For diabetes patients, CVS Caremark Corp. finds that a medication adherence program can make a big difference. The company on Wednesday said a review of data tracking its diabetes drug adherence program found that 75.
The most significant development in chain drug retailing this year has been its willingness, finally, to begin to unleash the power of the pharmacist and the pharmacy that supports him.
Duane Reade, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2010, is a fixture on the retail scene in New York City.
CVS Caremark Corp. has completed the conversion of nearly 500 Longs Drug Stores in California, Nevada and Arizona to the CVS banner and format. CVS executives marked the occasion recently at an outlet in Monterey, Calif., showing off the changes consumers will see in the revamped store.
Despite record third quarter sales and profits, CVS Caremark Corp. forecast disappointing results for its pharmacy benefits management business next year, based on the loss of a net of $4.8 billion in contracts.
Duane Reade Inc.’s new store in Herald Square in Manhattan has less and more. The two-story 14,000-square-foot unit has fewer SKUs than Duane Reade has traditionally offered but more variety, most notably in the prestige beauty category.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has praised House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) for supporting community pharmacy’s concerns in the health care reform bill that was expected to be passed by the House earlier this month.
A health care reform bill may not make its way out of Congress and onto President Barack Obama’s desk until early next year, lawmakers said earlier this month. “We’re not going to be bound by any timelines,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said earlier this month. “We need to do the best job
Former Rite Aid Corp. executive Greg Drew has become president of the regional drug wholesaler Value Drug Co.
Aurora Pharmacy is exiting the supermarket prescription drug business. The company this month said it has agreed to sell 30 pharmacies, mostly in-store locations, to Roundy’s Supermarkets Inc. and Walgreen Co. Terms of the deals were not disclosed.
The nation is facing a severe shortage of seasonal flu and H1N1 vaccines, a situation that many federal and independent health officials agree was unavoidable because the global swine flu pandemic has heightened demand for all flu immunizations well beyond the production capabilities of vaccine manu
With the deadline for the certification requirements of last year’s Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) set to go into effect early next year, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores is holding a series of online educational forums to help suppliers and retailers prepare for the n
Rite Aid Corp. has completed a plan to refinance debt maturing in September 2010.
Rite Aid Corp. is serving as the exclusive pharmacy provider for a new health care network in metropolitan New York that serves uninsured and underinsured patients.
CVS Caremark Corp. aims to broaden pharmacogenomic clinical and testing services for its pharmacy benefit management clients through a partnership with Generation Health Inc., a genetic benefit management firm.
Walgreen Co. filled a record number of prescriptions electronically during October, with e-prescribing volume surging by triple digits versus a year earlier.
