IM HealthScience (IMH) has expanded availability of its IBgard medical food for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) to Rite Aid drug stores nationwide. IMH said that Rite Aid stores will stock IBgard in 12-capsule and 48-capsule boxes.
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC’s television news program “Morning Joe” have been tabbed as keynote speakers for the 2016 NACDS Total Store Expo.
Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance and Rite Aid edged up on Friday following a news report that the Federal Trade Commission is looking more favorably at the companies’ merger deal.
K-Y has launched K-Y True Feel, a premium silicone lubricant designed to enhance couples’ sexual intimacy.
Top Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) executives Alex Gourlay and Ornella Barra have been appointed as co-chief operating officers as part of a realignment of the company’s senior management team.
Pantene has enlisted singer Jillian Hervey as a brand ambassador for a multimedia marketing campaign to celebrate curly hair.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores told leaders in the House of Representatives that greater recognition of pharmacists’ full capabilities as health care providers can bolster the Medicare program.
Players in the retail pharmacy space accounted for three of the top 10 spots in the 2016 Fortune 500 list of the nation’s largest companies by revenue. Coming in again at No. 1 overall on the annual list, released this week, was the world’s largest retailer, Walmart, with sales of $482.13 billion.
The venerable Mylanta antacid and anti-gas liquid has been brought back to store shelves nationwide by Infirst Healthcare USA, a subsidiary of United Kingdom-based Infirst Healthcare Ltd. Infirst said Tuesday that the “new” Mylanta features an improved taste, extra coating power and new products.
CVS Health continues to move forward with conversion projects from its acquisition of Target Corp.’s pharmacy and retail clinic business. CVS this week opened the first CVS Pharmacy locations inside Target stores in Washington and Oregon.
L’Oreal USA has promoted Marc-Alexandre Risch to chief retail officer, a newly created position.
Product Quest Manufacturing and McCord Research have launched hospital-grade skin care kits under the brand name At Home – Where Healing Happens. The companies said Tuesday that the eight At Home kits — available at select CVS Pharmacy stores and at CVS.
The Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP Global), Center for Safe Internet Pharmacies (CSIP) and National Consumers League (NCL) have teamed up to educate seniors and their caregivers about the risks of buying prescription drugs from illegal online pharmacies.
Allergan plc has teamed up with actress and model Kate Bosworth to launch Aczone Gel 7.5%, a new prescription topical treatment for acne.
Skin cancer screening is coming to Lovell Drugs through an agreement with MedX Health Corp. and the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN). Plans call for the 12-store Canadian drug chain to offer in-pharmacy scanning of skin moles and lesions at its locations in Oshawa and Whitby, Ontario.
Minerva Research Labs is expanding its presence in the United States with the rollout of its Pure Gold Collagen Mini liquid skin care supplement at Walgreens. Minerva said Monday that the product’s debut at select Walgreens locations follows its U.S. retail introduction at Ulta Beauty stores.
