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.
Salutron Inc., a maker of heart rate monitoring devices and biosensing wearables, has introduced a new line of life trackers to its portfolio, starting with the LifeTrak Brite R450.
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.
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.
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).
Adjusted earnings at Walgreen Co. were in line with Wall Street’s forecast for the fiscal 2014 fourth quarter and full year, with the drug chain seeing robust sales gains in both periods.
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.
Dana Anderson has been promoted to senior vice president and chief marketing officer at Mondelez International.
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.
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.
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.
Diplomat Pharmacy Inc. has commenced an initial public offering and appointed a chief information officer.
Profoot Inc. has kicked off what the company calls its largest integrated marketing campaign.
This week, members of 37 pharmacy organizations from around the world are going on Twitter to participate in the second annual #Pharmacist Tweet-a-Thon.
Jean Coutu Group has named freestyle skiers the Dufour-Lapointe sisters — Maxime, Chloé and Justine — as the new ambassadors for its Personnelle Cosmetics private brand.
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.
