A compromise over pharmacy reimbursement rate cuts allowing Walgreen Co. to continue filling Medicaid prescriptions in Delaware will not be final unless the National Association of Chain Drug Stores withdraws a lawsuit over the matter.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has added a new wrinkle to its generic drug program, offering a 90-day supply of about 300 generic prescriptions for $10, with free delivery by mail. Wal-Mart is providing the free mail delivery program in 22 states in the Midwest and the Northeast, as well as in the District
Duane Reade Holdings Inc. has refinanced nearly $350 million of debt through a notes offering and a private equity investment. The holding company for the drug store chain said earlier this month that subsidiaries Duane Reade Inc. and Duane Reade closed an offering of $300 million of 11.
Walgreen Co. has entered into a joint venture with Vanderbilt Medical Center, a Nashville-based health care facility and a major patient referral center for the mid-South. Under the agreement, Walgreens’ home care division will work with Vanderbilt to provide home infusion and respiratory services.
Cardinal Health Inc. will retain its enormous scale after the spin-off of its medical technology business while sharpening its focus, according to incoming chairman and chief executive officer George Barrett.
When Len DeMino retired earlier this month after over 50 years of service to the profession of community pharmacy, he closed the door on the golden era of chain drug retailing, an era he helped define. When DeMino began his career in 1958 as a pharmacist for Washington, D.C.
Walgreen Co. on Wednesday opened the second of five planned drug stores registered to meet certification for environmental efficiency and design.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is now offering free mail delivery for 90-day supplies of certain generic drug prescriptions in states across the Midwest and Northeast.
Demonstrating firsthand community pharmacy’s role in the nation’s health care system, Hartig Drug and Carepro Health Services on Monday hosted store tours by Rep. Dave Loebsack (D., Iowa) and Steve Anderson, president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores.
An agreement between Walgreen Co. and Delaware over Medicaid pharmacy reimbursements remains in a holding pattern as two drug retailer industry groups reassess a pending lawsuit against the state.
Pointing to research showing patient difficulty with medication adherence, CVS Caremark Corp. has launched a free prescription refill program.
Kinney Drugs Inc. and Supervalu Inc. this week received awards from the National Association of Chain Drug Stores for their active political involvement on behalf of the chain drug industry.
Executives from Katz Group North America, Rite Aid Corp. and H.E. Butt Grocery Co. were honored this week by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores at the 2009 NACDS Pharmacy & Technology Conference. The awards were accompanied by contributions to the NACDS Foundation from several companies.
In a letter, Chain Drug Review‘s editor urges National Association of Chain Drug Stores chief executive Steve Anderson to tackle core issues for the association head on. Steve Anderson President and CEO NACDS 413 N. Lee St. Alexandria, Va.
Despite President Obama’s wish to have both chambers of Congress pass health care reform bills before the start of the August recess, it appeared almost certain that legislators would return home without acting.
Walgreen Co. has agreed to keep filling prescriptions for Medicaid patients in Delaware, according to published reports.
