round destination for commonly purchased food and beverage items.
Walgreens CFO, pharmacy chief, ex-CEO join boards
Current Walgreen Co. executives Wade Miquelon and Kermit Crawford and former chief executive officer Jeffrey Rein have joined the boards of health care service providers.
CVS Caremark lands Pennsylvania Rx benefits pact
The Pennsylvania Employees Benefit Trust Fund (PEBTF) has awarded CVS Caremark Corp. a three-year contract to provide prescription drug benefits to Pennsylvania state employees.
LipiGesic M migraine remedy hits CVS shelves
PuraMed BioScience Inc. has rolled out its LipiGesic M natural treatment for migraine headaches at CVS/pharmacy.
New chief takes over at Boehringer Ingelheim USA
Paul Fonteyne has been named U.S. country managing director and president and chief executive officer of Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corp. The Germany-based drug maker said this week that Fonteyne takes over that post from J.
Mobile app compares retail pharmacy drug prices
LowestMed, a provider of discount drug programs, has launched what it calls the industry’s first mobile application that enables consumers to view and compare prescription drug prices at local retail pharmacies on a smartphone.
N.Y. to assess AAC as Rx reimbursement benchmark
As part of an effort to revamp its Medicaid program, the state of New York this year plans to evaluate average acquisition cost (AAC) as a benchmark for pharmacy reimbursement.