Walgreens has made the opioid overdose antidote naloxone available without a prescription at all of its pharmacies in Alabama. The drug chain said naloxone is now more accessible in over 110 Walgreens pharmacies throughout Alabama.
Ruth Miller has joined the government affairs team of the Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA). HDMA said Monday that Miller has been named senior director of regulatory affairs, a new position.
MinuteClinic’s locations in the Chicago area now include Target stores. CVS Health said Monday that MinuteClinics have opened inside 13 Target stores in Cook, DuPage, Kane and Lake counties in Illinois. Chicago represents MinuteClinic’s largest metropolitan market in the United States.
Drug stores are an integral part of daily life for many consumers, who embrace them as a one-stop shop to pick up essentials, grab a snack and refill a prescription on the go. Even as the drug store channel has consolidated in recent years, these retailers have not been slack in coming up with ways
Joseph Papa has resigned as chairman and chief executive officer of Perrigo Co. plc to join Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. as chairman and CEO. Valeant said Monday that Papa, 60, is slated to start at the company by early May. Papa will succeed J.
CVS Health’s partnership with and investment in Curbside could help CVS Pharmacy enhance its front-end business by picking up some purchases that may be migrating to online retailers, according to analyst Scott Mushkin of Wolfe Research.
Lannett Co. plans to co-develop a generic insulin pharmaceutical product for the U.S. market with YiChang HEC ChangJiang Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., its strategic partner in China. Lannett said Friday that holds the exclusive U.S.
Dark and Lovely has kicked off #LoveMyColor, an online and social media campaign for its Fade Resist Rich Conditioning Color hair coloring. The Softsheen-Carson brand said that #LoveMyColor aims to encourage women to show how much they love their color by uploading a selfie photo to LoveMyColor.com.
Much has been written about the historic sluggishness of the consumer packaged goods industry. Since 2013 CPG industry sales growth has been below 2%, and that growth has been entirely driven by pricing. In response, we see companies merging, brands being sold and jobs being lost.
Walgreens has deployed 50 safe medication disposal kiosks in drug stores across California.
Next week, London Drugs plans to begin offering oral cancer screening clinics at 15 stores in metropolitan Vancouver, B.C. London Drugs said Thursday that the clinics will be offered between April 25 and May 18.
Unilever is looking for some more equality in recycling. The consumer products giant is reprising “Rinse.Recycle.Reimagine.
David Neu, executive vice president of retail strategy at AmerisourceBergen Corp. and president of its Good Neighbor Pharmacy network, plans to retire this summer.
A round of store closings announced by struggling Sears Holdings Corp. will include 68 Kmart locations. Sears Holdings said late Thursday that it plans to shut 78 stores in 27 states, including 10 Sears stores. All of the Sears stores and virtually all of the Kmart stores will close in late
For practical purposes, we all consider convenience stores to belong to one retail sector and drug stores to another. In a very real sense, however, the modern chain drug store is a c-store.
In a blast from the past, Coca-Cola Co. has brought back tropical-flavor Sprite with a new name and look. The beverage giant said Thursday that Sprite Tropical Mix combines the crisp Sprite lemon-lime taste with strawberry and pineapple flavors.
