Drugstore.com more than halved its net loss from a year ago in its fiscal 2010 fourth quarter as sales jumped 23% on an adjusted basis. However, the online health and beauty care retailer posted a higher net loss for its 2010 fiscal year, despite a 24% surge in revenue on an adjusted
Schick Disposables has kicked off "Play it Smooth," a promotion with the Rock Band 3 music video game and Fender guitar brand.
This month Glogover Hosiery is rolling out what it said is the first-ever performance pantyhose with a seamless toe flap, with the product making its debut at Duane Reade.
FFF Enterprises Inc. has added FluMist flu vaccine nasal spray to its portfolio of flu immunizations.
UrgentRx has launched a new line of fast-acting, powdered medications in convenient, credit card-size packets that can be taken anytime, anywhere.
Consumers are too often opting for brand-name prescription drugs when an effective, cheaper generic alternative is available, and many are overlooking retailers’ discount generic drug programs, according to Consumer Reports.
Canada could face higher prescription drug costs depending on the outcome of trade talks with the European Union, which may bring changes to the nation’s drug patent system.
Hailing a string of public policy victories, National Association of Chain Drug Stores chairman Larry Merlo said NACDS has evolved from a group that "knows how to win" into one that "is winning consistently." In remarks on Monday at the NACDS Regional Chain Conference in Naples, Fla.
INGfertility has rolled out its Pre-Seed Personal Lubricant at all Duane Reade pharmacies in metropolitan New York and select Walgreens drug stores nationwide.
GlaxoSmithKline has received a license extension to market a chewable tablet version of its weight-loss aid alli in Europe. GSK said Monday that the new alli chewable tablets (orlistat 27 mg) are slated to go on sale in pharmacies throughout the United Kingdom in April.
Two PanOxyl Acne Creamy Wash prescription products from Stiefel are being introduced for over-the-counter use in the United States.
Magellan Distribution Solutions LLC, a wholesale and export subsidiary of Navarro Discount Pharmacy, has acquired the assets of Buxco Inc. of Miami.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation said its patient care database has more than doubled in size since going live about a year ago.
Tennessee lawmakers have introduced legislation calling for the state to adopt an electronic tracking system to monitor purchases of over-the-counter medicines containing pseudoephedrine. The Tennessee General Assembly late last week said the bills from state Sen. Mae Beavers (S.B.
Overlooked amid the cacophony of meetings planned, meetings scheduled, meetings held and meetings evaluated was a relatively quiet event late last month in Orlando, Fla. The meeting in question was the annual trade expo hosted by the Chain Drug Marketing Association.
Business executives don’t like uncertainty, but it’s a condition retail pharmacy operators and others involved in health care delivery will have to learn to live with for the foreseeable future.
