It appears increasingly unlikely that former Walmart executive Hank Mullany will join CVS/pharmacy. In the wake of a decision by a Delaware judge to prevent, at least temporarily, Mullany from becoming president of the drug chain, sources close to parent company CVS Caremark Corp.
MinuteClinic has affiliated with St. Rose Dominican Hospitals in southern Nevada in a clinical alliance to enhance the health care services in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The CVS Caremark Corp.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation plans to contribute $1.5 million in grants to expand the availability of community pharmacy residency programs (CPRPs) for pharmacy graduates, which it said is the single-largest grant ever dedicated to community pharmacy residencies.
Cold and flu symptoms don’t deter many Americans from going to work, according to poll by Kraft Foods’ Halls cough drop brand.
The Cardinal Health Foundation and the Ohio State University College of Pharmacy have teamed up to launch the new GenerationRx Youth Toolkit, aimed at helping prevent prescription drug abuse by teens.
Despite declined revenue, Rite Aid Corp. narrowed its loss for its fiscal 2011 third quarter and came in ahead of Wall Street’s forecast. The drug store chain said Thursday that for the 13-week third quarter ended Nov. 27, sales fell 2.4% to $6.2 billion from $6.4 billion a year earlier. The
Walmart has been granted a preliminary injunction to block former executive Hank Mullany from being hired as the pharmacy chief at CVS Caremark Corp., according to published reports.
Novartis has entered an agreement to acquire the remaining interest of eye care company Alcon Inc. that it doesn’t already own. Novartis said Wednesday that under the stock-and-cash deal, valued at $12.
Johnson & Johnson has named Alex Gorsky and Sheri McCoy as vice chairmen of its executive committee and said they will join board chairman and chief executive officer William Weldon in an expanded office of the chairman.
The "candy-like appearance" of Tessalon (benzonatate) liquid cough suppressant capsules presents a risk to young children, and the medication should be kept in child-proof containers, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
An estimated 36 million Americans, or one in six people, have purchased prescription drugs online without a doctor’s prescription, according to research presented by The Partnership at Drugfree.org and funded by the Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP). The Partnership at Drugfree.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the National Community Pharmacists Association are dropping their 2007 lawsuit that has blocked the implementation of the so-called "AMP rule" by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
CVS/pharmacy has launched CVS Express Photo App, an online application that enables users of the social media site Facebook to order photo prints directly from their Facebook albums and pick them up in about an hour from a CVS store. "Facebook has become a popular and easy way to share photos online
RediClinic plans to open 20 new health clinics in H.E. Butt Grocery Co. stores across Texas. The retail health clinic operator said Monday that the expansion will almost double the 21 RediClinics now operating in H.E. Butt supermarkets. Plans call for eight new RediClinics to open in H.E.B.
George Lorch has been elected as nonexecutive chairman of the board at Pfizer Inc. The move comes after the exit of chairman, president and chief executive officer Jeffrey Kindler, who Pfizer said last week has retired.
Former CVS category management executive Steve Ortleb has joined Market Performance Group (MPG). The consumer sales and marketing strategy firm said Ortleb will serve as a director on the MPG Sales & Retail Services team and as a retail adviser for the MPG Strategy Consulting group.
