CVS Pharmacy will launch next-day prescription delivery nationwide in early 2018. As part of the CVS next-day prescription delivery rollout, same-day delivery will be available in selected cities, with the service beginning in New York next month.
McKesson Corp. has agreed to buy RxCrossroads, a provider of tailored services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturers, from CVS Health. The deal, expected to close early next year, is valued at $735 million, or about $635 million net of the present value of incremental cash tax benefits.
Kmart Pharmacy has partnered with the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) to offer free memory screenings. During November, which is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and National Memory Screening Month, all Kmart Pharmacy U.S.
Robyn Peters has joined Diplomat Pharmacy in the role of executive vice president of sales and payor strategies. Peters, most recently vice president of market access and reimbursement at Biogen Inc.
News anchor and best-selling author Gretchen Carlson will speak at this month’s NACDS Foundation Dinner in New York City.
Murray Koffler, who over 50 years ago founded what would become Canada’s largest drug chain, Shoppers Drug Mart, has died at age 93. Also a prominent philanthropist and businessman, Koffler passed away on Sunday at his home in Toronto. Koffler was born in Toronto in 1924. At age 17, he went on a
FedEx Corp. and Walgreen Co. have announced an agreement where FedEx package pickup and drop-off services will be available in more than 7,500 Walgreens stores across all 50 U.S. states. FedEx and Walgreens first revealed the partnership 10 months ago. Now — thanks in part to that deal — 80% of the
Patterson Cos. has hired Mark Walchirk, a key executive at McKesson Corp., as its next president and chief executive officer, with a starting date of November 20. Walchirk will succeed James Wiltz, who has been serving in those roles on an interim basis since the departure of Scott Anderson on June
CVS Health has announced two major agreements to boost pharmacy benefit management services.
At presstime The Wall Street Journal along with other news agencies reported that CVS Health will offer more than $200 per share, or about $66 billion, to purchase the health insurance giant Aetna Inc. Anonymous sources cited by WSJ originated the story about a potential CVS-Aetna deal.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (WBA) is developing the picture of its future store base after turning the page on a nearly two-year process triggered by its proposed merger with Rite Aid Corp. Beginning next spring, WBA plans to shut 600 stores under an 18-month program to rationalize its U.S.
It’s clear that America’s growing opioid epidemic is getting worse. Last month President Trump stopped short of declaring the crisis a national emergency and directed the Department of Health and Human Services to declare the opioid crisis a public health emergency instead.
The future of the bipartisan bill to stabilize health insurance markets remained uncertain after President Trump sent mixed signals about the health reform legislation.
Rep. Tom Suozzi (D., N.Y.) got an education on drug cost dynamics during a tour of oncology pharmacy Onco360 here with members of the National Association of Specialty Pharmacy (NASP).
Rite Aid Corp. has named Derek Griffith executive vice president of store operations. Griffith had been serving as senior vice president of operations in the retailer’s Northeast and Midwest regions.
Big V Drug Stores cofounder Tony Crncich passed away October 18. He was 87. Crncich is being remembered for his storied career as builder of one of the largest retail pharmacy chains in Ontario. The chain he helped launch in 1962 grew to encompass 135 stores. Big V — at the time
