NACDS Foundation awards Rx student scholarships
Six pharmacy students have received Pharmacy Student Scholarship Awards, totaling $30,000, from the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation.
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CVS Caremark hires chief digital officer
Staples Inc. executive Brian Tilzer has joined CVS Caremark Corp. as chief digital officer.
CCA Industries mourns death of CEO
Dunnan Edell, president and chief executive officer of CCA Industries, has died. His father, David Edell, the company’s founder and former CEO, has agreed to resume the CEO’s role. David Edell had retired at the end of 2011.
Actavis launches Yaz generic after favorable patent ruling
Actavis Inc. has relaunched its Vestura oral contraceptive in the wake of a favorable court decision. The company said late Tuesday that it has released Vestura (3 mg drospirenone and 0.
Rite Aid gives update on debt refinancing
Rite Aid Corp. has released details on an amended credit facility and new terms loans as part of debt refinancing transactions initiated earlier this month.
Magnacca leaves Walgreens to take reins at Radio Shack
Joe Magnacca, who earlier this month was promoted to executive vice president at Walgreen Co., has left the company to join RadioShack Corp. as chief executive officer. RadioShack said late Thursday that Magnacca is slated to take the CEO reins on Feb. 11. He also has been named a board member
NACDS touts findings of CMS study on MTM
A new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) study on medication therapy management brings "further proof" of the benefits of pharmacist-led MTM services in improving patient health and mitigating medical costs, according to Steve Anderson, president and chief executive officer of the Nation
Innovation hires pharmacy sales veteran
Stephen Donohue has joined Innovation as divisional vice president of sales, chain and high volume.
Shoppers Drug Mart finishes fiscal year on high note
Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. ended fiscal 2012 with solid revenue gains for the fourth quarter and full year, along with upticks in earnings per share. Canada’s largest drug chain said Thursday that for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 29, total sales rose 4.4% year over year to $2.72 billion (Canadian).
Rexall meets flu shot demand in Ontario
Rexall Pharma Plus has become a top consumer destination for flu shots in Ontario since the province expanded the range of services that pharmacists can perform.
Medicine Shoppe Canada deploys health media network
Medicine Shoppe Canada has enlisted media software provider ScreenScape to implement a digital signage network that connects its pharmacies across Canada and presents value-added health care information to customers.
Shopko’s mobile pharmacy app builds following
Shopko reports that pharmacy customers are embracing its mobile application to help manage their prescriptions. The retailer said Tuesday that more than 1,000 prescriptions a day are being refilled via the Shopko mobile pharmacy app, introduced last year, and that number is rising fast.
Kirby Lester unveils midsize dispensing robot
Kirby Lester has expanded its pharmacy automation lineup with the new KL100 midsize dispensing robot. The company said Wednesday that the KL100 brings a new level of efficiency and medication safety to higher-volume retail/outpatient pharmacies and central fill facilities.
Perrigo testosterone gel gets FDA’s OK
Perrigo Co. has received Food and Drug Administration approval for its New Drug Application (NDA) for testosterone gel 1%. The company said Tuesday that its NDA included a bioequivalence study that compared its product with AbbVie’s AndroGel 1%.
CVS closes deal to buy Brazilian drug chain
CVS Caremark Corp. has acquired Drogaria Onofre, a Sao Paulo, Brazil-based retail drug chain with 44 stores. Larry Merlo, president and chief executive officer of CVS Caremark, said Wednesday during a conference call on the company’s fourth-quarter results that the Onofre deal closed late last week.