Ethnic skin care and makeup supplier Black Opal has announced the winner of its True Beauty Model Search.The company, which offers a range of skin products for women and men of color, on Wednesday named 20-year-old Brookell Barber as the True Beauty winner.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores is teaming up with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to promote the use of community-based care transition programs as a way to improve patient health and cut health care costs.
Duane Reade pharmacy chief Frank Scorpiniti has been appointed chief operating officer at Katz Group Canada Ltd., operator of Canada’s Rexall drug store chain.
Navarro Discount Pharmacy plans to roll out its own private-label program for Hispanic consumers that features bilingual product packaging.
Former GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) executive Darren Singer has joined Safeway Inc. as senior vice president of pharmacy, health and wellness.
Dr. David Lorber, vice president of clinical affairs at Walgreen Co., discussed key trends in specialty pharmacy at the Pinsonault Associates Managed Markets Summit in Miami.
Pampers is turning 50, and to mark its five decades of providing baby care around the globe the diaper brand is unveiling its Little Miracle Missions program. The Procter & Gamble Co.
The leaders of the Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA), Canadian Medical Association (CMA) and Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) have joined forces to urge party leaders to focus on health care during the upcoming leaders’ debates.
L’eggs hosiery has launched a national marketing campaign featuring the brand’s first national television advertising in more than 14 years. HanesBrands said Monday that the campaign by L’eggs will feature a new tagline: "You’re in luck. You’re in L’eggs.
Nash Finch has named onetime CVS Caremark Corp. executive Christopher Bodine to its board of directors. The food and drug store distributor said Monday that Bodine will become a director on its board effective April 28.
With state and federal lawmakers talking about curtailing Medicaid spending as a way to scale back budget deficits, drug chains across the country could face yet another economic challenge, executives and industry advocates say.
Walgreen Co.’s $409 million purchase of drugstore.com, which followed the sale of its pharmacy benefits management division, underlines the chain’s rededication to retailing in all its forms. It also contrasts Walgreens with rival CVS Caremark Corp.
With state and federal lawmakers talking about curtailing Medicaid spending as a way to scale back budget deficits, drug chains across the country could face yet another economic challenge, executives and industry advocates say.
Helena Foulkes has been named executive vice president and chief health care strategy and marketing officer at CVS Caremark Corp., a new post.
Former WellPoint Inc. executive Dijuana Lewis has been named senior vice president of health care solutions at Walmart U.S.
The overwhelming and underappreciated cost of medication nonadherence was highlighted last month in a supplement in The Washington Post. The chain drug industry was well represented in the 12-page report, assembled by MediaPlanet Publishing Inc. and subtitled “Fixing America’s Other Drug Problem.
