Too many people still don’t feel the need to get a flu shot, a new survey from Kmart Pharmacy finds. Of more than 10,000 U.S. adults polled online, 41% said they typically don’t get a flu shot — even though 94% agree some people are particularly vulnerable to getting the flu
CVS Health has stepped up efforts to provide telehealth services through pilots with a trio of telemedicine technology companies.
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC has formed Amneal Biosciences, a new business unit.
Ateb Inc. this week kicked off its first branding campaign, dubbed “Driving Healthy Outcomes for Patients, Pharmacies and Payers.
Bartell Drugs and Group Health Cooperative have opened two new CareClinics at the drug chain’s stores in Sammamish and Greenwood, Wash. With the new retail clinic locations, there are now five CareClinics operating in Bartell Drugs stores.
Connected care solution provider HealthSpot aims to bring rapid lab tests to retail pharmacy clinics via new technology from Samsung.
Almost two in five U.S. adults have missed a life event because of flu-like symptoms, according to a survey from CVS/pharmacy.
Consumers continue to give high marks to service and staff at retail pharmacies, according to the J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Pharmacy Study. J.D. Power said Monday that customer satisfaction with pharmacies has remained at a high level amid the myriad changes in the nation’s health care sector.
Walmart has hired veteran retail clinic executive Sandra Ryan to head its fledgling Care Clinic business, which was launched in April 2014 and now operates 17 clinics in three states.
Growth of the U.S. over-the-counter medications market has been primarily driven by prescription-to-OTC switches And that expansion is likely to continue. Due to an increasingly favorable regulatory environment, Kline & Co.
Camber Pharmaceuticals Inc. has launched entecavir tablets, an antiviral medication. Camber said Friday that its entecavir product is available in 30- and 90-count bottle for the 0.5-mg strength and in 30-count bottles for the 1-mg dosage.
Bartell Drugs has kicked off its Back to School immunization campaign to help families prepare their children to return to the classroom. The Seattle-area drug chain said Friday that the campaign aims to ensure that vaccinations are on parents’ to-do list as their kids head back to school.
Brookshire Grocery Co. has partnered with Fillmaster Systems and FLAVORx to equip all of its pharmacies with new Fillmaster Plus automated dispensing technology.
Galderma Laboratories has released Epiduo Forte Gel, a once-daily topical acne treatment, to retail pharmacies nationwide and in Puerto Rico. The medication, adapalene and benzoyl peroxide 0.3%/2.5%, received Food and Drug Administration approval last month.
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. plans to acquire Sprout Pharmaceuticals Inc., the maker of a just-approved drug for sexual desire disorder in women, for about $1 billion in cash.
Walgreens plans to add up to 25 in-store clinics in Oregon and Washington under a clinical collaboration with regional health system Providence Health & Services, which will own and operate the clinics.
