Kerr Drug stretches horizons for Rx
Kerr Drug this month took another step to advance pharmacy. The chain opened a store here with a room for pharmacogenomics, the study of how a patient’s genes affect medication efficacy.
Issue 11-23-2009
Senate leaders unveil health care reform bill
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) introduced a health care reform bill in that chamber earlier this month, setting the stage for a debate there and the eventual merging of the Senate measure with the bill passed in the House on November 7.
Drug chains step up marketing efforts
Drug chains across the country and in Canada are stepping up their promotional efforts this holiday season, offering everything from sophisticated catalogs and in-store flyers to money-saving programs. CVS Caremark Corp.
More expansive role for pharmacy eyed in Canada
“In transition,” “crisis,” “opportunity,” “danger,” “a new paradigm”: Those were the words and phrases that were liberally sprinkled through the remarks of 10 speakers who, in an intense six-hour session, addressed the delegates to the 2009 Innovation In Pharmacy conference here earlier this month.
SDM will target pro-Rx provinces for growth
Shoppers Drug Mart (SDM) will seek to expand in British Columbia and other provinces that compensate pharmacies for stepping up their role in the health care system.
Drug import proposal under fire
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has expressed concerns with a proposed amendment to health care legislation because the provision would authorize the importation of prescription drugs. NACDS sent a letter to Rep. Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D., N.Y.
Report sees bright long-term future for in-store clinics
The number of retail health clinics in chain drug stores and other venues grew about 15% in the last two years, according to a report by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. But Deloitte also says retail clinic market growth will slow to as little as 10% from next year through 2012 before
Use of FSAs is facilitated by drugstore.com
Acknowledging the nearly 35 million Americans who have flexible spending accounts (FSAs) to cover their health care expenses, and who run the risk of losing their unused balances if they do not spend the funds by the end of the year, drugstore.
Generation Health is teaming up with CVS
CVS Caremark Corp. will be able to provide its pharmacy benefits management clients additional genetic services beginning in 2010 under a deal with Generation Health Inc.
Chain drug industry ready to fight H1N1
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores earlier this month told House subcommittees assessing the nation’s plans for distributing the H1N1 flu vaccine that the country’s drug stores can play a crucial role in ensuring that a maximum number of patients receive immunizations.
Chain drug retailing’s events of the year
With 2009 winding down, the time has come to list the most memorable events of the year in chain drug retailing. Herewith, seven such events: • The remaking of Walgreens.
Coalition shines light on medication adherence
The day before the Senate leadership unveiled an $848 billion bill that will be the focal point of the next phase of the health care reform debate, all of the members of Congress received a timely reminder about the importance of including measures to improve medication compliance in whatever legisl