Rx Safes Inc. has landed distribution for its Rx DrugSAFE secure home medication safe at CVS/pharmacy. Plans call for Rx DrugSAFE to become available initially at select CVS drug stores in New York and Nevada, with a larger rollout slated later on, Rx Safes said Tuesday.
A new program from Kmart aims to make it easier for uninsured or underinsured consumers to afford certain prescription drugs and other pharmacy products and services.
General Mills is releasing its first wave of new cereal recipes under its effort to remove artificial flavors and colors from artificial sources from all of its cereals by the end of 2017.
Greenstone LLC has released colestipol hydrochloride granules for oral suspension, a cholesterol-lowering medication. The Pfizer Inc.
In shifting the management of its private-label offering, Chain Drug Consortium LLC (CDC) has changed its name to Pharmacy Value Alliance LLC. CDC said the Pharmacy Value Alliance banner better reflects the community pharmacy focus of its approximately one dozen regional drug chain members.
Care Pharmacies Cooperative Inc. has promoted Mark Ey to vice president of pharmacy operations. The pharmacy co-op said Monday that with the promotion, Ey will oversee all chain-level operational functions. He previously held the title of director of operations and support services.
Crossmark has promoted Holly Meloy to senior vice president and managing director of its Marketing Werks integrated marketing subsidiary. Meloy previously served as senior vice president of account management at Chicago-based Marketing Werks.
Rite Aid is embracing beacon technology in a big way to personalize the mobile shopping experience. The drug chain reportedly is updating its mobile app to work with proximity beacons deployed in all of its more than 4,500 stores, using the mobile shopper marketing platform of InMarket.
Former Walgreens executive Joe Magnacca has moved on after an unsuccessful effort to breathe life into the struggling consumer electronics chain RadioShack. This week, Magnacca was announced as the new chief executive officer of Massage Envy, a Scottsdale, Ariz.
Walgreens was presented with the Retail Innovator of the Year award by the National Retail Federation at the NRF Retail’s Big Show in New York City.
President Obama has vetoed congressional legislation that would repeal the Affordable Care Act. Repeal bills passed by the House and Senate “would reverse the significant progress we have made in improving health care in America,” Obama said. Noting that 17.
Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy has named Richard Willis president and chief executive officer. He has also been appointed to the company’s board of directors.
Drug stores outpaced other mass retailers in December sales, even with modest increases in total and same-store sales for the month. Total drug store sales in December were up 4% compared with the same month last year, according to research by Chain Drug Review publisher Racher Press.
WellCare Health Plans Inc., a provider of managed care services for government-sponsored health care programs, has shifted its pharmacy benefits management to CVS Health. With the move, CVS Health now administers pharmacy benefits and processes pharmacy claims for approximately 3.
Care Pharmacies Cooperative Inc. has launched Care Connect, a specialty pharmacy internal network designed for its member pharmacies and other retail independent pharmacies.
CVS/pharmacy is relaunching the color cosmetics segment of the Nuance Salma Hayek brand with newly formulated and repackaged products that will begin appearing in stores in March.
