As Walgreen Co. brings Alliance Boots’ No7 skin care line to more stores, it has rolled out No7 Men items to all Walgreens and Duane Reade outlets. Part of Great Britain’s top-selling skin care brand, No7 is one of the first lines to find its way onto Walgreens shelves after the companies
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Retail pharmacy has emerged as a catalyst for change. National chains, including CVS Caremark and Rite Aid, as well as such regional players as Kerr Drug, are rethinking their practice and business models in a bid to make health care more accessible, efficient and affordable.
A Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) analysis of preferred pharmacy pricing in Medicare Part D drug benefit plans drew conflicting responses this week.
Medical diagnostic test maker Miraculins Inc. is finalizing a deal to acquire VeraLight Inc., a provider of a non-invasive diabetes screening technology. VeraLight’s Scout DS system measures changes in the composition of a person’s skin indicative of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.
The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) has expressed its support for the Restoring Access to Medication Act (H.R.
Rite Aid Corp. reported an uptick in comparable-store sales for June after posting a decline the previous month. The drug chain said Wednesday that for the four weeks ended June 29, same-store sales rose 0.7% year over year. The result marked a gain from a 1.5% decrease in May and continued
Walgreen Co. saw its comparable-store sales stay on the upside in June. Walgreens said Wednesday that comp-store sales rose 2.3% in June, reflecting negative impacts of 1.5 percentage points from calendar day shifts (one extra Sunday and one fewer Friday) and 1.
The Obama administration is giving larger employers another year to comply with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandate that they provide health insurance coverage for their workers or pay a penalty.
Frito-Lay’s Ruffles potato chip brand is serving up french fry flavor in the snack section with the launch of Ruffles Crispy Fries Potato Strips.
Kimberly-Clark Corp. has launched GoodNites Underwear, which features a new design that fits bedwetting children more like real underwear.
Rite Aid Corp. has wrapped up transactions aimed at refinancing more than $800 million of debt. The drug chain said Tuesday that it has closed an offering of $810 million of its 6.75% unsecured senior notes due in 2021. The debt offering was announced June 18. Along with cash and/or borrowings
With new state legislation going into effect, Walgreen Co. has expanded vaccine availability at all of its 204 drug stores in Indiana.
Payment Alliance International (PAI) has been selected by Rite Aid Corp. to provide ATM services for about 1,500 Rite Aid drug stores in the western and southern United States.
