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.
Park City Group has hired Janet Carter Smith as senior vice president of market development.
CVS/pharmacy has added the Drug Interaction Checker tool to the CVS Mobile application. The Drug Interaction Checker’s icon is located on the home screen of the CVS Mobile app.
Parkland Health Mart Pharmacy in Desloge, Mo., was recognized as the 2013 Pharmacy of the Year grand prize winner by McKesson Corp.
LegitScript announced that it recently closed down more than 6,700 rogue Internet pharmacies.
Maine has become the first state to legalize the importation of prescription drugs by individuals. The bill, "An Act To Facilitate the Personal Importation of Prescription Drugs from International Mail Order Prescription Pharmacies," was enacted as an unsigned law on Thursday.
Care Pharmacies has named Kirby Lester LLC as its preferred partner for pharmacy automation technology. Kirby Lester, which announced the partnership this week, said that under the contract it will provide its pharmacy automation to members of Care’s cooperative of retail and specialty pharmacies.
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories has released lamotrigine extended-release tablets, an anti-seizure medication. The India-based drug maker said Wednesday that its lamotrigine product is a therapeutically equivalent generic version of GlaxoSmithKline’s Lamictal XR tablets. Dr.
Jean Coutu Group this week sold additional shares in Rite Aid Corp. and reduced its ownership stake in the U.S. drug chain. The Quebec-based drug chain said it has completed the sale of up to 40.5 million of its more than 105.9 million Rite Aid shares at an average price of $2.75
McKesson Corp. this week is showcasing its range of offerings for community pharmacies — including solutions for business, pharmacy and online, as well as its Health Mart franchise — at its ideaShare 2013 conference in Las Vegas.
States could save from ten to hundreds of millions of dollars in medical costs if medication adherence rates improved, a new study from CVS Caremark Corp. finds.
