Med Time Technology Inc. has reached an agreement in which its Pill Timer vial caps, which alert users when to take their medication, will be offered on packaging from Rexam Plastics, one of the nation’s largest makers of plastic prescription vials. Med Time said it soon plans to announce the first
CVS Caremark Corp. has kicked off its annual flu shot program, with immunizations now available nationwide at all CVS/pharmacy and MinuteClinic locations.
Procter & Gamble’s Crest and Oral-B brands have launched Pro-Health For Me, which the company said is the first line of oral care products for tweens, or children age 8 and older.
Drug stores raised their public visibility as health care providers big-time in 2009 with aggressive flu shot programs. This year, they’re angling to go a step further.
Rite Aid Corp. has successfully completed a debt offering and a refinancing of its revolving credit facility that were announced last week. The pharmacy chain said Thursday that the two-pronged refinancing plan extends some of its debt maturities and lowers their interest costs.
Safeway Inc. has begun offering flu shots on a walk-in basis at its in-store pharmacies and through scheduled flu vaccine clinics at most of its other stores.
Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. is offering extra bonus points on back-to-school purchases for loyalty card members. The Canadian drug store chain said Thursday it will award the additional bonus points to Shoppers Optimum cardholders buying school-related items through Sept.
Mike Cantrell has been promoted to the new position of president at AmerisourceBergen Corp.’s Good Neighbor Pharmacy network. The pharmaceutical and health products distributor also said this week that Cantrell has been appointed group vice president of retail business development.
Rite Aid Corp. has launched its flu shot program, making seasonal flu vaccinations available at more than 3,000 of its pharmacy locations nationwide. The drug store chain said Thursday that the flu vaccines, which cost $24.
Duane Reade has promoted Joe Magnacca, formerly executive vice president and chief merchandising officer, to president. Magnacca, a retail industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience, joined Duane Reade in October 2008 as senior vice president and chief merchandising officer.
Aetna Inc. has agreed to use CVS Caremark Corp. to provide pharmacy benefit management services to its 9.7 million members for the next 12 years.
CVS Caremark Corp. is converting a growing number of outlets to its urban store concept. A spokesman for the drug store chain says that by the year’s end about 300 CVS stores in large cities across the country will sport the new look, which features more non-health care products along with a
Kimberly-Clark Corp. has been recognized by Walmart as the discount store giant’s 2009 International Supplier of the Year.
Quality Food Brands Inc., a subsidiary of Synergy Brands Inc., has received what it called a "substantial order" for several of its grocery products from Rite Aid Corp.
Executives at Shoppers Drug Mart (SDM) say that the recent rollback in pharmacy reimbursement rates across Canada is likely to slow the retailer’s growth in the coming years.
The Obama administration has issued new rules that require health insurers to provide free coverage of a wide range of preventive health services. The rules are intended to improve access to and use of these services, which currently are often subject to deductibles, coinsurance or copayments.
