NACDS sounds call for RxImpact Day
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores plans to hold its fourth annual NACDS RxImpact Day on Capitol Hill on March 21 and March 22.
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Kerr Drug introduces Just Ask plan
Kerr Drug is launching a campaign in stores and across multiple marketing channels designed to encourage pharmacists and patients to discuss the patients’ prescriptions, conditions, health practices and overall health.
Rite Aid teams up with CaptureRx
Rite Aid Corp. has selected CaptureRx as its preferred 340B technology vendor and administrator. Through CaptureRx, Rite Aid will offer contract pharmacy services to dispense 340B-priced drugs to patients of eligible community health centers and hospitals nationwide.
Walgreens shows 90-day Rx option at retail effective
Significant increases in refill volume and improved medication adherence are among benefits of the 90-day prescription refill at retail initiative launched a little over a year ago at Walgreen Co.
High Court poised to tackle health care reform
The Supreme Court last month agreed to add another 30 minutes to the arguments over President Barack Obama’s health care reform law. The sessions, which will be held over three days later this month (March 26 through March 28), will now span six hours. The 30 additional minutes will be added to the
NACDS Foundation launches new website
The NACDS Foundation Dinner has launched a website with the theme of “one night for health’s dawn.” “The NACDS Foundation is advancing exhilarating projects to make a positive impact on public health,” said foundation president Kathleen Jaeger.
Loeffler blasts Express Scripts-Medco deal
The pending $29 billion merger of Express Scripts Inc. and Medco Health Solutions Inc. is “not bad for a couple of middlemen,” National Association of Chain Drug Stores chairman Bob Loeffler said this month during a withering attack at the organization’s Regional Chain Conference.
As opposition mounts, FTC weighs big PBM deal
Express Scripts Inc. and Medco Health Solutions Inc. have provided the Federal Trade Commission with additional data about their planned merger, even as opposition to the deal grows.
Impact of impasse reflected in January sales
Retail sales in January were generally mixed, and the leading drug chains’ fortunes — notably Walgreen Co. — varied widely. Overall, chain drug store sales improved a modest 2.3% to $18.17 billion during January, while same-store sales edged up just 0.5%.
Walgreens is moving ahead
January sales figures underlined the impact of Walgreen Co.’s loss of Express Scripts Inc.’s prescription business, but the numbers did not dismay all analysts.
APhA lauds Rite Aid immunization effort
Rite Aid Corp. and a CVS/pharmacy pharmacist and a CVS pharmacy technician are among the winners of the American Pharmacists Association’s 2012 APhA Immunization Champion Awards. The awards will be presented at the APhA Annual Meeting and Exposition in New Orleans, March 9 through March 12.
CMS asked to hold back on publishing FULs
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) should stop publishing draft federal upper limit (FUL) lists based on average manufacturer price (AMP) until a formal rule-making process on AMP is completed, says the National Association of Chain Drug Stores.
Kinney realigns merchandising team
Regional chain Kinney Drugs has revamped its merchandising department.
Rite Aid implements plan to refinance debt
With its top-line and operating results on the upswing, Rite Aid Corp. has moved to refinance debt. The drug chain this month announced a plan to issue $481 million in senior unsecured notes due in 2020 to help fund a tender offer to buy $459 million of its 8.625% senior notes
Online component tied to Walgreens’ weekly circular
Walgreen Co. has relaunched its weekly circular, giving the Sunday promotional piece a new look and tying it into the retailer’s online and mobile platforms.
NACDS is gearing up for Total Store Expo
National Association of Chain Drug Stores chairman Bob Loeffler told attendees at the NACDS Regional Chain Conference that retailers and suppliers alike will benefit from next year’s inaugural NACDS Total Store Expo. The expo is scheduled for August 10 to 13, 2013, at the Sands Expo in Las Vegas.