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Rite Aid enables video voting for favorite pharmacists

For American Pharmacists Month in October, Rite Aid Corp. has added video voting for its national Vote for Your Favorite Pharmacy Team Member Contest. Rite Aid said Wednesday that through Oct. 31, customers can upload a video nomination at RiteAid.

Johnson & Johnson to acquire Alios BioPharma

Johnson & Johnson plans to buy Alios BioPharma Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapies for viral diseases, for $1.75 billion in cash. J&J said Tuesday that the acquisition will bolster its current pipeline for viral diseases.

Sprite Cranberry makes a return

By popular demand, Sprite has brought back its Sprite Cranberry and Sprite Cranberry Zero flavors as it heads into the holiday season. The Coca-Cola Co.

HDMA elects Scherr as new board chairman

Ted Scherr, president and chief executive officer of pharmaceutical and health care products wholesaler Dakota Drug Inc., has been elected as chairman of the Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA).

Perrigo to buy women’s health assets from Lumara

Perrigo Co. plc plans to acquire the women’s health care business of Lumara Health Inc. Perrigo said Tuesday that the $82 million cash deal expands its specialty drug portfolio to include extended topical products in the women’s health.

Council of Ontario College of Pharmacists elects president

The Council of the Ontario College of Pharmacists (OCP) has elected Mark Scanlon as president and Esmail Merani as vice president for the 2014-15 council year. Mark Scanlon OCP said Monday that Scanlon and Merani will each will serve a one-year term from September 2014 through to September 2015.

Coty CEO Scannavini resigns

Michele Scannavini has stepped down as Coty Inc. chief executive officer and resigned from the company’s board of directors. Michele Scannavini Coty said Monday that Scannavini’s departure was due to personal reasons.

Viewpoint: CVS changes retail health care game

In a year crammed with major news stories, cataclysmic personnel shifts and stunning new strategies and directions, the No. 1 retailing story of 2014 increasingly appears to be the CVS decision to stop selling tobacco products in its 7,700 drug stores.

ACA still a work in progress

With the next open-enrollment period for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act six weeks away, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores has advocated administrative changes to help people seeking health coverage in 2015.