Duane Reade Inc. has bolstered its merchandising team in a flurry of personnel moves as it pushes ahead with major store-optimization and marketing initiatives. The drug chain has hired Paul Tiberio as senior director of category management.
Walgreen Co. has announced a number of executive promotions. Wade Miquelon has been promoted to the position of executive vice president and chief financial officer, while John Spina was named corporate vice president of retail integration and new format development.
The government of Ontario is moving quickly to achieve further savings and greater efficiency in its drug plan.
CVS Caremark Corp. has named Dr. Andrew Sussman president and chief operating officer of its MinuteClinic business. In addition, he has been made CVS Caremark’s senior vice president and associate chief medical officer.
Former Wal-Mart Stores Inc. executives Bob Dufour and Chuck Fehlig have joined retail, pharmacy and health care consulting firm Blue Ocean Innovative Solutions Inc.
Walgreen Co. has again extended its deadline for filling Medicaid prescriptions in Delaware after announcing it would stop doing so because of proposed cuts in pharmacy reimbursement rates.
Rite Aid Corp. said Thursday that same-store sales fell 0.6% in June, while total sales slipped 2.5% during the period. For the four weeks ended June 27, front-end same-store sales dropped 4.
More than 100 community pharmacy advocates from over 30 states met with legislators as part of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores’ inaugural RxImpact Day on Capitol Hill on June 17.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) have filed with a federal appeals court a legal brief challenging the First DataBank and Medi-Span Inc. settlements, which reduce average wholesale prices (AWPs).
Challenging the First DataBank and Medi-Span settlements that reduce average wholesale prices (AWPs) for prescription drugs, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the Food Marketing Institute have filed their principal legal brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
This quarter CVS Caremark Corp. is slated to begin piloting its Consumer Engagement Engine, a data integration and intelligence solution that is designed to boost prescription drug adherence and effectiveness by providing a comprehensive view of the customer.
Citing "new and extreme" cuts in prescription drug reimbursements, Walgreen Co. plans to stop filling Medicaid prescriptions starting July 6 in its 66 Happy Harry’s pharmacies in Delaware.
