Rite Aid Corp. said slim reimbursement rates, new generic drugs and the ongoing antitrust talks for the merger with Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) squeezed sales and earnings for its fiscal 2017 third quarter. Rite Aid said Thursday that for the third quarter ended Nov. 26, sales dipped 0.8% to $8.
The Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP Global) has partnered with the American Medical Association (AMA), American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and 14 other national health care stakeholders to educate providers and patients about the surge in illegal online pharmacies and counterfeit medic
Actress and philanthropist Priyanka Chopra has been named as Pantene’s newest global brand ambassador.
Americans continue to hold pharmacists in high regard, according to Gallup’s Honesty and Integrity survey. Of more than 1,000 U.S.
Upsher-Smith Laboratories Inc. has entered an agreement to sell its AmLactin skin care brand to Sandoz Inc. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Upsher-Smith said the move is part of its strategy of focusing on generic drugs and novel therapies.
This week, Mylan N.V. began making an authorized generic of its EpiPen epinephrine auto-injector available to pharmacies.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (WBA) and Rite Aid Corp. have entered into an agreement to sell 865 Rite Aid stores and certain assets related to store operations to Fred’s Inc. for $950 million.
Later next year, the Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA) plans to launch a service to aid the adoption of a Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) coding system across the pharmaceutical supply chain.
Sensing change in the air, a group of pharmacy associations have called on the incoming Trump administration and congressional leaders to recognize the role that pharmacies play in the nation’s health care system.
H.D. Smith has rolled out VentureRx, a program to aid in the launch, sale or expansion of a pharmacy business.
The 2016 NACDS Foundation Dinner, part of NACDS Week in New York, raised $1.94 million for evidence-based research, pharmacy education and philanthropic initiatives to improve patient outcomes and advance population health. Dr.
spurred by the rising use of mobile shopping — influenced $14.5
Omnicell Inc. has closed its $41 million deal to acquire pharmacy patient care and medication synchronization specialist Ateb Inc. Omnicell and Ateb announced the agreement late last month.
CVS Health’s integrated pharmacy care model makes it a “partner of choice” in the health care arena, president and chief executive officer Larry Merlo said at the company’s annual Analyst Day event in Manhattan.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is giving pharmacies more flexibility to extend their reward and loyalty programs to beneficiaries in government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, according to the National Association of Chain Drug Stores.
Retail prices for 268 branded prescription drugs widely used by older Americans climbed by an average of 15.5% in 2015, according to a new report by the AARP Public Policy Institute. AARP said Wednesday that the gain in branded drug prices was nearly 130 times faster than the 0.
