Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has gone national with its free mail delivery prescription program. Begun in May with a pilot in Michigan, the mail-order program lets pharmacy patients receive 90-day supplies of more than 300 generic medications for $10.
Shoppers Drug Mart’s third Murale specialty beauty store that opened here just before the Labor Day weekend incorporates all the refinements suggested by management’s experience with the two pilot outlets launched last fall.
Lewis Drugs this month continued a mass flu shot program, which is said to be unparalleled in the chain drug industry. The retailer held full-blown 13-hour seasonal flu immunization clinics at six stores in Sioux Falls, S.D., where it is based.
Ernie Richardsen, a 17-year pharmacy industry veteran, has been promoted to group vice president of pharmaceutical purchasing and clinical services at Rite Aid Corp.
Community pharmacy advocates are hailing the approval of higher dispensing fees in the Texas Medicaid program as a significant victory. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently cleared the Texas State Plan Amendment, which boosts the pharmacy dispensing fee from $5.14 to $7.50.
Earlier this month, Mike Bloom, CVS’ chief merchant, got a promotion.
Everywhere community pharmacy operators turn these days there seems to be a new challenge. Over the weekend, chain drug stores and other prescription drug providers began to feel the fallout from the reduction in average wholesale prices mandated by the settlement of a class-action lawsuit.
Duncan Mac Naughton has resigned as executive vice president of merchandising and marketing at Supervalu Inc. The food and drug retailer and wholesaler said Monday that the resignation of Mac Naughton, 47, is effective September 28. The company did not give a reason for the resignation.
These days, everywhere community pharmacy operators turn there seems to be a new challenge. Over the weekend, chain drug stores and other prescription drug providers began to feel the fallout from the reduction in average wholesale prices mandated by the settlement of a class-action lawsuit.
McNeil Consumer Healthcare is recalling certain lots of Children’s and Infants’ Tylenol liquid products made over a year ago.
CVS Caremark Corp. this week opened its 7,000th drug store, in Little Canada, Minn.
With a busy flu season looming, Walgreen Co. is preparing to compound Tamiflu capsules because of a short supply of the oral suspension for children.
In a win for drug chains, New Jersey plans to step up its pharmacy reimbursement rate, according to the National Association of Chain Drug Stores.
Rite Aid Corp. posted a smaller loss for its fiscal 2010 second quarter amid a slight decline in total revenue and same-store sales. The drug store chain on Thursday reported a net loss of $116 million, or 14 cents per diluted share, for the 13 weeks ended August 29, down from
Rite Aid Corp. has promoted a pair of senior executives: Robert Thompson to executive vice president of pharmacy and Bill Wolfe to senior vice president of managed care and government affairs.
