About one in five U.S. adults has visited a retail health clinic, up from roughly one in 10 six years ago, according to research by Kalorama Information. The health care market researcher said Monday that of 2,000 U.S. adults it surveyed online, 21.3% have gone to a retail clinic, a significant gain
MinuteClinic has entered a clinical collaboration with Virtua, a South Jersey health care network.
The U.S. pharmaceutical industry loses an estimated $188 billion a year from nonadherence to medications for chronic disease, according to a study by Capgemini Consulting.
Ranbaxy Laboratories Inc. has announced the sales and promotion launch of Absorica capsules, a treatment for acne. The company said Monday that its Absorica Capsules (isotretinoin) are licensed from Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Troy Healthcare has signed former NFL quarterback Ron Jaworski as a national spokesman for its Stopain line of topical analgesics. The company said Monday that Jaworski, who played for the Philadelphia Eagles and now serves as an ESPN football analyst, is a natural ambassador for the Stopain brand.
CVS Caremark Corp. has made cash tender offers to buy back up to $1 billion of senior notes. The company reported Monday that under the offers, it would purchase any and all of its $1 billion in 6.60% senior notes due 2019 and up to $1 billion of its $2.45 billion in
David Fitzsimmons has been promoted to senior vice president of finance and administration at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores.
Wrigley has extended its Excel chewing gum brand in Canada into the cough/cold category with the debut of a lozenge.
Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. is voluntarily recalling select batches and dosages of atorvastatin calcium tablets, a generic version of the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor, in the United States. The drugmaker said on its website Friday that the recall is being conducted in the U.S.
Reckitt Benckiser Group has signed an agreement to acquire Schiff Nutrition International Inc. in a $1.4 billion deal. The agreement comes less than a week after Reckitt Benckiser announced a tender offer to buy all of the outstanding shares of Schiff for $42 per share in cash.
Walgreen Co. has opened the doors to its latest flagship store in Chicago inside the historic Noel State Bank building.
The chief executive officers of CVS Caremark Corp. and Walgreen Co. are calling on Congress and President Obama to work together to reach a resolution on the looming "fiscal cliff.
Impax Laboratories Inc. has entered a collaboration with Perrigo Co. on a generic topical medication. Impax said Wednesday the development, manufacturing and commercialization agreement involves an "extended topical generic drug product" with "first to market potential.
Jean Coutu Group is slated to accept Interac Flash contactless debit transactions at its more than 400 drug stores in Quebec, New Brunswick and Ontario.
The International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP) has asked Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg to explain why the agency didn’t take specific actions to address complaints it had received about the New England Compounding Center (NECC), which federal officials say i
A brow-raising bargain price may lure shoppers into the store, but if they’re mobile device users, chances are they’ll leave and end up making the purchase online, an Accenture Interactive survey finds.
